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I. PURPOSE The purpose of this Joint Powers Agreement is to establishand describethe roles and responsibilities of the County and the Municipalitiesin connection with the acquisition, implementation, and operationof anew voting systemfor use throughout Ramsey County (“Project”), including equipment that will be owned and operatedby the County and equipment that will be owned and operated by the Municipalities. II.COUNTY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES-SYSTEM IMPLEMENTATION A.General The County will provide theservices, materials, and equipmentnecessarytoprocure and implement a replacement votingsystem ("System") in Ramsey County, including software, hardware, materials, ballot printing,and other services as further described in this Agreement. Services may be provided directly by County staff or by outside vendors, as determined by the County. B.System Description 1.The System will have the following functionalities: Thecapability to create ballot styles for each precinct based on the appropriate contests and candidates and to generate ballots by either creating a print file that may be sent to a vendor or by printing ballots in the County offices; The capability to program memory devicesfor each precinct for an election that will, when inserted into a ballot counter or ballot marking device, properly record the votes on ballots cast in that precinct, reject ballots that are not from that precinct or which do not have the proper validation marks, return to the voter ballots which contain an overvote or a crossover vote, and perform all other actions required by the Minnesota election law; The capability to count absentee ballots at a central location in the County or at one or more Municipalities, at the option of each of theMunicipalities, and to generate reports noting the number of absentee ballots counted for each precinct; The capability to accumulate votes on ballot counterslocated in each precinct on election day,at other locations prior to election day,and from absentee ballot counting centers, to protect voted ballots in a sealed ballot box;to generate paper tapes of election results for review and certification by election judges;and to electronically upload or transmit election results to the County; and The capability to compileelection results from electronically transmitted files from each precinctthrough use of the memory devicewhich recorded votes from the precinct and/or from the election results tape;to create an Joint Powers Agreement for New Voting System –2013 Page 2of 19