Is there an actual budget that's set aside? I know there's a budget for the department to maintain annual operations and so on. I'm just wondering, is there an actual budget for an election, or is it just that, whatever it costs to deliver the election, it's what it costs? How does it work? I'm not talking about maintaining department operations on an annual basis but about the budget proportion for an election. Is it just that we spend the money because it costs what it costs, it is what it is, and we just pay the bill when the bills come in, or is there actually any effort to maintain a general election within a certain budget parameter?
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