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RELEVANT LINKS: <br />League of Minnesota Cities Information Memo: 5/15/2024 <br />City Special Elections Page 14 <br /> Ballots are no longer printed on blue or green paper. The paper used for <br />ballots should be of sufficient weight to prevent the printing from being <br />discernible from the back, as close as possible to thirty-pound paper. <br />Secretary of State City Clerk <br />Election Guide. Contact the county election official to coordinate ballot responsibilities. <br />During state election years, the county auditor must coordinate city and <br />township ballot preparation. The auditor provides specific instruction to <br />cities as to ballot preparation. <br />Minn. Stat. § 205.02, subd. 2. There are certain election law provisions that may not apply to charter <br />cities, so charter cities should work with their city attorney on formatting <br />the ballots. <br /> <br /> A. Ranked choice voting <br />City of Bloomington Ranked <br />Choice Voting. <br /> <br />Ranked choice voting allows voters to rank their choices for each <br />individual office. <br /> <br />City of St. Louis Park <br />Ranked Choice Voting. <br /> <br />After first choice votes are counted, if no candidate has a majority of the <br />votes (more than 50%), the candidate with the least number of first-choice <br />votes is eliminated. For those voters that picked the eliminated candidate <br />as their first choice, their second-choice vote would be counted instead. <br />This process continues until one candidate has a majority. <br />Ramsey County Elections <br />Ranked Voting. <br /> <br />An example of a ranked choice ballot is below. You pick your first choice <br />by completely filling in the box next to that candidate’s name. If you have <br />a second and third choice, you would repeat the first step. However, a <br />voter is not required to have a second and/or third choice. <br /> <br /> <br /> In Minnesota, ranked-choice voting is currently approved for use in <br />Bloomington, Saint Louis Park, Minnetonka, Saint Paul and Minneapolis <br />for municipal elections. In order for a charter city to adopt Ranked Choice <br />voting, the charter must be amended via ordinance or have it voted on by <br />city residents. Statutory cities do not have the authority to implement <br />ranked-choice voting. <br />22