City of Edina doesn't want to run school board elections anymore
City elections staff are looking for ways to cut back on their work in Edina, one of just a handful of Minnesota cities that hold an election every...
City elections staff are looking for ways to cut back on their work in Edina, one of just a handful of Minnesota cities that hold an election every year. City Council and mayoral elections in the west metro suburb are held in even years, and in odd years, the Edina school board contracts with the city to run school board elections. As election work has piled up, particularly since the pandemic popularized absentee voting, Edina Assistant City Manager Lisa Schafer said the three people in the city clerk's office have less time for everything else they have to do.