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Ramsey County Elections <br /> 90 West Plato Boulevard, Suite 160 Phone: 651.266.2171 <br /> Ramsey uniy P.O. Box 64098 Fax: 651.266.2177 <br /> St Paul, MN 55164-0098 Email: elections@co.ramsey.mn.us <br /> March 8, 2012 <br /> TO: Members of the Arden Hills City Council <br /> FROM: Joseph Mansky <br /> Ramsey County Elections Manager <br /> SUBJECT: DESIGNATION OF PRECINCTS AND POLLING PLACES <br /> I <br /> As you know, the special redistricting panel appointed by Chief Justice Gildea released its court <br /> order for the new legislative redistricting plan on February 21. That action now requires the City <br /> to reestablish its precincts and designate its polling places for the upcoming state elections. The <br /> deadline for establishment of precinct boundaries is April 3. The deadline for designating <br /> polling place locations is May 1. <br /> I have the following recommendations for council action. <br /> 1. Establish four precincts in the City. Three of the precincts would divide the City <br /> into three areas of almost equal population. The fourth precinct would be nested within the <br /> southernmost of the three larger precincts and would include the portion of the City that is <br /> located in Independent School District 623. The separate precinct for the City portion of ISD 623 <br /> would eliminate the potential voter confusion that arises whenever the school districts have <br /> either offices or questions on the ballot by eliminating the split precinct that currently exists. <br /> These two precincts would be identified as Precinct 1 (ISD 621) and Precinct 1a (ISD 623). <br /> 2. Establish a combined polling place for Precincts 1 and 1a. This would enable the <br /> City to assign a single set of election judges to administer the election for both precincts at a <br /> single location. <br /> 3. Locate all City polling places at the North Heights Lutheran Church on Highway <br /> 96. This facility has several advantages. It is centrally located,just down the street from City <br /> Hall and has easy access from both Highway 96 and Hamline Avenue. It is large enough to easily <br /> accommodate the all of the voters in the City. And it has extensive parking facilities. <br /> The City of Mounds View, which has 6,700 registered voters and has also established four <br /> precincts, has located all four of its polling places at a central location, namely the Mounds <br /> View Community Center, for over ten years. Their experience doing so has been uniformly <br /> positive, both from an administrative standpoint and from the voters' perspective. After <br /> meeting with Mounds View, they have told me that would have no reluctance recommending <br /> that we do the same in Arden Hills to serve our 6,100 voters. (Note: my office administers the <br />