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MINNESOTA SECRETARY OF STATE - ELECTION EXPENSE COST ALLOCATION PROCEDURES <br />preparation of the polling places determined for <br />Category C. The hospital district clerk shall pay <br />the percentage of costs of preparation of the <br />polling places determined for Category D. <br />The county auditor shall pay the percentage of <br />costs of preparation of the polling places <br />determined for Categories A and B for precincts in <br />unorganized territories. <br />POSTAGE FOR ABSENTEE BALLOTS AND <br />APPLICATIONS <br />When federal, state, or county offices or questions <br />are on the ballot, the county auditor shall <br />determine the total cost of postage required to <br />mail absentee ballots and absentee ballot <br />applications. For other elections, the county <br />auditor may delegate this responsibility to the <br />municipal clerk. <br />The county auditor shall pay the percentage of the <br />costs of postage determined for Category A. The <br />municipal clerk shall pay the percentage of the <br />costs of postage determined for Category B. The <br />school district clerk shall pay the percentage of the <br />costs of postage determined for Category C. The <br />hospital district clerk shall pay the percentage of <br />costs of postage determined for Category D. The <br />county auditor may choose to assume all the <br />postage costs for absentee ballot requests for <br />which applications were submitted to the county <br />auditor. <br />When the responsibility to administer absentee <br />voting in state and county elections has been <br />delegated to a municipality, the municipal clerk <br />shall also pay the percentage of costs determined <br />for Category A. <br />ELECTION NOTICE <br />PUBLICATION COSTS <br />The following two sections apply only to those <br />election jurisdictions that have entered into an <br />agreement to prepare and publish election notices <br />jointly. <br />State and County Elections <br />The county auditor shall determine the total cost <br />of preparing and publishing the notice of election <br />for all state and county elections. <br />The county auditor shall pay the percentage of the <br />costs of the election notices determined for <br />Category A. The municipal clerk shall pay the <br />percentage of the costs of the election notices <br />determined for Category B. The school district <br />clerk shall pay the percentage of the costs of the <br />election notices determined for Category C. The <br />hospital district clerk shall pay the percentage of <br />costs of the election notices determined for <br />Category D. <br />Municipal Elections not Held with State <br />and County Elections <br />The municipal clerk shall determine the total cost <br />of preparing and publishing the notice of election <br />for all municipal elections held on a day other <br />than the day when a state or county election is <br />held. <br />The municipal clerk shall pay the percentage of <br />the costs of the election notices determined for <br />Category B. the school district clerk shall pay the <br />percentage of the costs of the election notices <br />determined for Category C. The hospital district <br />clerk shall pay the percentage of costs of the <br />election notices determined for Category D. <br />