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From YouTube: July 22, 2015 Elections & Rules
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Minneapolis Elections & Rules Committee Meeting
A
B
A
Me,
our
council
members,
cono
glidden,
yang,
quincy,
warsaw
me
goodman
and
paul
misano
colleagues.
There
are
two
items
on
the
agenda
for
today,
both
of
which
will
be
presented
by
our
clerk.
Mr.
carl.
The
first
item
is
regarding
the
good,
the
bad
and
the
ugly
from
2014
election,
as
well
as
the
improvements
that
can
be
made
prior
to
the
2016
election,
which
will
obviously
have
a
larger
turnout.
Mr.
carl
good.
B
Morning,
mr.
chair
and
committee
members,
my
name
is
casey
carlin,
the
honor
to
service
city
clerk
for
the
city
of
minneapolis,
and
with
me
today
our
members
of
our
elections
and
voter
services
team
led
by
our
director,
grace
vaca
Rohit's,
we're
here
to
present.
If
the
chair
said
the
report
with
recommendations
following
the
most
recent
election,
the
2014
in
gubernatorial,
so
2014
was
a
jam-packed
year
for
us.
B
We
had
a
number
of
events,
activities
and
challenges,
some
of
which
are
shown
on
this
slide,
which
all
reinforced
the
need
to
ensure
a
constant
state
of
readiness
to
ensure
that
Minneapolis
voters
are
assured
of
having
free
and
fair
access
to
exercise
their
voting
rights
at
any
time
and
under
any
circumstances
as
an
election
is
required
across
the
United
States.
The
average
turn
out
in
2014
was
about
thirty-seven
percent,
the
lowest
since
nineteen
forty
to
the
lowest
rate
in
any
election.
B
Since
World
War,
two
only
seven
states
had
more
than
half
of
their
eligible
voters
participate,
which
means
that
nearly
two-thirds
of
all
eligible
voters
stayed
home.
Last
year,
in
Minnesota,
just
over
half
of
eligible
voters,
approximately
51-percent
turned
out
for
the
2014
midterm.
This
was
down
from
prior
midterm
elections,
causing
the
state
to
lose
its
longtime
status
as
one
of
the
top
States
in
the
United
States
for
voter
participation
here
at
home,
Minneapolis
achieved
a
45-percent
turnout
rate
for
the
general
election.
B
B
The
Secretary
of
State's
office
calculates
turnout
by
dividing
the
total
number
of
votes
by
an
estimated
number
of
the
eligible
citizen
voting
age
population,
that's
generated
by
the
US
elections
project
based
on
data
from
the
US
Census
Bureau.
So
that
explains
the
difference
in
calculation
methods
between
how
the
city
calculates
turn
out
and
how
the
state
calculates
turnout
and
why
those
numbers
are
different
between
this
slide,
showing
45%,
turnout
and
55
in
your
report
across
the
city's
125
precincts
turn
out
last
year,
varied
significantly.
B
As
shown
on
this
chart
precinct
71
c
serving
parts
of
the
bryn
mawr
neighborhood
achieved
the
highest
turnout
at
73.4,
five
percent
that
equaled
about
roughly
seven
of
every
10
voters
turning
out
and
participating
at
the
other
extreme
precinct
57
serving
the
near
north
Sumner
and
glenwood
neighborhoods
had
the
lowest
turnout
at
just
over
thirty
one
percent.
That's
roughly
three
out
of
every
10
voters
participating.
So
it's
an
almost
direct
opposite
reflection
of
Renoir.
B
This
chart,
which
is
included
on
page
six
of
your
report,
provides
a
heat
coded
map
that
shows
turnout
according
to
precincts
across
all
of
Minneapolis,
and
so
here
for
your
reference.
We
have
the
five
precincts
having
the
highest
turnout
or
highest
voter
participation
in
the
2014
election,
and
here
we
have
the
five
precincts
with
the
lowest
level
of
voter
participation
last
year,
and
so
this
map
obviously
tells
a
clear
story
about
voter
participation
in
Minneapolis.
