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3. The Finance Director shall also create a Special Project Fund which may receive public <br />donations which are tax deductible by the contributor to be used solely to offset said <br />hand counting expenses and said Fund shall continue year to year with any remaining <br />balance to carry forward for future hand counting projects. <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the City of hereby <br />requests that Anoka County Auditor/Elections Department receive, archive and consider the <br />results of the hand count in the City of and consider any necessary <br />actions before completing its official canvass and final report to the Minnesota Secretary of <br />State. <br />BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the City of hereby acknowledges that the <br />electronic voting system ("tabulation machines") provides the certifiable basis for reporting <br />results to the Secretary of State but any differences between the tabulation machines and the <br />hand count should be taken seriously and resolved in a manner consist with the general <br />guidelines of MN Statutes 206.89 and therefore duly reviewed further, if necessary, to resolve <br />the cause of any deviations. The Council of the City of is prepared to <br />fully cooperate with any such review. <br />Adopted this day of , 2024 <br />ATTEST <br />(SEAL) <br />City Clerk <br />Mayor <br />Black Box Voting Keeps <br />Getting Darker in Minnesota <br />2023 Law Changes <br />✓ Vote tabulation machines mandated tf used <br />before in Federal/State elections (MS 206.58) <br />✓ Cast Vote Records rendered useless for auditing <br />(MS 206.845) <br />(This federally prescribed audding tool built into <br />tabulatorscannotbe used to audit elections) <br />2024 Laws Proposed <br />A- Hand counting at the polls to be rendered <br />impossible (HF 4772, SF 4729) <br />No residential address needed to register and vote <br />(HF 4772, SF 4729) <br />Voting stations at Colleges & Universities to be <br />authorized (HF 4772) <br />Trust <br />Machines <br />Do Not <br />Audit <br />Do Not <br />Hand Count <br />Votes <br />16 <br />