NEWS ADVISORY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                       
CONTACT: John Aiken                                                                                                                      

(651) 297-8919

STATE CANVASSING BOARD MEETS TUESDAY

-Office provides live feed of board meeting to media outlets

WHAT:   The State Canvassing Board’s convenes to approve the allocation of the remaining withdrawn ballots in the U.S. Senate race.

WHEN:   Tuesday, Dec. 30
        9 a.m.

WHERE:  Room 15
                State Capitol Bldg.
        75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., St. Paul

WHO:    Canvass Board members include Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, Minnesota Supreme Court Chief Justice Eric J. Magnuson, Justice G. Barry Anderson, Chief Judge Kathleen R. Gearin, and Assistant Chief Judge Edward J. Cleary.

NOTE:   The Office of the Secretary of State does not have access to House and Senate Media Services at this time. To continue to ensure transparency of the recount process, this office has accepted an offer from “The Uptake” to provide a live feed to media outlets for the Dec. 30 state canvassing board meeting.

We are planning to provide a clean feed of the production (full video and audio, but without graphics) to media through the services of “The Uptake”.

The feed from Room 15 State Capitol Bldg. will begin at 8:45 a.m. on Tuesday morning and will switch over to a live camera feed by 9 a.m.

                The Uptake will provide access to their live web feed. If you are interested in embedding their internet video stream, please contact info@theuptake.org.

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