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Arizona State Treasurer Dean Martin

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kimberly Yee

April 30, 2007 (602) 604-7882

STATE TREASURER DEAN MARTIN RELEASES SELECTION & RESULTS OF ONLINE VOTE ON STATE
QUARTER DESIGN

(STATE CAPITOL, PHOENIX) –State Treasurer Dean Martin, who serves as a Commissioner to the Arizona State Quarter Commission, today unveiled the results of the State Treasurer’s Office public vote tally to select the new state quarter design.

The results of votes that came into the new website of the Treasurer’s Office at aztreasury.gov:

Vote Tally	Design	Description
13%	#1	Grand Canyon
50%	#2	Grand Canyon and a Saguaro Cactus / Desert Scene
26%	#3	Saguaro Cactus / Desert Scene only
< 1%	#4	Powell’s Grand Canyon Expedition
11%	#5	Navajo Code Talkers

“Arizona has a proud history as a land of natural beauty and rugged individualism,” Treasurer Dean Martin said. “Designs 1, 2 & 3 all would make great quarters; but as the Grand Canyon State, we should have the Grand Canyon on our quarter. My recommendation will be for design number 2; it represents the grand diversity of Arizona’s landscape.”

Treasurer Dean Martin continued. “It was only fitting to ask the public for their input on Arizona’s official quarter design, and I appreciate their participation.”

The Treasurer’s Office was the first to allow online public voting on the new Arizona Quarter design beginning March 29^th. Treasurer Dean Martin will present his recommendation and the results received from the Treasurer’s Office website at the State Quarter Commission’s public meeting this afternoon.