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1 LINO LAKES 2024 HAND COUNT CALCULATOR PER PRECINCT <br />2 1. Determine Number of Offices or Counts # Counts <br />3 <br />Office <br />PLAN <br />MAX <br />On Ballot <br />Contested or Not <br />4 <br />US President <br />_ <br />Always contested <br />5 <br />US Senator <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />Always contested <br />6 <br />US Representative <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />Always contested <br />7 <br />MN Senator <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />None in 2024 <br />8 <br />MN Representative <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />Usually contested <br />9 <br />County Board <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />Up in 2026 <br />10 <br />Mayor <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />Up in 2025 <br />11 <br />Council (2) <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />Up in 2025 or 2027 <br />12 <br />School Board <br />0 <br />6 <br />6 <br />3 of 4, 4 of 8, 3 of 6 <br />13 <br />Soil & Water Conservation <br />0 <br />0 <br />1 <br />Not contested <br />14 <br />Judicial (Supreme. Appeals, District) <br />0 <br />-- <br />24 <br />Usually not contested <br />15 <br />Constitutional Question <br />0 <br />1 <br />1 <br />Always contested <br />16 <br />Total Number of Counts Per Ballot <br />4 <br />15 <br />36 <br />17 <br />'Lino Lakes is served by three school <br />districts: Centennial <br />ISDtt12 (3 seats at large in even <br />18 <br />years; Forest Lake ISDtt831 (3 or 4 seats at large in even <br />years); White Bear Lake ISDtt624 <br />19 <br />(3 or 4 seats at large in even years)_ <br />In all districts the ballots need to be counted for <br />20 <br />each candidate so total counts can range from 0 to 8. <br />2, <br />2. Determine Time <br />and <br />Cost <br />Sources <br />22 <br />Number of offices or Counts <br />4 <br />15 Total from estimator above <br />23 <br />Number of ballots in precinct <br />1,930 <br />1,930 Average per precinct in 2020 <br />24 <br />Total votes/sorts (offices x Ballots) <br />7,720 <br />28,950 Calculated <br />25 <br />Time to process each vote (seconds) <br />6 <br />6 Known from time studies <br />26 <br />Total Seconds (votes x 6 seconds) <br />46,320 <br />173,700 Calculated <br />27 <br />Total Hours (total seconds/3600) <br />12.9 <br />48.3 Calculated <br />28 <br />Number Hours (2-person teams) <br />26 <br />97 Calculated <br />29 <br />Election Judges hourly rate of pay <br />S15.50 <br />S15.50 EJ= S15; Head Judge = S17 <br />30 <br />Total Cost (judge team hours x rate) <br />S399 <br />S1,496 <br />31 -Source: Hands -On Elections. Nancy Tobi, 2010. pp 92-93. This time includes judge training <br />32 organizing work. sorting. stacking. counting and tallying of votes on all ballot'. <br />3. Directions for use: <br />34 The calculator above is set up to change based upon your inputs. <br />35 1. in Column B Rows 4-15 enter the offices to hand count. <br />36 2. In Column B. Row 23 enter the number of ballots in each precinct estimated or known. <br />37 3. In Column B, Row 29 enter the election judges hourly rate of pay. <br />38 This set of data will produce a cost estimate <br />?9 Disclaimer- This estima-e dce-� not include general administrative costs <br />Disclaimer: this estimate reflects an approximate cost for hand counting by <br />election judges and does not include other potential administrative costs. <br />(Upon request, ACEIT will provide this Excel spreadsheet on USB) <br />4 <br />