Election Ballot Design and Printing Services

The Ocean County Board of Commissioners is seeking a firm to provide election ballot design and printing services. The successful vendor will be required to have its own exclusive printing facility, be certified by Elections Systems & Software (ES&S), and have previous experience working with the ES&S system. The vendor must be able to turn-around proofs of voting machine ballot faces in a maximum of three working days or less and have the capability of transmitting all ballot proofs to the Ocean County Clerk in a PDF or other electronic format. The vendor must also comply with New Jersey election laws and have a complete and thorough knowledge of the ES&S XL voting machine. Some key services required include: • Providing election ballot design and printing services • Creating Vote By Mail, Emergency, and Provisional ballots • Printing ballots in a minimum of black and red inks • Providing machine-readable emergency and provisional ballots on an as-needed basis • Complying with New Jersey election laws and ES&S system specifications The County will evaluate proposals based on the vendor's understanding of the project, experience and qualifications, contractual conditions, and cost.