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RESOLUTION NO. 6236
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING S.F. NO. 722 AND H.F. NO. 670
AUTHORIZING USE OF ELECTRONIC VOTING
SYSTEMS FOR ABSENTEE BALLOT VOTING
WHEREAS, electronic voting systems have previously been approved for
the State of Minnesota, and that currently approximately 400,000 Minnesota
voters are utilizing this system for voting and
WHEREAS, many of these voters must cast an absentee ballot because
they are unable to appear in person at the polling place on election day
due to illness, disability, religious discipline or other legal reason and
WHEREAS, under current law, these voters must use a paper ballot for
absentee voting purposes, which ballot must then be converted to computer
readable ballots by election officials, and
WHEREAS, said transfer of absentee votes to punch card ballots is a
very time consuming and costly process and can contribute to errors in the
converting process, and
WHEREAS, utilization of the electronic absentee voting system has
proved an effective method of processing absentee voting in thirty-six
of the thirty-eight states currently utilizing an electronic voting system;
now therefore
BE IT RESOLVED THAT:
1. The City Council of the City of St. Louis Park does hereby support
passage of S.F. No. 722 and H.F. No. 670 authorizing the use of
electronic voting systems for absentee voting and urges the legislature
to enact this provision into law, and
2. The City Clerk is herewith instructed to transmit certified copies
of this resolution to the legislators for the City of St. Louis Park,
and to members of the Elections Committee of the State Senate and
House of Representatives.
At est:
City C erk
Adopted by the City Council March 19, 1979.
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Pre dent Pro Tem
Approved as to form and legality:
City Attr6rney