Date Requested:
February 13,
2001
Requested By:
Dakota, Anoka, and Washington Co.'s in
Minnesota
Date
Needed: By November 1, 2001 (MN county wide
School Board elections are in November)
Description: The above named accounts and any potential new
accounts from the state of MN need the ability to place additional text after
candidates YES and NO if the race type is a
question.
Motivation:
Minnesota State Law requires that for certain questions
involving a tax increase, additional language be placed after the YES/NO
candidates. At present, they are creating a header that contains the
required text and placing it on the ballots in the Ballot Editor by
hand. The ability to add this required text after the candidate
positions would do away with the possibility that they might err and cover
other important ballot areas and eliminate other potential problems that can
be created by dropping headers on top of other ballot
artwork.
Excerpt from MN Optical Ballot Layout Regulations
Document
Sample from 11/2000 ballot
Cathi Smothers
Global
Election Systems
423.842.0937
423.505.7507