2A, Discussion with Ramsey County on Precincts and Polling Places for 2012 Elections

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elections for the City of Mounds View, in a similar manner as our arrangement with Arden Hills.) From my perspective, having everyone in the City vote at a single location enables me to more efficiently staff the polling places with election judges, reduces the cost of supplying and transporting election materials as well as the voting equipment to and from the polling places, and makes communications with the voters simpler. The City currently has a polling place at Presbyterian Homes. Due to construction, this location will not be available for use in 2012. As a result, it will be necessary to relocate this polling place location in any event. The City also has a polling place at Valentine Hills School. In our past experience conducting the school district elections in 2009 and 2011 from this location, we found that the parking for voters is inadequate, particularly in state elections when the voter turnout is high, since most spaces are taken by the teachers and staff. In addition, the space made available to us at the school is less than ideal. Finally, I anticipate that we are not far from having the legislature authorize us to use vote centers, which are facilities where the voters from many precincts are able to vote on the days before the election as well as on election day. Having some hands-on experience operating out of one facility for all City voters would be of real value to us and our voters. Both precinct boundaries and polling place locations can be changed by the council if needed in the spring of each state election year. As a result, any decision made this year could be revisited in 2014 based on our operational experience in 2012. Please let me know if you have any questions about either the proposed precinct boundaries or the single location for our polling places. I