[0:18] >> GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS [0:22] AISHA CHUGHTAI. THIS IS THE [0:22] REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY'S [0:25] CANVASSING BOARD FOR [0:27] MONDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2025. UNDER [0:29] STATE LAW, THE COUNCIL SERVES AS [0:30] THE CANVASSING BOARD AND IS [0:33] RESPONSIBLE FOR CANVASSING AND [0:35] CERTIFYING RESULTS FROM CITY [0:37] ELECTIONS. GIVEN THAT WE HAVE [0:40] CONDUCTED A MUNICIPAL ELECTION [0:41] LAST TUESDAY, OUR JOB TODAY IS [0:42] TO CANVASS THE RETURNS OF THAT [0:44] ELECTION. BEFORE WE BEGIN THE [0:45] MEETING, I WANT TO OFFER A [0:47] FRIENDLY REMINDER TO ALL [0:48] MEMBERS, STAFF, AND THE PUBLIC [0:49] THAT THESE MEETINGS ARE [0:51] BROADCAST LIVE TO ENABLE GREATER [0:54] PUBLIC PARTICIPATION. THESE [0:55] BROAD CASTS INCLUDE REAL-TIME [0:59] CAPTIONING AS A FURTHER METHOD [1:02] TO INCREASE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF [1:04] OUR PROCEEDINGS TO THE [1:06] COMMUNITY. WE ASK ALL SPEAKERS [1:11] TO MODERATE THE SPEED AND [1:14] CLARITY OF THEIR COMMENTS. AT [1:16] THIS TIME, I'LL ASK THE CLERK TO [1:18] CALL THE ROLL TO VERIFY THE [1:19] PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. [1:21] >> BOARD MEMBER WONSLEY. [1:22] >> PRESENT. [1:23] >> RAINVILLE. [1:24] >> PRESENT. [1:25] >> VETAW. [1:26] >> PRESENT. [1:26] >> ELLISON IS ABSENT. OSMAN IS [1:28] ABSENT. CASHMAN. [1:31] >> PRESENT. [1:32] >> JENKINS IS ABSENT. CHAVEZ. [1:35] >> PRESENT. [1:36] >> KOSKI. [1:37] >> PRESENT. [1:37] >> CHOWDHURY IS ABSENT. [1:39] PALMISANO. [1:39] >> PRESENT. [1:41] >> VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI. [1:43] >> PRESENT. [1:44] >> CHAIR PAYNE. [1:44] >> PRESENT. [1:46] >> THERE ARE NINE MEMBERS [1:47] PRESENT. [1:47] >> LET THE RECORD REFLECT THAT [1:49] WE HAVE A QUORUM. AND I'LL TURN [1:51] THE CHAIR OVER TO PRESIDENT [1:52] PAYNE. [1:53] >> NEXT, WE HAVE THE ADOPTION OF [1:57] OUR AGENDA. WE'RE HERE IN THE [2:00] CAPACITY TO CANVASS RETURNS FROM [2:02] LAST WEEK'S GENERAL ELECTION. [2:04] THE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS TO BE [2:06] CONSIDERED TODAY. I'LL START BY [2:08] ENTERTAINING A MOTION TO ADOPT [2:10] THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED. [2:11] >> SO MOVED. [2:11] >> SECOND. [2:12] >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. [2:17] >> BOARD MEMBER WONSLEY. [2:18] >> AYE. [2:19] >> RAINVILLE. [2:20] >> AYE. [2:22] >> VETAW. [2:23] >> AYE. [2:25] >> CASHMAN. [2:26] >> AYE. [2:27] >> CHAVEZ. [2:27] >> AYE. [2:28] >> KOSKI. [2:29] >> AYE. [2:30] >> PALMISANO. [2:31] >> AYE. [2:31] >> VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI. [2:33] >> AYE. [2:33] >> CHAIR