Re: [Mpls] City website vs. St. Paul
That¹s because St. Paul's elections have for some time been run by the Ramsey County Elections Bureau. Go up on Ramsey County's site and you'll find the info. I don't disagree it was stupid, but it was a Coleman consolidation move that confuses voters. Andy Driscoll Saint Paul From: Tim Bonham [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2003 23:12:30 -0600 To: mpls-issues [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Mpls] City website vs. St. Paul For all the complaints about the City of Minneapolis website, at least you can find a section on Elections Voting right on the front page. As compared to the St. Paul website, where there is nothing there. And even though tomorrow is an election day for all the city offices, there is nothing in the News on their front page about it. And there's nothing about Voter Registration or Elections in the list of city functions, and nothing about it on the page for the City Clerk. And using their search function only finds parts of the city charter that tell how to hold elections. If you look hard enough, eventually, under the title Maps and Documents, you will find a Sample Ballot. (It's a massive pdf document, that takes a long time to download. And they don't tell you that beforehand, so that you don't know why nothing appears to be happening for some minutes when you click on it.) Guess St. Paul officials really don't want too many people voting in their elections! Tim Bonham, Ward 12, Standish-Ericsson REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] City website vs. St. Paul
For all the complaints about the City of Minneapolis website, at least you can find a section on Elections Voting right on the front page. As compared to the St. Paul website, where there is nothing there. And even though tomorrow is an election day for all the city offices, there is nothing in the News on their front page about it. And there's nothing about Voter Registration or Elections in the list of city functions, and nothing about it on the page for the City Clerk. And using their search function only finds parts of the city charter that tell how to hold elections. If you look hard enough, eventually, under the title Maps and Documents, you will find a Sample Ballot. (It's a massive pdf document, that takes a long time to download. And they don't tell you that beforehand, so that you don't know why nothing appears to be happening for some minutes when you click on it.) Guess St. Paul officials really don't want too many people voting in their elections! Tim Bonham, Ward 12, Standish-Ericsson REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
[Mpls] City Website
Then, the customer hits the city web site, connects to a secure server, logs in to their acct., using their banks routing number, issues an electronic payment from their checking acct. Done. Recurring payments could even be established. The key here is OPTIONAL. If is is a convenience to the customer, we might use it. If enough enough customers use this method, it could pay for itself by reducing paper processing and postage. --- It would also be nice to have the option of paying parking tickets this way also. Optional is key to any of this. I'd also be interested in seeing the City Website, with regard to council minutes and such be more searchable. Attendance records for City Council Members should be available in aggregate form -- that is percentage of full council meetings attended, and percentage of committee meetings in which the council member was a committee member would also be useful. I think having this type of information easily available on the web would also encourage more accountability from our city council members. It would also be nice to have the votes on different issues in some sort of database -- similar to the way you can search on bills at the legislature to find out how your legislator voted on specific items at the revisor of statutes site. I got an email back from Ann Freeman -- the mayor's communications director, regarding my post on the baracades on 10th between lake and 31st and Elliot between Lake and 31st -- and she is forwarding the concern to Buck Humphrey. I thanked her for this and encouraged her to ask Humphrey to post the answer to the whole list. Eva Young Central ___ Minneapolis Issues Forum - Minnesota E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
