Effects on Materials Design Materials production infrastructure capabilities will affect design of election materials. If full colour presses with sufficient capacity are not available, design of voter information materials or ballot papers with full-colour print will be an expensive import, if not an impossible method. Similarly, production infrastructure will govern the ability to take advantage of possible cost savings, such as the use of disposable or semi-permanent lightweight voting station ballot boxes and equipment. The amount of voting operations material required is dependent on the numbers of voters and is not easily manipulated. Production throughput capacities are thus a major consideration in materials design and supply scheduling.
Production has to be commenced earlier.
Where facilities are not available for emergency re-supply of forms, initial order quantities must be set high enough to accommodate all contingencies. Some warehousing facilities will be required for a longer period. Timing of the close of nominations for the election has to be aligned with the ability to thoroughly verify, print and distribute ballot papers prior to the commencement of voting. Printed Materials Voting operations generate a very large quantity and range of printed materials, e.g., forms, ballot papers, voters lists, information leaflets, posters, signs. Many of these print materials have very short time frames between availability of information and end-use distribution of the material.