FISCAL NOTE
Date Requested: January 16, 2026
Time Requested: 03:10 PM |
| Agency: |
Secretary of State |
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| CBD Number: |
Version: |
Bill Number: |
Resolution Number: |
| 1937 |
Introduced |
HB4470 |
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| CBD Subject: |
Elections |
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FUND(S):
Special Fund
Sources of Revenue:
Special Fund N/A
Legislation creates:
Creates New Expense
Fiscal Note Summary
Effect this measure will have on costs and revenues of state government.
The total estimated annual operational cost is $54,110.88.
Cost per 1,000 downloads: $0.55.
Fiscal Note Detail
| Effect of Proposal |
Fiscal Year |
2026
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
2027
Increase/Decrease
(use"-") |
Fiscal Year
(Upon Full
Implementation) |
| 1. Estmated Total Cost |
-415,120 |
-80,000 |
-5,411,088 |
| Personal Services |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Current Expenses |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Repairs and Alterations |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Assets |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Other |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| 2. Estimated Total Revenues |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Explanation of above estimates (including long-range effect):
The breakdown of the estimate is as follows:
Storage Blob Storage (10TB) Immutable (WORM) storage for 2M+ images $235.52 - $2,826.24
Compute App Service (P1v3) Premium Gov-tier hosting (Highly Scalable) $168.42 - $2,021.04
Traffic Data Egress (5TB/mo) Bandwidth for ~1M public downloads $426.30 - $5,115.60
DDoS Protection Azure DDoS Network "Always-on" mitigation for election surges $2,944.00 - $35,328.00
SIEM/Audit Microsoft Sentinel Security logging & forensic audit trail $660.00 - $7,920.00
Endpoint Security Defender for Cloud Malware & vulnerability scanning $25.00 - $300.00
WAF/CDN Azure Front Door Web Application Firewall & Edge Caching $50.00 - $600.00
Total Comprehensive Operational Budget $4,509.24 - $54,110.88
If you need to calculate costs for specific quantities of images beyond the 10TB baseline:
• Cost to Store 1 Image (5MB): ~$0.000115 / month
• Cost to Download 1 Image (5MB): ~$0.000435 (includes egress and transactions)
• Combined Cost per 1,000 Downloads: $0.55
Memorandum
These estimates are based on communications with our IT Department.
Person submitting Fiscal Note: David Cook
Email Address: dcook@wvsos.com