B
Minnesota
was
the
27th
state
to
adopt
no
excuse
absentee
balloting
and,
unsurprisingly,
new
records
for
participation
were
set
with
a
ninety-two
percent
increase
in
absentee
voter
participation
compared
to
the
2010
midterm.
In
fact,
both
for
the
2014
primary
and
for
the
general
participation
rates
were
the
highest
that
they've
been
in
several
decades.
As
this
committee
knows,
absentee
balloting
is
driven
by
what
we
call
the
three
P's
people
paper
and
postage.
It
requires
a
dedicated
team
of
election
judges
to
receive
process
accept
or
reject
and
tabulate
absentee
ballots.
B
It
requires
the
paper
printed
ballot,
as
well
as
a
series
of
envelopes,
printed
instructions
and
other
paper
forms
and
finally
prepaid
postage
to
send
the
absentee
ballot
to
and
have
it
returned
by
the
voter
and
absentee
ballots.
Don't
get
immediately
tabulated
instead,
they're
kept
secure
until
the
date
when
state
law
indicates
that
we
can
open
them
and
accept,
reject
and
process
them.
By
comparison,
then
early
voting
is
as
much
better
an
alternative.
B
That's
available,
it's
cheaper
to
administer
it's
significantly
more
secure
for
the
voter,
it
minimizes
chances
for
error
or
fraud
and
provides
every
voter
with
the
exact
same
treatment
that
they
would
get
in
the
polls
on
Election
Day.
It's
for
that
reason
that
the
city
has
adopted
a
position
of
support
for
early
voting
as
part
of
its
state
legislative
platform
and
I
know.
B
Secretary
Simon
has
also
expressed
strong
support
for
transitioning
Minnesota
from
a
no
excuse
absentee
balloting
state
to
a
true
early
voting
state
early
voting
is
available
in
33
states
today,
plus
the
District
of
Columbia,
and
has
enjoyed
strong
bipartisan
support
at
the
national
level.
Adding
early
voting
to
the
mix
of
options
available
to
Minnesota's
voters
would
enhance
the
process
for
everyone
and
again
in
prepping
for
the
2016
presidential
election.
Our
focus
is
on
reducing
the
potential
for
long
lines
and
wait
times.
Early
voting
could
help
on
the
first
absentee
voting
last
year.
B
Speaking
of
long
lines,
we
had
more
than
400.
Voters
show
up
at
City
Hall,
as
this
slide
shows.
In-Person
absentee
voting
was
the
big
challenge
during
the
primary.
By
contrast
in
the
general
election,
the
challenge
was
keeping
up
with
mailed
and
absentee
ballots.
In
addition,
with
your
leadership,
mr.
chair,
the
team
extended
our
inservice
service
hours
or
our
in-person
service
hours
during
that
two-week
period.
B
That
leads
up
to
both
the
primary
and
the
general
election
last
year
and
that
included
additional
service
hours
during
our
week
days,
monday
through
friday,
as
well
as
additional
hours
on
both
saturdays
and
for
the
very
first
time
service
hours
on
the
two
sundays
leading
up
to
election
day.
In
total,
the
city
provided
35
additional
service
hours
for
in-person
absentee
voters.
We
think
having
those
extended
service
hours
in
the
2016
presidential
election
will
be
critical
to
maximize
voter
access
to
the
ballot
box.
As
I
said,
2014
will
be
remembered
as
the
year
of
absentee
voting.
B
B
So
despite
record-setting
turnout
and
absentee
voting
last
year,
the
majority
of
voters
continue
to
cast
their
ballots
at
the
polls
on
Election
Day
in
2014,
Minneapolis
added,
8
new
precincts
and
we
adjusted
5
polling
place
locations.
