City Council Resolution 2024-51CITY OF MONTICELLO
WRIGHT COUNTY
RESOLUTION 2024-51
A RESOLUTION CONCERNING RECORDING OF WRITE-IN VOTES
WHEREAS, the City of Monticello regularly holds elections for local elective office; and
WHEREAS, voters at the elections may cast a ballot for a write-in candidate for a local
elective office; and
WHEREAS, in 2023, the Minnesota Legislature amended Minnesota Statute, Section
204B.09, subdivision 3, authorizing the City to adopt a resolution governing the counting of
write-in votes for local elective office; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Minnesota Statute 204B.09, subdivision 3(b)(2), by adopting a
resolution the City may require that write-in votes for an individual candidate only be
individually recorded if the total number of write-in votes for that office is equal to or greater
than the fewest number of non -write-in votes for a ballot candidate; and
WHEREAS, to better administer the City's local elections for office the City Council
desires to implement the authority provided in Minnesota Statute 20413.09, subd.3(b)(2).
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Monticello, Wright
County, Minnesota, that write-in votes for an individual candidate for local elective office shall
only be individually recorded if the total number of write-in votes for that office is equal to or
greater than the fewest number of non -write-in votes for a ballot candidate.
ADOPTED this 24t" day of June, 2024.
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