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PROCEDURES FOR CONDUCTING POST -ELECTION REVIEW <br />1. Organize teams — one for each precinct to be reviewed. <br />2. Assign three election judges/officials to each team. For Ramsey, two Election Judges from <br />opposite political parties and the City Clerk. <br />3. Review the provisions of M.S. 204C.21 and 204C. 22 (included on next page) <br />4. Open sealed transfer case(s) for the polling place and remove voted ballots (the process will <br />later be repeated for absentee ballots). <br />5. The review must be conducted of the votes cast for: <br />a. Governor <br />b. U.S. Representative <br />c. Secretary of State <br />The election judge will then take the ballots from each counter group in turn and separate them <br />into piles. There should be separate piles for: <br />a. Republican candidate <br />b. DFL candidate <br />c. Other major/minor party candidates (each in a separate pile) <br />d. All write-in candidates <br />e. Ballots blank for that office <br />f. Ballots defective for that office <br />g. Completely defective ballots <br />6. The election judge will set aside any ballots that are obviously: <br />a. marked outside the target but close enough to the candidate's name to determine the <br />voter's intent or <br />b. marked with a pen or pencil that obviously cannot be read; this could be red ink, yellow <br />ink, mark not dark enough, mark not in scan path, etc. <br />7. After all ballots have been piled, the election judges will count the ballots in each pile, by groups <br />of 25. <br />8. The election judge will then provide the results to the recount official to record on the post- <br />election review worksheet that already has the election day totals. Judges should complete <br />their count "blind" so that they are not aware of the machine count. <br />9. The election judges will note any differences due to the criteria in 6(a) and 6(b), plus any other <br />factors that may have caused a change, such as poor duplication of ballot, excessively folded or <br />torn ballot, etc. <br />10. Repeat this process for U.S. Representative and Secretary of State. <br />11. When both polling place and absentee/mail ballots are counted for the precinct reseal ballots <br />into transfer cases. <br />