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RELEVANT LINKS: <br />League of Minnesota Cities Information Memo: 5/15/2024 <br />City Special Elections Page 16 <br />. <br /> The line for write-in votes must contain the words “write-in, if any.” If no <br />one has filed for an office, only write-in lines appear below the title of that <br />office in a number equal to the candidates to be elected for that office. <br /> C. Questions <br />Minn. R. 8250.1810. Ballot questions appear after offices on an optical scan ballot. The heading <br />must read “CITY QUESTIONS” and be printed in uppercase letters. <br />Below this caption, the instructions must read: “To vote for a question, fill <br />in the oval next to the word “YES” on that question. To vote against a <br />question, fill in the oval next to the word “NO” on that question.” <br /> Depending on the type of ballot used, the instructions may instead read: <br />“To vote for a question, fill in the arrow next to the word ‘YES’ on that <br />question. To vote against a question, fill in the arrow next to the word <br />‘NO’ on that question.” <br />Minn. R. 8250.1810. When there is more than one question on the ballot, each question must be <br />designated by a number. Each question must be labeled “CITY <br />QUESTION” followed by the number assigned to the question. <br />Minn. R. 8250.1810. The city clerk or council must also provide a title for each question on the <br />ballot. The title must not contain more than 10 words. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />The city attorney must review the title to determine whether it accurately <br />describes the question asked and the title cannot be used on the ballot until <br />approved by the city attorney. The title must be printed in uppercase letters <br />and must be printed above the question to which it refers. The body of the <br />question must be printed in uppercase and lowercase letters. <br />Minn. Stat. § 204B.36, subd. <br />3. <br />Minn. Stat. § 206.90, subd. 6. <br />Minn. R. 8250.1810. <br /> <br />A concise statement of the question must be printed on the ballot. The <br />words “yes” and “no” must be printed as close to their corresponding vote <br />targets as possible. Be sure to check the statute that authorizes the ballot <br />question to see if the statute specifies how the question must be asked. <br />Minn. Stat. § 275.60. Any question submitted to the voters that authorizes issuing a general <br />obligation bond, a property tax levy, or tax rate increase must include on <br />the ballot the following notice, in bold type: “BY VOTING ‘YES’ ON <br />THIS BALLOT QUESTION, YOU ARE VOTING FOR A PROPERTY <br />TAX INCREASE.” This statement is printed in addition to any other <br />provisions that govern the contents of ballots questions. Where the <br />question is about issuing debt obligations, the statement may be <br />supplemented by a description of revenues pledged to payment of the <br />obligations that are intended as the primary source of payment. <br />Minn. Stat. § 275.61, subd. 1. <br />Minn. Stat. § 275.61. Any ballot questions about a levy must state the maximum amount of the <br />increased levy as a percentage of market value and the amount that will be <br />raised by the new referendum tax rate in the first year it is to be levied. <br />24