STATE OF MINNESOTA Office of Governor Mark Dayton 116 Veterans Service Building• 20West12th Street• Saint Paul, MN 55155 CERTIFICATE OF ASCERTAINMENT OF APPOINTMENT OF ELECTORS FOR PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE STATE OF MINNESOTA To: David S. Ferriero Archivist of the United States National Archives and Records Administration c/o Office of the Federal Register (F) 8601 Adelphi Road College Park, MD 20740-6001 I, Mark Dayton, Governor of the State of Minnesota, do hereby certify the following: In accordance with Article 2, Section 1 of the Constitution of the United States, the Legislature of the State of Minnesota directed that the electors for president and vice president of the United States be elected at the general election conducted on November 8, 2016. At the general election held in this State on November 8, 2016, the following persons received the greatest number of votes cast for the office of presidential electors and alternate presidential electors for president and vice president of the United States, and are duly elected to fill such office: Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party Presidential electors and alternate presidential electors pledged to Hillary Clinton for President of the United States and Tim Kaine for Vice President of the United States. These candidates for presidential elector and alternate presidential elector each received 1,367,716 votes: Voice: (651) 201-3400 or (800) 657-3717 Fax: (651) 797-1850 MN Relay (800) 627-3529 Website: http:Umn.gov/govemor/ An Equal Opportunity Employer Printed on recycled paper containing 15% post consumer material and state government printed State ofMinnesota Certificate of Ascertainment 2016 Page 2 of25 Presidential Electors Fred Knudsen Roger Gehrke Marge Hoffa Raymond Hess Muhammad Abdurrahman Betsy O'Berry MikeWammer Mary Murphy Jules Goldstein Sherrie Pugh Alternate Presidential Electors Linda Wunderlich James Williams Roxanne Minderman Megan Thomas Jill Garcia Mel Aanerud Lillian Ortendahl Jim Nardone Joel Heller Ardis Wexler I will certify that the electors will serve as electors unless a vacancy occurs in the office of elector before the end of the meeting at which elector votes are cast, in which case a substitute elector will fill the vacancy; and if a substitute elector is appointed to fill a vacancy, the governor will submit an amended certificate of ascertainment stating the names on the final list of this state's electors. · I further certify that the returns of the votes cast for presidential electors at the general election were canvassed and certified by the State Canvassing Board on the 29th day of November 2016 in accordance with the laws of the State of Minnesota, and that the number of votes cast for each candidate for presidential elector and alternate presidential elector at the general election is as follows: State ofMinnesota Certificate ofAscertainment 2016 Page 3 of25 Republican Party of Minnesota Presidential electors and alternate presidential electors pledged to Donald J. Trump for President of the United States and Michael R. Pence for Vice President of the United States. These candidates for presidential elector and alternate presidential elector each received 1,322,951 votes: Presidential Electors Paul Wendorff Charlie Strickland Carol Stevenson Dave Thompson Linda Presthus Christine Jacobson Luke Wendt George "Judd" Mowry Barb Chervestad Mike Cummins Alternate Presidential Electors Chris Fields Janet Biehoffer Brian Hensley Merle Larson Randy Gilbert Jeffrey Williams David Pascoe Nicholas Overby Mark Santelman RonNiemala Socialist Workers Party Presidential electors and alternate presidential electors pledged to Alyson Kennedy for President of the United States and Osborne Hart for Vice President of the United States. State ofMinnesota Certificate ofAscertainment 2016 Page 4 of25 These candidates for presidential elector and alternate presidential elector each received 1,672 votes: Presidential Electors Rose Engstrom Robert Crist Helen Meyers Justin Anderson David Lee Diana Newberry Martin Knaeble Lisa Rottach Leah Morrison Kevin Dwire Alternate Presidential Electors Emory Dietrich John Severs Melvin Williams Jr Jeri Mullan Brettina Davis Caroline Fowlkes Natalie Morrison Kathleen Wheeler August Nimtz Michael Pennock Constitution Party Presidential electors and alternate presidential electors pledged to Darrell Castle for President of the United States and Scott Bradley for Vice President of the United States. These candidates for presidential elector and alternate presidential elector each received 9,456 votes: State ofMinnesota Certificate ofAscertainment 2016 Page 5 of25 Presidential Electors Bruce Johnson Kristin Johnson Paul Bergley George Burton Tammy Houle James Niemackl Darren