Despite
these
changes,
we
still
experienced
long
lines
and
wait
times
in
a
few
areas.
B
This
was
most
noticeable
in
our
high
turnout
precincts
in
the
south
part
of
the
city
and
those
precincts
with
highly
mobile
populations,
for
example
near
the
University,
where
election
day
registration
is
critical
to
enable
voter
participation
election
day,
registration
or
EDR
is
a
wonderful
tool
to
empower
voters
and
minnesota
has
provided
this
advantage
to
its
voters.
Since
nineteen
seventy-four,
however,
edrs
require
at
least
double
the
amount
of
time
to
serve
a
voter
at
the
polls
and
in
those
precincts
with
high
turnout
or
high
volumes
of
Ed.
B
Our
voters,
long
lines
and
wait
times
have
been
and
will
always
be
a
significant
challenge
for
us.
But
one
of
the
biggest
problems
we
face
is
the
lack
of
precincts
and
polling
places
to
serve
our
voters.
As
this
chart
illustrates
over
the
past
decade,
the
city's
population
is
steadily
increased,
topping
400,000
today.
At
the
same
time,
we've
significantly
cut
the
number
of
precincts
from
about
145
and
2,000
to
a
low
of
117
in
2012.
B
Again,
we
added
8
precincts
in
2014
to
put
us
at
a
total
of
125
today,
but
it's
still
not
enough
to
address
the
ratio
of
voters
to
precincts.
In
fact,
we
have
more
than
50
precincts
that
exceed
state
recommended
limits
of
two
thousand
registered
voters
per
precinct
and
of
that
total,
more
than
twenty
serve
a
registered
population
of
voters
that
exceed
2,500.
So,
if
left
unaddressed,
we
can
be
assured
of
long
lines
and
wait
times
in
the
2016
presidential
election.
B
This
slide
provides
just
a
bit
more
context
again,
as
you
can
see,
there's
a
heat
coded
map
as
a
quick
shorthand
for
reference,
the
darker,
the
color
of
the
precinct,
the
greater
the
number
of
registered
voters
that
are
being
served
so,
as
you
can
see,
particularly
in
words
3,
12
and
13.
There
are
a
number
of
precincts
that
are
just
too
large
at
the
bottom
left
of
this
slide.
You
can
see
that
in
1990
the
city's
population
was
just
over
368,000,
with
a
total
of
172
precincts
to
support
voters.
B
If
you
equalize
the
population
to
the
number
of
precincts
at
that
time,
it
means
each
precinct
would
have
been
required
to
serve
a
population
of
about
2,100
voters
and
that
still
exceeds
state
guidelines.
However,
last
year
in
2014,
the
city's
population
had
increased
to
over
400,000
that
the
number
of
precincts
had
been
reduced
to
125.
If
population
and
precincts
were
equalized
last
year,
it
would
mean
each
precinct
would
have
had
to
have
served
roughly
3200
voters.
That's
about
a
thousand
voters
over
the
state
recommended
guidelines.
B
As
a
consequence,
working
with
the
mayor's
office,
we
have
submitted
a
request
in
the
2016
budget
to
add
several
new
precincts
in
advance
of
next
year's
presidential
election.
By
adding
these
precincts
as
early
as
possible,
the
city
can
be
assured
of
providing
sufficient
notice
to
affected
voters
so
that
we
can
minimize
communication
confusion
about
the
location
of
a
sign
polling
places
on
Election
Day
election
judges.
Election
judges
are
rightly
described
as
being
the
foot
soldiers
of
democracy.
B
As
shown
on
this
slide,
these
individuals
will
fill
a
variety
of
roles,
including
head
and
assistant,
head
judges,
team
judges,
precinct
support
judges,
health
care,
judges,
student
judges
and
absentee
ballot,
Ward
judges,
to
name
just
a
few,
and
these
judges
complement
our
core
full-time
team
of
six
professional
election
administrators.
