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STAFF ORIGINATOR <br />MEETING DATE <br />TOPIC: <br />VOTE REQUIRED <br />INTRODUCTION <br />CITY COUNCIL <br />AGENDA ITEM 1D <br />Julie Bartell, City Clerk <br />March 14, 2022 <br />Consider Resolution No. 22-27, Reestablishing Precincts and <br />Polling Locations <br />Simple Majority (3/5 vote) <br />Redistricting is the process of redrawing the boundaries of election districts after completion of <br />the decennial Census. The purpose of redistricting is to ensure that people are equally <br />represented. <br />Municipalities can be impacted by the redrawing of lines because legislative boundaries (state <br />and federal) can change and municipal voting precincts boundaries must coincide with those <br />lines. <br />The Special Redistricting Panel appointed by the Minnesota Supreme Court released a <br />redistricting plan/map in February. In effect, the plan includes no impact to Lino Lakes' <br />congressional and legislative voting districts. The City remains in the 6th District (Congress) <br />and is fully included in one state legislative district now numbered as 36(A). <br />BACKGROUND <br />Municipalities are required to review voting districts after redistricting and prior to March 28t'. <br />Staff is presenting a resolution reestablishing municipal precinct lines and polling places for <br />Lino Lakes, including the precinct line change requested by the council at the January 24th <br />work session. <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Staff is recommending approval of Resolution No. 22-27. <br />ATTACHMENTS <br />1. 2022 Voting Precinct Map with Polling Locations <br />2. Resolution No. 22-27 <br />