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A new ranked-voting method used by Minneapolis costs
ve times more per voter than traditional voting. The city
is $385,000 shy.
By Steve Brandt Star Tribune

FEBRUARY 28, 2013 2:17PM

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With still-fresh memories of long voting lines in November and slow vote
tallies from the last Minneapolis elections in 2009, the city took steps
Wednesday aimed at improving voting this fall. But it may have aimed short
on the money to get the job done.
City Clerk Casey Carl told the City Councils Elections Committee on
Wednesday that hes short $385,000 of the nearly $1.7 million thats needed to
properly run the more expensive ranked-choice voting method the city uses
for municipal elections.

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Election costs will run even higher this year than last year, when the city had a
massive 82 percent presidential election turnout, he said. Thats despite an
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Ranked-choice balloting debuted in 2009 but cost the city ve times more
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Carl said that he can cover the still-needed funds if hes allowed to shift
$385,000 that his oce saved last year by keeping four positions vacant. But
the council deferred that request to a late March budget session.
Meanwhile, the committee, which consists of all 13 council members

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But the big question looming over municipal voting this year is whether the
city can shorten how long it takes to count ballots. It took 15 days in 2009 to
hand-count ballots and allocate second- and third-choice votes where
required to determine a winner. Casey said one big way to simplify counting
is to eliminate the requirement for counting all voter choices in races where
its clear that a candidate won on rst-choice votes alone, as Mayor R.T.
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Carl said he asked last year for an extra $250,000 to cover 2013 election costs
but got just $100,000 more from the mayor and City Council. He said hes
upping the request because its now clear that workers will need more training
now that there will be new equipment and because he expects that the
mayoral race to succeed the retiring Rybak will draw more voters.
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