Reck Harley Swarm Timothy Utz Wayne Zimmerschied Alternate Presidential Electors Dean Barton Lynn Lewis Marie Peterson Kathy Jacobson Troy Vanderlinde Katie Sonterre Glenn Kluthe Scott Johnson Jackie Doucet Steven Anderson Legal Marijuana Now Presidential electors and alternate presidential electors pledged to Dan R. Vacek for President of the United States and Mark Elworth, Jr. for Vice President of the United States. These candidates for presidential elector ~d alternate presidential elector each received 11,291 votes: Presidential Electors Oliver Steinberg Kira Martin State ofMinnesota Certificate of Ascertainment 2016 Page 6 of25 Ross Culverhouse Mary Warner Enrique .Barreto Angela Brown Douglas A. Houge Jerry L. Anderson Jesse Cooper Brad Thomas Alternate Presidential Electors Charles Michael Ford T. Christopher Wright Thomas Davison Reverend Scott Boehler David N. Alexander Zachary A. Phelps Russell Townsend Mike Kistler Janice Harbin Russell J. Jacobsen Green Party Presidential electors and alternate presidential electors pledged to Jill Stein for President of the United States and Howie Hawkins for Vice President of the United States. These candidates for presidential elector and alternate presidential elector each received 36,985 votes: Presidential Electors Lena Buggs Audrey Thayer Annie Young MargaretMeehan Amber Garlan State ofMinnesota Certificate ofAscertainment 2016 Page 7 of25 Rhoda Gilman Rebecca Smith Barbara Huning Jillian Ridder Coleen Rowley Alternate Presidential Electors Cameron Gordon Trahern Crews James Brown Allan Hancock Johnny Howard Brandon Long Andrew Schuler Kourtny Wedeking Jonathan Haines Roger Meyer American Delta Party Presidential electors and alternate presidential electors pledged to 11Rocky'' Roque De La Fuente for President of the United States and Michael Steinberg for Vice President of the United States. These candidates for presidential elector and alternate presidential elector each received 1,431 votes: Presidential Electors Robert Norum Kyle Weinmeyer Imam Mohamod Donald Adams Art Shannon Jason Heam Tremaine Baker Kary Plante State ofMinnesota Certificate ofAscertainment 2016 Page 8 of25 Bobby Plante Alex Ziegler Alternate Presidential Electors Alex Petrovich Eric Gleason Trey Williams Jack Schmidt Kenny Siebert James Owens Katherine Prichard Gerardo Gaibor Abdirahman Abdulkadir Walter Walls Independence Presidential electors and alternate presidential electors pledged to Evan McMullin for President of the United States and Nathan Johnson for Vice President of the United States. These candidates for presidential elector and alternate presidential elector each received 53,076 votes: Presidential Electors Philip Fuehrer James Nelson Linda Meschke Sally Paulsen Mark Cardenas Christopher Belflower Benjamin Thome Mark Jenkins John D. Hutcheson Justin Rich State ofMinnesota Certificate ofAscertainment 2016 Page 9 of25 Alternate Presidential Electors Malinda Cardenas Paula Overby Richard Heiser Peter Tharaldson Diane Goldman Keith Graham Sharon Fuehrer Patricia Thome Andrew Bittner Janice Beliveau Libertarian Party Presidential electors and alternate presidential electors pledged to Gary Johnson for President of the United States and William Weld for Vice President of the United States. These candidates for presidential elector and alternate presidential elector each received 112,972 votes: Presidential Electors Chris Dock Chris Holbrook Mary O'Connor Kevin Bradley Ryan Waterbury Robert Odden Shane Wernsing Stephen Baker Cindy Hucks Andrea Blalock Alternate Presidential Electors Andy Bums Cara Schulz Chad Blalock Anita Hansen State ofMinnesota Certificate ofAscertainment 2016 Page 10 of25 Angie Holbrook Joe McKenzie Alicia Ascheman Mike Hedtke Peggy Schmitz Michael Pitoscia Presidential electors and alternate presidential electors pledged to declared write-in candidates Dennis Andrew Ball for President of the United States and Richard Sanders for Vice President of the United States. These candidates for presidential elector and alternate presidential elector received 24 votes: Presidential Electors Marti Oakley Presidential electors and alternate presidential electors pledged to declared write-in candidates Henry Bartlett for President of the United States and Condoleeza Rice for Vice President of the United States. These candidates for presidential elector and alternate presidential elector received 41 votes: Presidential Electors Skyler Reed Kathy Lawrence Presidential electors and alternate presidential electors pledged to declared write-in candidates Robert L. Buchanan for President of the United States and Jason A. Washington for Vice President of the United States. These candidates for presidential elector and alternate presidential elector received zero votes: State ofMinnesota