As
the
graph
on
the
Left
shows,
the
full-time
staff
actually
equals
less
than
one
percent
of
the
total
personnel
required
to
conduct
an
election.
B
B
The
chart
on
the
right
of
this
slide
shows
that
in
2014
we
were
successful
at
making
some
very
slight
changes
to
diversify
our
core
of
election
judges
compared
to
the
2010
midterm.
We
decrease
the
volume
of
white
judges.
By
about
ten
percent,
we
increase
the
number
of
african-american
judges
by
nine
points,
seven
percent
and
twenty
ten
to
sixteen
percent.
In
2014.
We
also
had
a
small
uptick
in
the
number
of
Asian
election
judges
who
participated
in
2014.
Much
of
the
success
resulted
from
our
adopt
a
precinct
initiative.
B
This
program
is
a
partnership
with
nonprofit
organizations
that
provides
a
win-win
outcome.
These
nonprofits
take
on
the
task
of
recruiting
election
judges
for
us
from
their
memberships,
and
then
their
members
in
turn
donate
their
wages
that
they
earn
from
being
election
judges
back
to
their
organizations,
which
provides
a
new
fundraising
stream
for
the
organization
and
also
gives
those
individuals
a
chance
to
engage
in
the
civic
life
of
their
community.
In
2014,
we
had
successful
partnerships
with
seven
organizations.
B
These
included
the
League
of
Women
Voters
of
Minneapolis
longfellow
Community
Council,
the
Somali
American
Parent
Association,
the
Somali
Action
Alliance,
venture
a
village
and
mixed
blood
theatre.
In
total,
these
organizations
provided
us
91
new
election
judges
in
2014.
We
hope
to
expand
on
the
success
of
the
dot,
adopt
a
precinct
program
for
the
2016
presidential
election.
B
At
this
point,
mr.
chair
I'd,
like
to
circle
back
to
the
observation
I
made
earlier
about
voter
turnout
and
the
implications
of
the
citywide
heat
colored
map
that
I
showed
the
demographic
contours
of
our
nation
and
certainly
of
our
community,
are
changing
and
I.
Don't
need
to
tell
that
to
this
committee.
Minneapolis
has
made
racial
equity
one
of
its
top
priorities,
and
it
has
undertaken
several
initiatives
to
move
the
dial
on
this
issue.
We
know
that
even
today,
not
all
Americans
have
equal
opportunity.
B
Studies
show
that
these
groups
are
more
likely
to
live
in
poverty,
more
likely
to
receive
more
severe
punishment
and
sentencing
they're
underrepresented,
significantly
at
higher
rates
in
public
office
and
are
less
likely
to
be
registered
to
vote
and
therefore
even
less
likely
to
turn
out
and
cast
the
ballot
and
historically,
these
inequalities
do
not
abate
with
age.
As
this
slide
illustrates,
these
populations
are
growing
and
they're
projected
to
grow
significantly
over
the
next
40
years.
Gaining
almost
20
percentage
points.
Meantime,
the
white
non-hispanic
residents
are
projected
to
decrease
during
that
same
time,
frame
together.
B
Unmarried
women
and
communities
of
color
are
what
has
been
referred
to.
Have
the
emerging
majority
sometimes
called
the
rising
American
electorate
by
2018
of
just
three
years
away.
This
group
will
collectively
comprise
the
majority
of
all
eligible
voting
age
population
in
the
United
States.
If
this
rising
American
electorate
is
registered,
motivated
to
civic
engagement
and
turns
out
to
participate
in
any
future
election,
they
have
the
potential
to
dramatically
shift
the
social,
economic
and
political
landscape
in
the
United
States.
One
of
the
most
significant
factors
in
this
combined
voting
bloc,
our
youth
of
hispanic
origin.
B
The
chart
on
the
left
on
this
slide
shows
the
steady
growth
traced
in
that
yellow
box
over
a
period
of
six
decades
more
dramatically.
