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LINO LAKES 2024 HAND COUNT CALCULATOR PER PRECINCT <br />1. Determine Number of Offices or Counts <br /># Counts <br />Office <br />PLAN <br />MAX <br />On Ballot <br />Contested or Not <br />US President <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />Always contested <br />US Senator <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />Always contested <br />US Representative <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />Always contested <br />MN Senator <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />None in 2024 <br />MN Representative <br />1 <br />1 <br />1 <br />Usually contested <br />County Board <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />Up in 2026 <br />Mayor <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />Up in 2025 <br />Council (2) <br />0 <br />0 <br />0 <br />Up in 2025 or 2027 <br />School Board <br />0 <br />6 <br />6 <br />3 of 4, 4 of 8, 3 of 6 <br />Soil & Water Conservation <br />0 <br />0 <br />1 <br />Not contested <br />Judicial (Supreme, Appeals, District) <br />0 <br />4 <br />24 <br />Usually not contested <br />Constitutional Question <br />0 <br />1 <br />1 <br />Always contested <br />Total Number of Counts Per Ballot <br />4 <br />15 <br />36 <br />*Lino Lakes is served by three school districts: Centennial ISD#12 (3 seats at large in even <br />years; Forest Lake ISD#831 (3 or 4 seats at large in even years); White Bear Lake ISD#624 <br />(3 or 4 seats at large in even years). In all districts the ballots need to be counted for <br />each candidate so total counts can range from 0 to 8. <br />2. Determine Time and Cost Sources <br />Number of offices or Counts <br />4 <br />15 Total from estimator above <br />Number of ballots in precinct <br />1,930 <br />1,930 Average per precinct in 2020 <br />Total votes/sorts (offices x Ballots) <br />7,720 <br />28,950 Calculated <br />Time to process each vote (seconds) <br />6 <br />6 Known from time studies <br />Total Seconds (votes x 6 seconds) <br />46,320 <br />173,700 Calculated <br />Total Hours (total seconds/3600) <br />12.9 <br />48.3 Calculated <br />Number Hours (2-person teams) <br />26 <br />97 Calculated <br />Election Judges hourly rate of pay <br />$15.50 <br />$15.50 EJ= $15; Head Judge = $17 <br />Total Cost (judge team hours x rate) <br />$399 <br />$1,496 <br />*Source: Hands -On Elections, Nancy Tobi, 2010, pp 92-93. This time includes judge training <br />organizing work, sorting, stacking, counting <br />and tallying of votes on all ballots. <br />Directions for use: <br />The calculator above is set up to change based upon your inputs. <br />1. In Column B Rows 4-15 enter the offices to hand count. <br />2. In Column B, Row 23 enter the number of ballots in each precinct estimated or known. <br />3. In Column B, Row 29 enter the election judges hourly rate of pay. <br />This set of data will produce a cost estimate. <br />Disclaimer: This estimate does not include general administrative costs. <br />