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• Produce election night reporting <br />• Update voter rolls minutes before an election in near -real time <br />• Be intercepted for unethical, even unlawful, monitoring and manipulation <br />WHEREAS, suspected security risks have been identified including: <br />• The Department of Homeland Security's CISA Department uses the <br />Albert System and FirstNet, which may have access to voting systems through the <br />poll pads. <br />• Poll pads have been used as a digital ledger to add, delete, and shift large numbers <br />of voters to achieve the desired vote counts. <br />• Poll pads have been used to report vote totals down to the County from the <br />secretary of state (e.g. New Mexico) <br />WHEREAS, as per M.S. 201.225, subd. 1, a municipality may use an electronic roster <br />system for any election but it is not mandated; and <br />WHEREAS, there is no evidence of a formal agreement between Anoka County and the <br />municipalities requiring municipalities to continuously use electronic roster system for any <br />election; and <br />per: <br />WHEREAS, a paper backup system is required as a backup to the electronic poll pads as <br />• M.S. 201 subd. 2: "Each precinct using electronic rosters shall have a paper backup <br />system approved by the secretary of state present at the polling place to use in the <br />event that the election judges are unable to use the electronic roster" <br />• M.S. 201.225, subd. 5 (b) which states: "Each precinct using electronic rosters shall <br />have a paper backup system approved by the secretary of state present at the <br />polling place to use in the event that the election judges are unable to use the <br />electronic roster"; and <br />WHEREAS, this system is an on -going security risk and costly to taxpayers; <br />NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of chooses to opt out of use of <br />electronic poll pads and return to paper poll books. <br />Adopted this day of , 2024 <br />12 <br />