[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.