The
chart
on
the
right
shows
that
the
growth
in
future
voters,
those
who
are
under
age,
18
or
who
are
just
turning
age
18,
is
the
most
significant
area
for
growth
and
our
voting
population.
B
This
chart,
which
is
based
on
data
and
estimates
provided
by
the
Census
Bureau,
provides
another
visualization
of
population
projections
from
1970
through
2050.
As
you
can
see,
the
voting
power
of
white
non-hispanic
voters
is
projected
to
decrease
year
after
year
from
eighty-three
percent
in
1972
a
projected
46-percent
in
2050.
At
the
same
time,
that
emerging
majority
group
is
projected
to
continue
increasing
a
number
so
that
by
2050
they
will
collectively
constitute
a
voting
bloc
that
represents
approximately
fifty-four
percent
of
the
total
electorate,
and
these
projections
are
based
only
on
race.
B
They
do
not
account
for
gender
identity.
So
if
the
factor
of
unmarried
women
were
included,
the
differential
would
be
even
greater
beyond
all
the
other
negative
outcomes
these
groups
share
and
which
are
of
a
concern
to
the
City
Council.
There
are
three
of
specific
interest
to
me
in
my
capacity
as
chief
elections
official
first,
these
communities
are
less
likely
to
be
registered
to
vote
second
and
as
a
consequence
of
the
first,
these
communities
are
less
likely
to
engage
in
the
electoral
process.
That
is,
they
are
less
likely
to
vote.
B
Voting
it
turns
out
is
like
other
social
norms.
It's
learned,
behavior
and
research
shows
that
children
from
families
where
adults
are
registered
and
who
actually
participate
in
elections
are
more
likely
to
do
so
as
adults
themselves.
So
a
child
who's
raised
in
a
household
where
that
isn't
the
norm
is
less
likely
to
do
so
as
an
adult.
B
Research
from
the
Pew
Center
on
the
state
shows
that
one
in
four
Americans
are
not
registered
to
vote,
and
one
in
eight
americans
will
have
or
have
had
problems
with
their
registration,
which
would
prevent
them
from
casting
a
ballot.
One
of
the
reasons
registration,
disproportionately
impacts.
This
rising
majority
is
that
they
are
young,
they're
highly
mobile
and
they
move
frequently,
which
exasperates
registration
and
turnout
rates.
It's
important
to
reiterate
that
fifty-nine
percent
of
all
18
to
29
year
olds
in
America
are
part
of
that
group
included
in
that
number.
B
56,000
Latinos
and
58,000
African
Americans
turn
18
each
month
becoming
eligible
to
vote.
So
one
of
the
most
critical
steps
we
can
take
in
terms
of
outreach
is
to
engage
these
voters
by
stressing
the
importance
of
registration
as
the
first
step
toward
voting
working
with
our
partners
at
the
Secretary
of
State's
office
and
innovate
County
and
with
other
jurisdictions
across
the
state.
B
We
intend
to
pursue
multiple
initiatives
over
the
course
of
the
next
year
to
drive
voter
registration
as
our
top
priority,
not
just
because
we
want
voters
to
have
an
opportunity
to
participate
and
not
just
because
we
recognize
voting
is
one
of
the
key
signs
of
a
healthy
democracy,
but
simply
because
it's
the
right
thing
to
do
so
with
that.
Mr.
chair
I'll
conclude
my
comments
by
summarizing
some
of
the
recommendations
and
action
plans
that
staff
identified,
which
are
shown
on
page
42
of
your
report.
Obviously
we
continue
to
strongly
abdicate
early
voting
for
all
Minnesotans.
B
We
look
forward
to
working
with
secretary
Simon
and
his
team
on
this
effort.
Meantime
we
will
maximize
the
use
of
no
excuse
absentee
voting
as
an
option
to
engage
voters
early
in
the
process.
