REPORT/RECOMMENDATION TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY
AND RECORD OF ACTION
December 19, 2023
FROM
STEPHENIE SHEA, Registrar of Voters
SUBJECT
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Licensing Agreements with Apple, Inc. for Management of Electronic Poll Books
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
Recommendation
Ratify the action approved by the Chief Executive Officer on December 11, 2023, and approve non-financial Volume Content Terms licensing agreement with Apple Inc., with the revision date of July 27, 2023, including non-standard terms, for the mobile device management of electronic poll books, automatically renewing for successive one-year terms until terminated by either party.
(Presenter: Stephenie Shea, Registrar of Voters, 387-2100)
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COUNTY AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GOALS & OBJECTIVES
Improve County Government Operations.
Operate in a Fiscally-Responsible and Business-Like Manner.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Approval of this item will not result in the use of Discretionary General Funding (Net County Cost) as these are non-financial agreements.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Approval of the recommended Apple Inc. (Apple) agreements will enable the Registrar of Voters (ROV) to continue to securely and efficiently check in voters at polling places with electronic poll books for the March 5, 2024, Presidential Primary Election and subsequent elections. The poll books are the only equipment connected to the internet to provide real-time check-in information at polling places to support election security and curb voters from voting multiple times. The election management system is not connected to the internet.
On October 22, 2019 (Item No. 39), the Board of Supervisors (Board) approved the purchase of 3,000 State-certified electronic poll books from KNOWiNK, LLC, which use Apple iPad hardware.
On November 5, 2019 (Item No. 37), the Board approved non-financial Apple Business Manager Agreement No. 19-734 with Apple.
On August 25, 2020 (Item No. 59), the Board approved r...
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