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A RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING <br />AN ABSENTEE BALLOT BOARD FOR THE 2004 GENERAL ELECTION <br />TO BE HELD NOVEMBER 2, 2004 <br />WHEREAS, the City Hall seizes as an absentee ballot center for the residents of <br />Ciono;and <br />WHEREAS, State Statute Section 203B.13 provides that an Absentee Ballot <br />Board may be established by the City Council to facilitate the absentee voting process for an <br />upcoming election. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Orono City Council hereby <br />establishes an Absentee Ballot Board to do any of the following: <br />Absentee Ballot Board members arc authorized to leceive, examine, and validate <br />absentee ballots. This process of examining the return envelopes and marking <br />them "accepted" or “rejected" may begin at any time during the 30 days before the <br />election. <br />If an envelope has been rejected at least 5 days before the election, the ballots in <br />the envelope must be considered spoiled ballots and the official in charge of the <br />Absentee Ballot Board shall provide the voter with a replacement absentee ballot <br />and return envelope in place of the spoiled ballot. <br />FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED by the Orono City Council tlrat: <br />A. A Board of at least two election judges of different political parties shall be <br />appointed by the City Clerk. <br />n. Absentee Ballot Board members shall be compensated at the same rate as an <br />election judge for their scr\'ices. <br />Adopted by the City Council of lire City of Orono, Minnesota, at a regular <br />meeting held October 11, 2004. <br />ATTHST: <br />Linda S. Vce. City Clerk Barbara A. Peterson, Mavor <br />n . r % <br />_aiili