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PURPOSE The purpose of this Joint Powers Agreement is to establish and describe the roles and responsibilities of the County and the Municipalities in connection with the acquisition, implementation, and operation of a new voting system for use throughout Ramsey County ("Project"), including equipment that will be owned and operated by 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 the services,materials, and equipment necessary to procure and implement a replacement voting system ("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: • The capability 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 devices for 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 the Municipalities, and to generate reports noting the number of absentee ballots counted for each precinct; • The capability to accumulate votes on ballot counters located 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 compile election results from electronically transmitted files from each precinct through use of the memory device which recorded votes from the precinct and/or from the election results tape; to create an Joint Powers Agreement for New Voting System—2013 Page 2 of 19