Public Hearing Information

Information about the Minnesota Special Redistricting Panel public hearings is available in an order issued on September 13, 2021.

Public hearings took place between October 11 and October 26, 2021. Requests to make an oral presentation at a public hearing were due by Friday, September 24, 2021. For information related to a specific hearing date or location, please visit the links below.

Written statements were also accepted by the Panel and were due by Friday, October 29, 2021. Written statements made pursuant to the Order issued September 13, 2021, are available in electronic format by emailing lissa.finne@courts.state.mn.u s.

Special Redistricting Panel Public Hearing Information

Tuesday, October 19, 2021

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Duluth Public Hearing List

Duluth Hearing Transcript

St. Louis County Courthouse

St. Louis County Board Room

100 North 5th Avenue West

Duluth, Minnesota 55802

The Board Room is located on the second floor of the St. Louis County Courthouse.

Free parking is available after 5:00 p.m. in the St. Louis County Parking Facility located on West 3rd Street behind the Courthouse.

Thursday, October 21, 2021

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Rochester Public Hearing List

Rochester Hearing Transcript

Olmsted County Government Center

Olmsted County Courtroom 1

151 4th Street SE

Rochester, Minnesota 55904

Courtroom 1 is located on the fifth floor of the Government Center.

Security Information:

Please note that all attendees will be subject to security screening at the entrance to the courthouse. The screening station includes an x-ray machine for property carried by attendees including purses, briefcases, wallets, cell phones, keys, change, belts with metal belt buckles and so on. Attendees will be required to place all those items into a plastic bin to be scanned and will then be prompted to walk through a metal detector. Property, including bags and purses, will not be hand searched unless something is visible on the x-ray that needs further identification.

The following is a partial list of dangerous weapons and/or unauthorized items that are prohibited from the Olmsted County Government Center:

            Firearms, including pellet and BB guns                      Ammunition

            Explosives                                                                   Electronic Control Devices

            Martial Arts Weapons                                                 Knives, including pocket knives

            Batons                                                                         Brass Knuckles

            Mace or Personal Defense Sprays                               Flammable liquids

This list is not all inclusive. Safety Screening Station Staff are authorized to use their discretion in not allowing items not included in the above mentioned list.  All items deemed dangerous weapons and unauthorized are subject to seizure by Law Enforcement personnel.

Free public parking is available after 5:00 p.m. at metered spots in the lot at the Government Center.

Minnesota Judicial Branch Special Redistricting Panel 2021