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204B.16 Polling Place Designations • Polling place shall be located within the boundaries of the precinct or within one mile of one of those boundaries... • No polling place shall be designated in any place where intoxicating liquors or malt beverages are served or in any adjoining room. • Under HAVA (Help America Vote Act) polling places must be accessible to voters with disabilities. • It shall be of sufficient size to accommodate all election activities within the building (approx. 1500 -2000 voters) and parking lot. • Agreeing to be a polling place must be a Tong -term commitment • Having a polling place in a place of business (heavy traffic) may be an unpleasant experience for voters. • Election Judges must gain entrance to polling place at 6 a.m. and remain until 9:30 p.m. • Public Works must deliver supplies /equipment and set up each polling place the day before the election and pick up supplies the morning after. Upon delivery to polling place, the supplies must be secured as there is confidential information in the supply box. • Signage..bumper stickers, posters etc. are not allowed with 100 feet of the building on election day. Customers would not be allowed to wear campaign material such as buttons, t -shirts etc. while shopping in the store. An election judge would have to stand watch at the entrance(s) and turn them away on election day. • Subd. 7 (part) The space must be separated from other activities within the building. • We are in need of a polling place in the southern portion of the city..Target, Kohl's, the hotel , are too near our Northern precincts. • Changing the municipal elections from odd to even years would save the city approximately $12,000. as that is the estimated cost of odd -year elections(Election judge wages, postage, supplies, printing & publishing of notices and ballots).