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I ICHARLES R. LEFEBVRE County Auditor Ext. 1134 I I I I I I I I I I I( i7s COUNTY COURTHOUSE OF ANOKA Office of County A Itditor ANOKA, MINNESOTA 55303 612-421-4760 TO: FROM: DATE: Anoka County Commissioners, City Clerks, Administrators, Mayors, Councilmembers, Anoka County Legislative Delegation, Anoka County Systems and Programming Personnel Charles R. Lefebvre, Anoka County Auditor~.~ February 9, 1983 Enclosed please find the "Summary of City' Election Officials Concerns on Election Night Procedures' at the Anoka County Courthouse" and the "Response prepared by-Elaine Voss, Elections Supervisor". The City Election Officials comments were brought to my attention by a County Commissioner and no one has directly addressed the comments to me or any of my elections staff. I asked the Elections Supervisor to respond to the comments. It is important to note that in Chapters 200 - 210A of Minnesota Statutes that the office of County Auditor is designated as the Chief Election Official for the County. The statute mandates the responsibility relating to each and every aspect of the election to the County Auditor. I take that mandate very seriously. I see the cooperative efforts to work together with municipalities to be key in our joint success. When a petition from the City Clerks requesting that Gordon Harvey be appointed to work with data processing for the 1982 election was presented to me, I immediately presented that request to administration. The request was granted and Mr. Harvey was in the computer room both for the primary and general elections. My cooperative efforts extend to the offering to do mask punching, crimping of ballot pages and the assembling of votomatic frames. My office will continue to offer these services to the municipalities. I would be happy to respond to or meet with any of the interested parties. Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer