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cÜÉvÄtÅtà|ÉÇ CITY OF NEW BRIGHTON WHEREAS One-Hundred-Fifty-Six individuals from New Brighton and our neighboring communities applied to serve as an Election Judge; attended a 2 ½ hour training to become certified as required by state law; attended an additional 2 hours of hands-on Poll Pad training; spent time reviewing the eighty-page 2022 Election Judge Guide produced by the MN Secretary of State’s office; and, worked in the polls anywhere from 7 hours to 16 hours on Election Day; and WHEREAS A large number of these Election Judges also volunteered to perform extra election-related tasks outside of traditional election day work such as taking extra training and bringing voting to New Brighton’s 4 Residential Health Care Facilities; spending hours helping staff pack supply bins and prepare direction packets; driving election materials to Ramsey County Elections in St. Paul 3 to 5 times a week during the absentee voting and early voting periods for both 2022 elections; and, attending extra training to serve as Election Day Registration Specialists - a newly created role in our polling places; and WHEREAS the Seventeen individuals who were appointed to serve as Head Election Judges and Assistant Head Election Judges - New Brighton’s polling place supervisors – each completed an additional 2 hours of training before each election in 2022; spent untold hours working to make sure every election judge who was working under them knew what to expect on election day and had all of their questions answered; and, took extra time to organize and set-up the polling place, meet with the polling place facility staff to ensure they were prepared for election day, and undergo election night auditing activities; and WHEREAS Eight individuals were appointed to work in our Absentee / Early Voting Room at the New Brighton Community Center, serving as Absentee Voting / Statewide Voting Registration System Specialists, spending 8 – 10 hours a day for the 46 days before the August 9, 2022 Primary Election and the 46 days before the November 8, 2022 General Election to help voters cast their ballot early at the New Brighton Community Center. They also assisted professional election staff by completing administrative tasks, answering questions from voters and spent extra time preparing a fun Halloween voting activity for kids; NOW, THEREFORE I, KARI NIEDFELDT-THOMAS, Mayor of the City of New Brighton, do hereby wish to say thank you to and extend the City’s deepest gratitude and appreciation for: New Brighton’s 2022 Election Judges IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the City of New Brighton, Minnesota to be affixed this 22 day of November 2022. KARI NIEDFELDT-THOMAS - MAYOR