PAYNE. [2:34] >> AYE. [2:35] >> THERE ARE NINE AYES. [2:36] >> THAT CARRIES AND THE AGENDA [2:38] IS ADOPTED. AT THIS TIME I'LL [2:41] RECOGNIZE OUR CITY CLERK, MR. [2:43] CARL. [2:44] >> THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR AND VICE [2:46] CHAIR, COUNCIL MEMBER CHUGHTAI [2:48] STOLE MY SCRIPT. I REALLY DON'T [2:50] HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY WHICH IS [2:52] GREAT. SHE EXPLAINED EVERYTHING [2:53] WHY WE'RE HERE. SO MY JOB IS TO [2:55] INTRODUCE THE AWESOME LEADERSHIP [2:57] TEAM FOR THE ELECTION VOTER [2:59] SYSTEM. SOMETHING I ENJOY DOING. [3:01] THAT IS DIRECTOR KATIE SMITH AND [3:04] DEPUTY DIRECTOR JOHN MARTIN WHO [3:06] IS HERE TO PRESENT THE REPORTS [3:08] FROM OUR MUNICIPAL ELECTION. [3:13] >> GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU, [3:15] CHAIR PAYNE. MY NAME IS KATIE [3:17] SMITH AND I'M THE DIRECTOR OF [3:19] ELECTIONS AND VOTER SERVICES. [3:20] THIS YEAR'S MUNICIPAL ELECTION [3:22] HAD THE HIGHEST TURNOUT OF ANY [3:27] MINNEAPOLIS MUNICIPAL ELECTION [3:29] ON RECORD. BALLOTS WERE CAST IN [3:31] THIS YEAR'S ELECTION, WHICH [3:34] EQUATES TO A TOTAL 55% OF [3:36] REGISTERED VOTER TURNOUT. WHILE [3:38] THERE ARE COUNTLESS FACTORS THAT [3:42] DRIVE TURNOUT, I'D LIKE TO TAKE [3:45] A MOMENT TO -- CURBSIDE VOTING [3:49] IS ALWAYS AN OPTION AT ANY [3:51] POLLING SITE IN MINNEAPOLIS, [3:53] WHETHER THAT'S DURING EARLY [3:55] VOTING OR ON ELECTION DAY. WE [4:02] RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 22 CALLS TO [4:06] CURBSIDE HOTLINE ON ELECTION [4:09] DAY. THIS PROCESS WILL BE CITY [4:12] WIDE IN 2026 AND BEYOND. OUR [4:13] TEAM WAS FOCUSED AND COMMITTED [4:14] TO ENSURING OUR VOTERS WERE [4:17] UPDATED ON IMPORTANT MESSAGING. [4:19] INFORMATION ABOUT OUR MUNICIPAL [4:20] ELECTION WAS PROVIDED TO [4:22] COMMUNITY VIA OUR HOUSEHOLD [4:25] VOTER GUIDE WHICH WAS ALSO [4:29] AVAILABLE IN SPANISH, HMONG AND [4:33] SOMALI. SOCIAL WEBSITE, OUR [4:35] LOCAL NEWSPAPERS AND [4:38] NEWSLETTEERS, AND A CAMPUS [4:40] EMAIL. LASTLY, WITHIN OUR [4:41] ELECTION JUDGE TRAINING PROGRAM, [4:43] OUR INTERPRETER TRAINING THIS [4:45] YEAR EXPANDED TO NOW INCLUDE NOT [4:46] ONLY SOMALI SEMINARS, BUT ALSO [4:49] AVAILABLE IN SPANISH. WHILE WE [4:51] CANNOT TAKE ALL OF THE CREDIT [4:52] FOR THIS RECORD BREAKING TURNOUT [4:56] IN 2025, I'M IMMENSELY PROUD OF [4:57] MY TEAM, OUR ELECTION JUDGES AND [4:59] ALL OF OUR PARTNERS WITHIN THE [5:01] CITY. AND OUR PARTNER [5:03] ORGANIZATIONS AND JURISDICTIONS [5:03] FOR THEIR HARD WORK AND [5:05] DEDICATION IN THE ADMINISTRATION [5:06] OF THIS ELECTION. AND NOW, A [5:08] LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NUMBERS [5:10] FROM THIS ELECTION. EARLY