City Council Meeting Date: July 9, 2024
To: Mayor and City Council
City Administrator
From: Lynette Peterson, City Clerk
Title
Consider Resolution Appointing Election Judges for the 2024 Primary and General Elections.
Body
Action Requested:
The Northfield City Council hereby:
1. Approves appointment of election judges as shown on Exhibit A for the 2024 Primary Election and General elections; and
2. Authorizes the City Clerk to appoint additional election judges as needed.
Summary Report:
The City Council is being asked to appoint election judges for the upcoming Primary and General elections and authorize the City Clerk to appoint additional judges as needed. The Primary election is August 13, 2024 and the General election is November 5, 2024.
Staff will continue to recruit judges during the weeks leading up to the Primary and General elections as needed. City staff members have also been named as election judges in order to assist with various election activities.
Absentee voting is available at Northfield City Hall for the Primary and General elections. In addition to all City of Northfield ballots, we have ballots for all precincts in Rice County. Rice County will continue to process all voted Rice County absentee ballots using their absentee ballot board. Dakota County will process all voted Dakota County absentee ballots using their absentee ballot board.
State law requires employers to give employees time off to serve as a poll worker on Election Day and to receive the mandatory training required to be an election judge if the training is held during an employee’s regularly scheduled hours of work.
Alternative Options:
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Financial Impacts:
The 2024 elections budget contains $93,230.00 for election judge pay for the three elections.
Tentative Timelines:
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