Community Bulletin Board Channel 21

Be an Election Judge!

Election Judges are officials who staff local polling places, administer election procedures, and ensure that the rights of voters are protected on Election Day.

Election judges are essential to our democracy. Serving as an election judge provides an opportunity to learn more about the election process and is a great service to our community.

Duties of an Election Judge:

- Set up the polling place
- Operate voting equipment
- Direct voters to the correct line
- Register individuals to vote
- Ensure qualified voters are permitted to vote
- Demonstrate how to vote
- Distribute ballots to voters
- Assist voters
- Close down polling place
- Determine results after polls close
- Certify the polling place results

If you are interested in being an election judge, attend your political party's precinct caucus and request to be placed on a list to be an election judge, or contact your city clerk, township clerk, or county auditor.
Further information on becoming an election judge is available at: www.sos.state.mn.us or
call 651-215-1440 or 1-877-600-8683 (toll free).

AARP Drivers Safety Class 8-Hour Refresher Class, 5:30-9:30PM

AARP Driver Safety Class for Seniors 55 and older

This 8-hour class is for people 55 and older who have not yet taken AARP Drivers Safety Class to receive a 10% discount on their insurance premiums for three years.

Pre-registration for class is necessary along with fee payable to AARP.
For information call 651-306-3690

4-Hour Refresher Class, 9AM-1:00PM

AARP Driver Safety Class for Seniors 55 and older

This 4-hour class is for people 55 and older who have previously completed the eight hour class. AARP Drivers Safety Class to receive a 10% discount on their insurance premiums for three years.

Pre-registration for class is necessary along with fee payable to AARP.
For information call 651-306-3690

Minnesota Department of Public Safety

In 2008 Dakota County Traffic Safety Project partners stopped 3,604 vehicles, issued 1,380 citations and made 151 DWI arrests.
Why? because we want you to get home safely. That is why you'll find us four times a month
targeting both impaired drivers and traffic violators. "Don't let it be you!

Patrol Schedule: (Focus is on DWI)
You'll find extra law enforcement officers on:

Friday, August 27 ------Highway 52, Highway 156 and I-494 within the city of Inver Grove Hts.

Minnesota Department of Public Safety

The Minnesota bureau of Criminal Apprehension(BCA)announced that a new automated fingerprint identification system(AFIS)will enhance the ability of law enforcement to match people to criminal activity based on fingerprints. This new system will provide more rapid matching of fingerprints submitted to the system and has greater storage capacity than the previous database. Agencies can submit fingerprints and receive a match within a few minutes, a process which previously could have taken several hours. The technology in the new AFIS makes it possible to match more fingerprints of lower quality; such as those captured at crime scenes, enhancing the capabilities for investigating crimes.
The new AFIS also stores and matches palm prints, among the ost common pieces of evidence left a crime scenes. In addition, new electronic fingerprint capture devices, called Live scans, can capture fingerprints and palm prints at booking, and takes a digital photograph. This expands the information in a database that can be matched against evidence collected from crime scenes and can potentially help solve crimes more quickly.
The new features are a key piece in system-wide effort to link more criminal justice information to fingerprints, and to expand submission to the state's digital booking photo database.
The new AFIS will have a dramatic impact on law enforcement's crime fighting efforts. Rapid identification of suspects and persons of unknown identity is a major step toward making our state a safer place.

Community Action Council

CAC Ways to Work Vehicle Loans Available for Families with Tarnished Credit. If you have no credit history, tarnished credit that has since been repaired or have been turned down by traditional lenders, a Community Action Council's Ways to work low-interest loan may be the solution you are looking for. To qualify, you must live in Carver, Dakota, Goodhue, Rice or Scott Counties and have a child(ren) under 18 years in your care. You must be at least 21 years old and be employed 30+ hours per week for six months minimum. Loans are available to help with a vehicle purchase or for vehicle repair.

All applicants must supply current credit report dated less than 30 days old at the time of application and must have enough verifiable income to repay the loan. For more information, call Community Action Council at 952-985-4050 or visit us online at www.communityactioncouncil.org