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Board Action Request
18-0276


Item Description:
Change the polling location of Fort Snelling Precinct 1 for the 2018 primary and general elections
Resolution:

BE IT RESOLVED, that the Fort Snelling Precinct 1 polling place is no longer available and the Hennepin County Board approves, for the 2018 elections, the polling place be designated at Mount Calvary Education Building 6541 16th Ave South in Richfield, Minnesota.

Background:

Minnesota Statute § 204B.16, subd. 1 requires Hennepin County to designate the polling place for unorganized territory within the county and the polling place used for Fort Snelling Precinct 1 is no longer available. The polling place for Fort Snelling Precinct 1 is designated as Mount Calvary Education Building 6541 16th Ave South in Richfield, Minnesota.

 

Minnesota Statute § 204B.16, subd. 1a provides in part that “if the location of a polling place has been changed, the governing body establishing the polling place shall send to every affected household with at least one registered voter in the precinct a nonforwardable mailed notice stating the location of the new polling place at least 25 days before the next election. The secretary of state shall prepare a sample of this notice. A notice that is returned as undeliverable must be forwarded immediately to the county auditor”.

 

Resident and Real Estate Services is actively seeking a partner to operate a precinct at Fort Snelling for future elections.

Recommendation from County Administrator: Recommend Approval