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And
that
motion
passes.
The
next
item
on
the
agenda
is
the
chairs
report.
I
have
nothing
to
add
specifically
because
I
do
want
to
thank
those
who
have
showed
up
today
for
the
meeting.
I
know
we've
been
busy
with
the
redistricting,
so
there's
been
a
lot
on
our
plate
item
five
on
the
agenda
is
considering
a
proposal
to
amend
the
charter.
Moving
municipal
elections
to
even-numbered
years,
you've
had
a
chance
to
review
that.
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There
are
statutory
times
as
you
are
aware
about
how
an
implementation
of
a
change
in
election
years
could
be
made
and
those
types
of
issues,
and
it
would
be
well
for
the
body
I
think,
to
have
someone
who
could
pull
together
the
research.
The
analysis
input
from
you
know
the
the
relevant
experts
from
the
secretary
of
state's
office,
hennepin
county
auditor's
office,
the
city's
own
elections
office,
to
help
inform
any
debate
that
the
body
might
have
on
this
proposal.
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And
so
I
wanted
to
say
that,
on
behalf
of
my
office,
which
includes
the
elections
and
voter
services
division,
we
were
hopeful
to
if
this
body
wishes
to
move
that
proposal
forward.
Work
with
you
in
forming
what
has
been
done
on
similar
proposals
to
amend
the
charter
in
the
past,
provide
some
professional
expertise
to
a
a
working
group
that
could
bring
forward
a
more
fleshed
out
version
of
a
charter
member
proposal
for
consideration
at
the
appropriate
time.
So
just
wanted
to
put
that
on
the
record
before
the
body.
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Thank
you,
mr
carl,
and
I
would
note
that
I
know
that
chair
clegg's
desire
on
this,
which
I
agree
with,
is
because
this
is
going
to
be
a
fairly
complicated
issue.
I
think
both
from
you
know
the
just
the
mechanics
of
this.
You
know
one
ballot,
two
valve
this
handled
the
process
we
go
through
to
abide
by
statute,
which
even
years,
do
we
move
it
to.
Is
it
the
governor's
year,
the
presidential
election
years?
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Just
a
little
bit,
thank
you,
mr
chair.
I
I
think
that
mr
carl
has
answered
my
question,
which
was,
I
had
reviewed,
not
only
the
article
that
we
were
sent,
but
also
the
memo
from
the
city
attorney's
office
from
four
years
ago
and
was
very
concerned
at
the
very
least
to
know
whether
things
had
changed
in
terms
of
the
technology.
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Since
we
first
looked
at
this
issue,
and
so
the
very
thing
I
was
looking
for
was
to
have
a
study
group
to
look
at
it
further
because
I
didn't
see
how
we
could
possibly
make
a
decision
based
on
what
we
have
to
date.
I
just
wanted
to
add
that
the
the
article
that
we
received
is
to
me
not
at
all
persuasive,
and
I
hope
there
are
other
materials
that
we
can
look
at.
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Background
of
the
manhattan
institute,
so
I
shared
some
of
those
concerns
and
I
know
there
are
other
articles
out
there
and-
and
I
I
know
that
I
was
going
to
ask
mr
carl
a
question
on
how
the
city
handled
the
ballot
in
the
recent
special
election
for
the
council
members.
I
think
council
member
ozil,
because
that
was
the
right
choice
matter
and
then
I
believe,
was
also
the
time
of
a
general
election.
So
I
don't
know
physically
how
that
ballot
was
handled.
Maybe
mr
carl
could
have
just
explained
that.
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Very,
very
briefly,
mr
chair,
because
I
know
commissioner
kozak
is
in
queue.
I
will
say
that
hitherto
we
had
been
advised
that
the
city's
ballot,
which,
as
this
body
is
aware,
is
quite
long
with
25
races.
All
ranked
choice
voting
would
be
difficult,
if
not
impossible,
within
the
existing
scope
of
the
law
to
merge
with
either
the
presidential
organizatorial
ballot.
We
were
successful
in
putting
the
special
election
for
just
one
war.
E
The
sixth
word,
as
you
note,
when
council
member
austin
was
elected
midterm,
so
we
did
prove
that
we
can
make
the
technology
the
the
newer
upgraded
technology
can
accommodate
a
mix
of
ballot
styles.
The
question
then,
is:
how
far
can
we
push
that
and
could
we
do
a
full
statewide
gubernatorial
midterm
election
ballot
with
a
full
25
seat
municipal?
E
You
know,
city
of
minneapolis
ballot,
those
and
those
may
require
changes
in
state
law
that
currently
limit
the
number
of
sheets
front
and
back
size
of
ballots
font
size
things
like
that,
so
we
may
need
to
get
either
legislative
change
and
or
rule
making
change.
That's
done
with
the
secretary
of
state
in
terms
of
the
production
of
ballots,
but
those
are
questions.
I
think
that
our
study
group
could
take
on
okay.
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E
Mr
chair,
I
would
note
this
as
casey.
We
don't
have
public
discussion
at
the
committee
meetings.
The
charter
commission,
as
a
body
does
allow
for
general
public
comments
at
their
meetings,
which
are
the
first
wednesdays
of
each
month.
So
I
leave
to
you
your
discretion
and
the
discretion
of
the
committee
about
that.
But
the
reason
that
it
was
not
allowed
to
sign
up
is
that
the
committee
doesn't
take
public
comment.
The
charter
commission,
as
a
body,
does.