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Wyoming council adopts resolution to limit detailed reporting of frivolous write‑in names
Summary
Citing new state law and a county request, the Wyoming City Council adopted a resolution to report only total write‑in tallies unless write‑in totals equal or exceed the fewest votes for a named candidate; council members asked how voters would be informed and raised concerns about discouraging participation.
Wyoming, Minn. — The Wyoming City Council on June 4 adopted a resolution allowing the city to report only total write‑in tallies on election night unless the total write‑in count for a contest equals or exceeds the lowest vote total for a named candidate, in which case write‑in votes would be broken out individually.
County and city election staff described the change as an option made available by recent state law and requested by the Chisago County Auditor’s Office to…
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