Media contact: Ginny Gelms,
Hennepin County elections manager, 612-348-9289 Carolyn Marinan, Communications, 612-348-5969
Elections officials will check-in
voters using a secure e-poll book system in all Hennepin County cities that
have elections.
This is the first year that the city of Minneapolis will use e-poll book iPads to check-in voters.
In the 2016 election, more than 356,000 Hennepin County voters successfully checked-in using e-poll books in 44 Hennepin County cities.
With the new e-poll book system, voters can choose
any line to check-in. They no longer need to find the specific line designated by
their last name.
Paper records will be available at all polling
places as back-up, and election judges will use the paper back-ups in the case
of technical difficulties, to ensure voting continues.
The voter registration information in the e-poll
books is never connected to the ballot counting machines or results reporting
process. The two systems function independently and never transfer information
among each other.
To check if there is an election in their area and
to find the appropriate polling place, voters can view a sample ballot from the
Secretary of State’s website. View
sample ballot.
For more information about elections in Hennepin County, visit www.hennepin.us/elections.
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