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<br />CASSCOUNlY <br />GOVERNMENT <br />-'-- <br /> <br />ay 22,2008 <br /> <br />Auditor <br /> <br />Cass County Board of Commissioners <br />. . . Cass County Courthouse <br />MIChael MontplalSlr, CPA211 9th Street South <br />701-241-5601 Fargo ND 58103 <br /> <br />Treasurer <br /> <br />RE: Cass County Canvassing Board <br /> <br />Charlotte Sandvik <br />701-241-5611 <br /> <br />Dear Commissioners: <br /> <br />Dire~tor.of According to NDCC 16.1-05-02 (2(b)), "No person may serve as a memberof <br />Equahzatlon the election board or as a poll clerk who.. .is a candidate in the election at <br />which the person is serving." One of the statutory members of the county <br />Frank Klein canvassing board, the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, will <br />701-241-5616 not be able to serve on the board since he is on the primary and general <br />election ballots. <br /> <br />To comply with this requirement NDCC 16.1-15-16 states, "...if any of the <br />members of the board other than the representatives of the two political <br />parties are disqualified or cannot serve for any other reason, the county <br />commissioners who would be qualified to serve on the board shall appoint <br />alternates to serve in the place of those members of the board who are <br />disqualified. . ." <br /> <br />Therefore, the county commissioners who are not on the ballot need to <br />appoint alternates for the Chairman of the County Commission to serve on <br />the county canvassing board. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br /><-j/1~~~ <br /> <br />Michael Montplaisir, CPA <br />Cass County Auditor <br /> <br />SUGGESTED MOTION: <br />Move to appoint Mark Brodshaug for the Primary Election as an alternate for <br />Commission Chairman Ken Pawluk and to appoint Darrell Vanyo for the <br />General Election as an alternate for Ken Pawluk to the Cass County <br />Box 2806 Canvassing Board. <br />211 Ninth Street South <br />Fargo, North Dakota 58103 <br />K:\HEA THER\CANV AS BOARD L TR-AL TERNA TE MEMBERS.doc <br /> <br />Fax 701-241-5728 <br /> <br />www.casscountynd.gov <br />