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> downloading pictures or opening attachments. > Good Morning Emily, > I hope you had a good weekend. We have been very busy since our > conversation last Friday (2/4/22) regarding the Mounds View Citizen's > petition. > We have been researching, talking to lots of folks, and constructing > a letter that we plan to deliver to the City Clerk, the City > Attorney, and Mounds View Mayor very soon. > We wanted to reach out to you again, to be sure that we correctly > heard you, and didn't misunderstand anything. > 1) We understood you to say that the City of Mounds View has > contracted with Ramsey County Elections Office to conduct their > elections duties. Is that correct? > 2) Does that mean that they have also contracted for Ramsey County > Elections to provide "CLERK" duties and responsibilities? > 3) Has your office received any training or instruction on how to > process petitions submitted under Statute 410.12 including those > under Subdivision 7? > 4) Was the Mounds View Petition presented as being submitted under > 410.12 Subd. 7? Did the City of Mounds View give any instruction on > how to process the petition, or was that process the decision of your > office? > 5) We understood you to say that Ramsey County Elections has been > directed and trained by Secretary of State on how to validate > petitions for elections. Is that correct? Did that training include > any training on processing petition under MN Statute 410.12? > 6) Has your office ever processed a petition under 410.12 Subd. 7 in > the past? > 7) Had your office known that this petition type was covered under > Statute 410.12, would your office have proceeded differently? > 8) On Friday you mentioned that you really like to talk to > petitioners before petitions are started. How does that usually > work? Who contacts who? Was you office aware that a citizen > petition was in the works before it was submitted for evaluation? If > so, do you know when were you informed? > 9) You stated to us that the City was not required to follow the > Ramsey County recommendation. Is the Ramsey County letter that > accompanied that notification of insufficiency available to us at