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RESOLUTION NO. 4136
CITY OF MOUNDS VIEW
COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE REPEAL
OF PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY
WHEREAS, the statute establishing the Presidential Primary was
initially adopted without legislative hearings; and
WHEREAS, the legislature has not provided reimbursement of local
government costs for conducting the primary; and
WHEREAS, the presidential primary is designed to provide.voters an
opportunity to express preferences for the nomination of presidential
candidates by major political parties; and
WHEREAS, the statute establishing the Presidential Primary (M.S. 207A)
requires voters to declare which political party ballot they will receive
prior to casting their vote; and
WHEREAS, such political party voter identification will become public
4liormation and a permanent record on the voter registration file; and
WHEREAS, such records will be available for political campaign
activities, including canvassing and fundraising; and
WHEREAS, the purpose and effect of the balloting conducted during the
Presidential Primary are unrelated to the actual election of candidates to
public office; and
WHEREAS, the outcome of the Presidential Primary balloting will not
determine the election of candidates to public office in Minnesota or at the
national level;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of
Mounds View calls on the state legislature to postpone the Presidential
Primary for at least four years in order for full funding to be approved at
the state level, eliminating the need for any local government costs for
conducting the primary.
Adopted this 12 day of November,
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