Change Due to Adjustment in Agency Estimate

Justification for Change:

Change Due to Adjustment in Agency Estimate

Cost per response changed from $0.5 to $0.58.

The regulations require that registration and ballots each be mailed, unless otherwise provided by the tribal constitution. These costs vary with the number of tribal members. Assuming an average of 5,000 tribal members and 70% response rate (3,500 respondents), and two mailings of standard-size envelopes containing a registration form and ballot, respectively (7,000 responses total), at a cost of a First-Class U.S. Mail stamp at $0.58 each, the total non-hour cost burden for the approximately 36 elections held each year is $146,160. While petitioners must have each petition page notarized, most will have access to free notary services through a tribe, banking, or other institution.

Registration to vote

Requested	Program Change Due to New Statute	Program Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Agency Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	126000	0	0	0	0	126000
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	31500	0	0	0	0	31500
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	73080	0	10080	0	0	63000

Voting ballot submission

Requested	Program Change Due to New Statute	Program Change Due to Agency Discretion	Change Due to Adjustment in Agency Estimate	Change Due to Potential Violation of the PRA	Previously Approved
Annual Number of Responses for this IC	126000	0	0	0	0	126000
Annual IC Time Burden (Hours)	31500	0	0	0	0	31500
Annual IC Cost Burden (Dollars)	73080	0	10080	0	0	63000