We
also
advocate
for
permissive
legislation
that
would
allow
the
use
of
qualified
interpreters
and
polling
places
to
assist
voters
who
require
language
translation.
B
We
recognize
that
not
all
communities
have
similar
needs,
but
as
the
largest
and
the
most
diverse
municipality,
this
is
a
critical
issue
for
us
and
we
need
support
from
our
state
legislature
to
give
our
voters
the
level
of
service
and
support
that
they
deserve,
so
that
they
can
participate
independently
and
with
confidence.
As
mentioned,
we
strongly
recommend
increasing
the
number
of
precincts
in
Minneapolis
in
advance
of
the
2016
presidential
election
to
minimize
any
negative
consequences
associated
with
election
day
at
the
polls.
B
From
my
soapbox,
I
I
think
I've
made
clear
the
need
to
do
a
better
job
of
pushing
registration
and
supporting
voters
so
that
we
can
have
a
better
full
engagement
for
all
of
them.
In
addition,
we
want
to
build
on
the
success
of
our
adoptive
precinct
program
so
that
we
can
maximize
win-win
solutions
that
serve
our
needs,
diversify
our
core
of
election
judges
and
build
long-term
partnerships
with
community
based
organizations.
B
There
are
many
many
more
recommendations
and
action
plans
contained
in
the
report
more
than
I
have
time
to
cover,
but
I've
attempted
to
highlight
for
you
the
major
issues
as
we
continue
with
plans
and
preparations
for
the
2016
presidential
election
I
know
we'll
have
a
chance
to
come
back
before
the
committee
and
discuss
those,
and
with
that
mr.
chair
I
would
be
happy
to
stand
for
any
questions.
Thank.
A
C
C
I
think
that's
really
important
and
I
really
appreciate
your
office
and
the
work
that
it's
done
in
terms
of
increasing
the
precinct
in
Ward
5
and
doing
several
things
help
folks
to
vote.
In
you
know,
yeah
I've
been
a
strong
advocate
of
the
issue
of
providing
interpreters
for
people
and
not
not
just
align
them
to
help
only
three
people
but
helping
giving
them
the
opportunity
to
help
as
many
people
as
possible
and
I
understand
that
the
balance
that
the
state
has
to
make
in
terms
of
you
know
I'm
fairness
and
those
sorts
of
things.
C
A
You
thank
councilmember
yang,
any
further
questions
or
comments
for
mr.
Carl.
Seeing
none
I
will
just
add
a
couple
of
pieces
that
I
wanted
to
highlight.
One
is
the
graph
regarding
the
precinct,
so
we've
dramatically
increased
our
population
just
in
the
last
decade
or
so
simultaneously.
The
number
of
precincts
citywide
has
gone
down.
A
That's
resulted
in
extraordinarily
long
lines
in
2008
and
2012
and
know
many
of
council
staff
who
were
going
out
and
delivering
coffee
or
hot
chocolate
just
to
make
sure
that
people
stayed
out
a
little
longer
in
the
cold
and
sometimes
in
the
rain
and
I
think
that's
a
the
problem
that
we
need
to
fix.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
people
have
access
to
the
ballot
box,
and
you
know
one
of
your
other
recommendations
was
to
increase
access
specifically
to
schools.
A
I
think
we
do
need
to
be
reaching
out
to
the
school
district,
MPs
and
school
board
to
see
where
those
possibilities
might
lie.
I
believe
it
was
President
Obama's
initiative
to
increase
the
number
of
schools
that
are
used
and
specifically
allow
for
a
teacher
work
day
to
take
place
on
Election
Day
itself,
which
would
open
the
schools
more
wood,
mitigate
any
security
concerns
and
would
make
it
easier
for
kids
to
participate
in
the.
What
is
it
called
young
people.
A
C
A
Forward
and
initiative
very
soon
that
would
hopefully
drastically
increase
the
number
of
registered
voters
in
those
areas,
and
so,
if
they
want
to
participate
on
Election
Day,
they
at
the
very
least
have
the
ability
to
do
so.
