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RESOLUTION 24-061 RESOLUTION GOVERNING WRITE-IN VOTE COUNTING FOR THE CITY OF PRIOR LAKE Motion By: BRAID Second By: CHURCHILL WHEREAS, the City of Prior Lake (“the City”) regularly holds elections for local elective office(s);
and
WHEREAS, voters at the elections may cast a ballot for a write-in candidate for a local elective office; and
WHEREAS, city and county election officials spend considerable time and resources to count
and individually record write-in votes cast, many of which are frivolous; and
WHEREAS, in 2023, the Minnesota Legislature amended Minnesota Statute, Section 204B.09,
subdivision 3, authorizing the City to adopt a resolution governing the counting of write-in votes for local elective office; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Minnesota Statute 204B.09, subdivision 3(b)(2), by adopting a resolution the City may require that write-in votes for an individual candidate only be individually recorded if the total number of write-in votes for that office is equal to or greater than the fewest number of non-write-in votes for a ballot candidate; and WHEREAS, a city that adopts a resolution must do so before the first day of filing for office; and
WHEREAS, to better administer the City’s local elections for office the City Council desires to implement the authority provided in Minnesota Statute 204B.09, subd.3(b)(2).
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PRIOR LAKE, MINNESOTA as follows: Write-in votes for an individual candidate for local elective office shall
only be individually recorded if the total number of write-in votes for that office is equal to or greater than the fewest number of non-write-in votes for a ballot candidate BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED pursuant to Minnesota Statute 204B.09, Subd. 3, this resolution shall remain in effect until a subsequent resolution on the same subject is adopted by the City of
Prior Lake.
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Passed and adopted by the Prior Lake City Council this 11th day of June 2024. VOTE Briggs Braid Burkart Churchill Lake
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______________________________ Jason Wedel, City Manager