VOTING [5:12] BEGAN ON SEPTEMBER 19TH THIS [5:14] YEAR, WHICH INCLUDED EARLY [5:17] VOTING IN OUR MAIN SITE AT 98 [5:21] EAST HENNEPIN AND FIVE DAY [5:23] VOTING SITES. EXTENDED WEEKDAY [5:25] AND WEEKEND HOURS LEADING UP TO [5:27] ELECTION DAY. DIRECT BALLOTING [5:31] WAS AVAILABLE TO IN-PERSON [5:34] VOTERS BEGINNING OCTOBER 17TH. [5:36] AS A RESULT OF EXPANSIONS OF [5:39] IN-PERSON HOURS, 317 HOURS OVER [5:43] A 46-DAY PERIOD. IN TOTAL, THE [5:45] EARLY VOTE REPRESENTED [5:46] APPROXIMATELY 17.9% OF TURNOUT [5:48] THIS YEAR. ON ELECTION DAY, ALL [5:53] 137 PRECINCTS OPENED AT 7 A.M. [5:55] AND REMAINED OPEN UNTIL 8 P.M., [5:58] AND UNTIL ALL VOTERS WHO WERE IN [5:59] LINE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO CAST [6:02] THEIR BALLOT. 82.1% CAST BALLOTS [6:15] ON ELECTION DAY. WHETHER THAT [6:19] WAS DURING EARLY VOTING OR AT [6:21] THE POLLS ON ELECTION DAY. THAT [6:23] REPRESENTS A TOTAL OF 10.6% OF [6:26] TOTAL VOTERS WHO USE THE [6:28] ELECTION DAY REGISTRATION [6:31] PROCESS. ON ELECTION NIGHT, [6:32] UNOFFICIAL WINNERS WERE DECLARED [6:34] IN 15 CONTESTS WHERE A CANDIDATE [6:39] HAD PASSED THE MAXIMUM [6:42] THRESHOLD. ELECTIONS AND VOTER [6:44] SERVICES COMPLETED RANKED [6:45] TABULATION FOR THE REMAINING [6:46] SEVEN RACES. TABULATION WAS [6:48] COMPLETED AND THE FINAL RACE WAS [6:50] DECLARED JUST BEFORE 3 P.M. IN [6:52] TOTAL, THE TABULATION TEAMS [6:54] WORKED JUST UNDER 6 HOURS ON [6:56] WEDNESDAY TO FINISH THE [6:58] ELECTION, DECLARE UNOFFICIAL [7:00] WINNERS ON ALL RACES ON THE [7:03] BALLOT, AND TWO DECLARED [7:04] WRITE-IN CANDIDATES. A FULL [7:07] REPORT INCLUDING A STATISTICAL [7:08] ANALYS OF EACH RACE HAS BEEN [7:10] COMPILED AND PROVIDED TO THE [7:13] CANVASSING BOARD. MINNESOTA [7:15] STATUTE DESIGNATE THE COUNCIL [7:18] FOR THE CANVASSING BOARD -- THE [7:21] CANVASSING BOARD MUST CONVENE [7:23] BETWEEN THE THIRD AND 10TH DAY [7:24] FOLLOWING ELECTION TO CANVASS [7:26] THE RESULTS AND DECLARE THE [7:27] OFFICIAL RESULTS. TODAY MARKS [7:30] THE SIXth DAY FOLLOWING THE [7:31] GENERAL ELECTION, SO WE ARE WELL [7:33] WITHIN THE STATUTORY TIMEFRAME [7:35] TO COMPLETE THE CANVASS OF [7:37] RETURNS. WE AS STAFF PREPARED A [7:40] DRAFT ORDER. THIS ORDER [7:43] CERTIFIES THE OFFICIAL RESULTS [7:44] OF THE 2025 MUNICIPAL ELECTION, [7:46] DECLARES OFFICIAL WINNERS IN [7:48] EACH RACE ON THE BALLOT, [7:50] INDICATING THE NAMES OF EACH [7:52] PERSON RECEIVING THE VOTES AND [7:53] THE NUMBER OF VOTES. AND DIRECTS [7:55] THE CITY CLERK TO SUBMIT A [7:58] CERTIFIED COPY OF THE OFFICIAL [7:59] RESULTS OF THE 2025 MUNICIPAL [8:01] ELECTION TO HENNEPIN COUNTY. AND [8:03] TO FILE AND PRESERVE THE [8:07] ORIGINAL RETURNS AND ALL [8:08] ELECTION RECORDS IN ACCORDANCE [8:09] WITH MINNESOTA ELECTION LAW. THE [8:11] DECLARATION OF FINAL RESULTS [8:12] TODAY TRIGGERS A SEVEN-DAY [8:15] CONTEST PERIOD. DURING THAT [8:17] PERIOD, ANY ELIGIBLE VOTER MAY [8:19] CONTEST THE NOMINATION OR [8:21] ELECTION FOR ANY PERSON THAT [8:22] VOTER HAD THE RIGHT TO VOTE IF [8:24] THAT PERSON IS DECLARED [8:25] NOMINATED OR ELECTED. THAT [8:29] CONTEST MAY BE BROUGHT OVER THE [8:31] QUESTION WHO RECEIVED THE [8:34] LARGEST NUMBER OF VOTES -- OR ON [8:36] THE GROUNDS OF DELIBERATE, [8:38] SERIOUS OR MATERIAL VIOLATION OF [8:40] MINNESOTA ELECTION LAW. AFTER [8:42] THE SEVEN DAY CONTEST PERIOD HAS [8:44] PASSED, THE CITY CLERK SHALL [8:47] ISSUE -- DECLARED THE WINNER AS [8:49] A RESULT OF THE CANVASS. AND [8:50] THAT COMPLETES MY PRESENTATION [8:52] OF THE ELECTION RETURNS FROM THE [8:54] 2025 MUNICIPAL. I AM HAPPY TO [8:56] RESPOND TO ANY QUESTIONS FROM [8:56] THE BOARD. [8:59] >> THANK YOU, MRS. SMITH. BEFORE [9:01] I FORWARD A MOTION, I'LL ASK IF [9:04] THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS FOR [9:06] STAFF ABOUT THE CANVASSING [9:07] RESULTS. OKAY. WITH THAT, I MOVE [9:11] TO ADOPT THE ORDER CERTIFYING [9:13] THE CANVASSED RETURNS FROM THE [9:15] 2025 GENERAL ELECTION BALLOT AS [9:18] OFFICIAL AND DIRECT THE CLERK TO [9:19] MAKE THE FILINGS OF THOSE [9:22] OFFICIAL RESULTS AS REQUIRED BY [9:24] LAW ALL IN THE STAFF REPORT. IS [9:25] THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION? [9:26] >> SECOND. [9:27] >> THE CLERK WILL CALL THE ROLL. [9:31] >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN HAD A [9:32] QUESTION. [9:33] >> COUNCIL MEMBER OSMAN. [9:33] >> I WAS GOING TO SAY I'M [9:35] PRESENT IF YOU'LL RECOGNIZE ME. [9:37] >> SORRY. LET THE RECORD REFLECT [9:41] THAT COMMISSIONER OSMAN HAS [9:42] JOINED US. AND JENKINS HAS [9:44] JOINED US. AND CHOWDHURY HAS [9:46] JOINED US. SORRY. THANK YOU ALL. [9:50] NOW THE CLERK WILL CALL THE [9:51] ROLL. [9:53] >> BOARD MEMBER WONSLEY. [9:55] >> AYE. [9:56] >> RAINVILLE. [9:56] >> AYE. [9:57] >> VETAW. [9:58] >> AYE. [9:59] >> OSMAN. [9:59] >> AYE. [10:00] >> CASHMAN. [10:01] >> AYE. [10:02] >> JENKINS. [10:03] >> AYE. [10:04] >> CHAVEZ. [10:04] >> AYE. [10:05] >> KOSKI. [10:06] >> AYE. [10:07] >> CHOWDHURY. [10:08] >> AYE. [10:08] >> PALMISANO. [10:09] >> AYE. [10:09] >> VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI. [10:11] >> AYE. [10:11] >> CHAIR PAYNE. [10:12] >> AYE. [10:12] >> THERE ARE 12 AYES. [10:14] >> THAT CARRIES AND THE ORDER IS [10:15] ADOPTED. WITH THAT, WE'VE [10:18] COMPLETED THE CANVASSING OF [10:20] ELECTION RETURNS. NEXT STAFF [10:23] WILL IDENTIFY SPECIFIC PRECINCTS [10:25] AND RACES TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS [10:28] YEAR'S POST ELECTION AUDIT. [10:30] >> CITY CHARTER CALLS FOR A POST [10:32] ELECTION REVIEW REFERRED TO AS [10:34] THE PER FOR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. [10:36] THE PURPOSE OF THE PER IS TO [10:38] VERIFY THE ACCURACY OF THE [10:40] TABULATION EQUIPMENT THAT WAS [10:42] USED TO TABULATE VOTES DURING [10:44] THE ELECTION. VERIFIES THE [10:46] ACCURACY PRIOR TO THE ELECTION, [10:47] THE PER IS A HAND COUNT OF [10:51] SPECIFIED RACES SELECTED BY LOT. [10:53] THE CANVASS BOARD IS TASKED WITH [10:56] SETTING THE DATE OF THE PER AND [10:59] BEARING WITNESS FOR PRECINCTS [11:01] FOR THE COUNT. -- TO BEGIN AT [11:06] 9 A.M. AT ELECTIONS AND VOTER [11:09] SERVICES AT 980 EAST HENNEPIN. [11:11] SECOND, WE WILL RANDOMLY DRAW [11:13] AND ANNOUNCE THESE SELECTIONS OF [11:18] PRECINCTS. WE'LL BEGIN BY [11:19] SELECTING THE MULTISEAT. WHICH [11:21] WILL BE EITHER PARK BOARD OR [11:23] BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND TAXATION. [11:30] AND IT WILL BE THE BOARD OF [11:35] ESTIMATE AND TAXATION. [13:00] >> THE NEXT TWO PRECINCTS THAT [13:03] ARE DRAWN WILL BE TO SELECT TWO, [13:05] FOR WHICH THEY'LL BE A RANDOM [13:07] HAND COUNT OF COUNCIL. THOSE [13:09] WILL BE WARD 11, PRECINCT 11. [13:13] AND WARD 3, PRECINCT 11. THE [13:37] NEXT TWO SELECTED WILL BE THE [13:41] PRECINCT SELECTED FOR BOARD OF [13:43] ESTIMATE AND TAXATION. WARD 12, [13:47] PRECINCT 7. AND WARD 13 PRECINCT [13:58] 12. WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO [14:10] SAY THANK YOU TO CHAIR PAYNE, [14:13] VICE CHAIR CHUGHTAI, AND ALL [14:14] MEMBERS OF THE BOARD, AS WELL AS [14:17] TO DEPUTY DIRECTOR MARTIN FOR [14:19] THE IMMENSE AMOUNT OF WORK THAT [14:22] WENT INTO THIS ELECTION. THANK [14:24] YOU. [14:24] >> THANK YOU. MR. CARL, YOU HAVE [14:27] SOME FINAL REMARKS YOU'D LIKE TO [14:29] MAKE. [14:29] >> NOW THAT WE'VE ALL GOT OUR [14:31] BINGO CARDS OUT OF THE WAY, I'D [14:33] LIKE TO OFFER AGAIN MY [14:36] CONGRATULATIONS AND APPRECIATION [14:38] TO THE ENTIRE TEAM FOR PULLING [14:41] OFF AN INCREDIBLE MUNICIPAL [14:42] ELECTION. THE HIGHEST IN THE [14:43] CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. A LOT OF [14:44] PARTNERS, ORGANIZATIONS, AND [14:45] DEPARTMENTS WITHIN THE CITY [14:47] CONTRIBUTED TO THAT. BUT [14:48] CERTAINLY UNDER THE LEADERSHIP [14:49] OF DIRECTOR SMITH AND DEPUTY [14:51] DIRECTOR MARTIN. AND ALSO TO [14:52] FINALLY ALL OF YOU, [14:54] CONGRATULATIONS FOR THOSE OF YOU [14:55] WHO WILL BE RETURNING IN THE [14:59] NEXT COUNCIL 2026-2029. THANK [15:00] YOU VERY MUCH. [15:01] >> THANK YOU. AND WITH THAT AND [15:03] SEEING NO FURTHER BUSINESS TO [15:05] COME BEFORE THE BOARD, WE ARE [15:06] ADJOURNED.