Vote.je costs for 2026 electionsVote.je costs for 2026 elections
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21 July 2026.Prepared internally, no external costs.
Request 851305463
Please can you break down the costs of the Vote.Je team within the States Greffe, during the run up to Jersey's 2026 election?
Specifically noting how much was spent resourcing the following?
- Candidates Fair
- School visits
- Social Media campaigns
- Running social media platforms
- Merchandise
- Any additional staff hired for the election period.
Response
2026 election expenditure is detailed below and includes:
- Expenditure to inform Islanders about the introduction of Automatic Voter Registration, which came from that project’s budget
- Backfill of human resource due to staff absences
There are no additional operating costs for school visits. The only related costs are staff time (permanent full-time members of the team), merchandise (highlighter pens included below), staff uniforms (listed below) and personal car use costs reimbursed per mile (listed below for all education and outreach activities).
Activity
| Year total
|
Hustings (filming, venues & moderators)
| £54,305.20
|
Print and distribution of manifesto booklets
| £32,959.52
|
2 x A4 leaflets printed & delivered to all residential addresses (February & March)
| £20,846.76
|
Vote.je website costs
| £15,311.06
|
Out of home advertising (Norman’s countdown clock; bus vehicle and station advertising; Jersey Post van wraps)
| £14,753.00
|
Traditional media advertising
| £14,595.00
|
Graphic designer (backfill)
| £11,947.54
|
Digital Comms Manager (temporary support for the election period)
| £11,193.00
|
Print: posters, stickers, roadside banners, pull-up banners, feather flags, polling station signage, floor stickers
| £8,127.58
|
Candidate Fayre
| £7,669.22
|
Social media advertising
| £6,850.17
|
Accessibility audits and guides for Vote.je
| £3,000.00
|
Research
| £3,000.00
|
Vote.je email newsletters
| £2,215.02
|
Translations
| £1,943.00
|
Equipment
| £1,588.48 |
Merchandise
| £1,132.00 |
Freelance video editor (candidate videos)
| £980.00 |
Branded clothing for staff
| £889.60 |
Podcast production
| £488.75 |
IT support and software licence
| £373.95 |
Photo licence
| £250.00 |
Staff mileage reimbursement for personal car use
| £528.59 |
Google ads
| £227.17 |
JEA domain fees
| £147.00 |
TOTAL
| £215,321.61
|
This response has been issued on behalf of the States Greffe. The States Greffe is responsible for the information held by (and on behalf of) both itself and the States Assembly. Neither the States Assembly nor the States Greffe form part of the Government of Jersey and the Government was not involved either in the examination and retrieval of any information required for this response, nor in the drafting of the response itself.
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