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I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Page 3 2.4 Postage for Absentee Ballots and Applications 1) When a Category A office or question is included at an election, the county shall assume all costs for absentee ballot applications, envelopes and postage. When a municipal clerk has requested that he or she be delegated the responsibility to administer absentee voting in elections which include Category A offices or questions, the municipality shall pay all postage costs for the mailing and return of absentee ballots processed by the clerk at an election. 2) When only Oategory B and C offices or questions are included at an election, the municipality shall be responsible for administering the absentee ballot process within the municipality. The municipal clerk Shall pay all costs for absentee ballot applications, envelopes and postage for the mailing and return of absentee ballots. The absentee ballot postage cost shall be shared between the municipality and the school district(s) pursuant to part 1.3. 2.5 Publication of Election Notices Each jurisdiction is responsible for the publication of all election notices required by Minnesota Statutes. Where an agreement has been made to prepare and publish election notices jointly, the costs shall be allocated based on the same percentage established in part 2.1. 2.6 Transportation of Ballots and Election Supplies For all elections, except school district elections which do not occur in conjunction with any other election, the municipality shall assume the costs for picking up ballots and supplies from the Anoka County Courthouse in Anoka and transporting them to the polling place. 2.7 Salaries of Election Judges 1) When a category A and/or B office or question is included at an election, the municipality shall establish and pay the salaries of the election judges needed for that election. 2) When a Category C office or question is included at an election along with a C~ttegory A and/or B office or question, the election judge salary cost shall be shared between the municipality and the school district(s) pursuant to part 1.3. 2.8 Compensation for Contracted Administrative Expenses Where the administrative duties of an election official are carried out on a separate contractual basis by another election official, the actual costs of administering these duties may be billed to the jurisdiction whose duties have been assumed in an amount and in a manner which is established in the contractual agreement.