So
I
don't
believe
this
requires
a
vote,
but
I
will
direct
the
clerk
to
receive
and
file,
and
with
that
we'll
move
on
to
item
number
two,
which
are
a
few
administrative
details
that
mr.
Carl
can
highlight.
Thank.
B
You
mr.
chair
and
members
of
the
committee,
as
you
know,
was
introduced
by
the
chair,
some
amendments
to
the
code
dealing
with
elections
generally
and
then,
specifically
with
the
conduct
of
municipal
elections,
using
our
ranked
choice,
voting
or
rcv
methodology
I'm
going
to
introduce
Peter,
abnett
and
management
analyst
with
our
department
who
has
worked
with
the
City
Attorney's
Office
to
craft
those.
You
should
have
a
new
copy
in
front
of
you
at
the
Dyess
and
of
course
it
has
also
been
posted
online
and
he'll
walk
you
through
each
of
those
changes.
D
B
D
C
D
D
D
First,
second
and
third
choice:
vote
totals
for
all
candidates
will
be
calculated
and
compared
to
the
highest
vote,
total
all
candidates,
whose
some,
even
with
their
first
second
and
third
choice,
votes
added
together,
isn't
higher
than
the
highest
total
will
be
eliminated,
and
essentially
this
will
allow
us
to
eliminate
multiple
candidates
around
and
will
speed
up
the
process
fairly.
Significantly.
D
Staff
also
recommends
removing
a
holdover
from
the
2009
election,
which
required
the
vote
tabulation
center
to
be
accessible
in
2009.
When
the
entire
count
was
by
hand,
this
was
necessary
to
ensure
that
candidates
and
the
public
felt
comfortable
with
what
was
going
on,
but
now
that
the
process
is
completed
entirely
on
spreadsheets,
it
can
be
replicated
by
members
of
the
public
or
the
media,
and
so
there's.
B
D
Need
to
broadcast
the
work
on
a
computer
screen
staff
also
recommends
a
change.
The
requirements
for
campaign
finance
disclosure,
given
that
Minneapolis
no
longer
has
primaries
the
set
recommends
changing
the
requirements
to
mirror
the
state's
deadlines.
This
change
made
in
consultation
with
Hennepin
County,
will
standardize
Minneapolis
filings
with
the
rest
of
the
state.
Finally,
the
City
Attorney's
Office
recommended
the
addition
of
more
specific
language
around
the
ordinance
having
to
do
with
ties
in
election,
including.
D
D
A
D
B
A
B
Chair
works,
your
indulgence,
one
thing:
Carol
bassoon
from
the
City
Attorney's
Office,
is
here
and
I
wanted
to
especially
recognize
her
she's
been
an
amazing
partner.
The
clerk's
office
miss
from
the
beginning,
so
from
the
very
beginning
when
this
came
forward
in
2006
as
a
referendum
issue
through
the
conduct
of
the
first
rcd
election
2009,
my
joining
the
department
in
2010
and
the
conduct
of
the
second
rcv
in
2013.
She
knows
the
process
inside
and
out.
She
is
not
only
a
guide
and
an
advisor
to
us.
A
Point
mr.
Karl,
she
has
done
indeed
done
a
tremendous
job
and
as
late
as
this
morning,
I
don't
know
if
you
were
directly
involved
with
this,
but
we
were
making
the
slight
amendments
to
a
process
that
I
wasn't
even
the
word
existed,
which
was
in
the
event
of
a
tie,
you
flip
coin
and
that's
actually
in
the
state
law,
but
I
can't
imagine
that
actually
happening,
but
it
would
be
a
beautiful
political
drama
to
say
the
least,
so
that
you,
for
all
of
your
help
again
any
other
further
questions
for
mr.
Karl
or
mr.
Abnett.