Res 2023-49 Election Candidate Write-In ProcessCITY OF MENDOTA HEIGHTS
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 21123-49
UPDATING ELECTION WRITE-IN CANDIDATE RECORDING PROCESS
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statute 204B.092 subdivision 3 allows for the governing body of
a statutory or home rule charter city to adopt a resolution governing the counting of write-in votes
for local elective office: and
WHEREAS, the current write-in vote counting process is overly time consuming and
unnecessary, and
WHEREAS, counting only registered or legitimate write-in candidates aligns the write-in
recording process with Federal, State and County offices, and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the city of Mendota Heights hereby
requires 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.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Mendota Heights this nineteenth day of September
2023,
CITY COUNCIL
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