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MN Stat § 203B.22 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 203B — Absentee Voting|Section 203B.22 — Transmitting Ballots.

203B.22 TRANSMITTING BALLOTS. (a) The county auditor shall transmit the appropriate ballots, as promptly as possible, to an absent voter whose application has been recorded under section 203B.19. If the county auditor determines that a voter is not eligible to vote at the primary but will be eligible to vote at the general election, only general election ballots shall be transmitted. Only one set of ballots shall be transmitted to any applicant for any election, except that the county auditor may transmit a replacement ballot to a voter whose ballot has been spoiled or lost in transit or whose mailing address has changed after the date on which the original application was submitted as confirmed by the county auditor. Ballots to be sent outside the United States shall be given priority in transmission. A county auditor may make use of any special service provided by the United States government for the transmission of voting materials under sections 203B.16 to 203B.27. (b) The county auditor must transmit the appropriate ballots by express mail immediately upon discovery that the ballots were not properly transmitted to the voter as a result of the following circumstances: (1) an application was received by the county auditor by the close of business at least 46 days before the election; (2) the county auditor failed to transmit the appropriate ballots by the 46th day before the election; and (3) the voter did not request that the ballots be electronically transmitted to the voter under section 203B.225, subdivision 1. History:  1981 c 29 art 3 s 22; 2008 c 190 s 7; 2010 c 184 s 9; 2014 c 264 s 13
MN Stat § 203B.225 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 203B — Absentee Voting|Section 203B.225 — Transmitting And Returning Ballots.

203B.225 TRANSMITTING AND RETURNING BALLOTS. Subdivision 1. Transmitting ballot and certificate of voter eligibility. A voter described in section 203B.16 may include in an application for absentee ballots a request that the ballots, instructions, and a certificate of voter eligibility meeting the requirements of section 203B.21, subdivision 3, be transmitted to the voter electronically. Upon receipt of a properly completed application requesting electronic transmission, the county auditor shall electronically transmit the requested materials to the voter. The county auditor is not required to provide return postage to voters to whom ballots are transmitted electronically. Subd. 2. Returning voted ballots. The voter must return the voted ballots and the certificate of voter eligibility to the county auditor in a sealed envelope. History:  2008 c 190 s 8; 2010 c 184 s 10
MN Stat § 203B.227 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 203B — Absentee Voting|Section 203B.227 — Write-in Absentee Ballot.

203B.227 WRITE-IN ABSENTEE BALLOT. (a) A voter described in section 203B.16, subdivision 1, may use the federal write-in absentee ballot to vote in any federal, state, or local election. In a state or local election, a vote for a political party without specifying the name of a candidate must not be counted. (b) If a voter submits a federal write-in absentee ballot for which a federal post card application was not received, the federal write-in absentee ballot serves as a voter registration, for voters who are eligible to register, in lieu of the voter's federal post card application. If the voter has not already voted and the accompanying certificate is properly completed, the absentee ballot board must accept the federal write-in absentee ballot. History:  2008 c 190 s 9; 2008 c 336 s 1; 2010 c 201 s 21; 2013 c 131 art 2 s 19
MN Stat § 203B.23 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 203B — Absentee Voting|Section 203B.23 — Absentee Ballot Board.

203B.23 ABSENTEE BALLOT BOARD. Subdivision 1. Establishment. The county auditor must establish an absentee ballot board for ballots issued under sections 203B.16 to 203B.27. The board may consist of staff trained as election judges, in which case, the board is exempt from sections 204B.19, subdivision 5, and 204C.15, relating to party balance in appointment of judges and to duties to be performed by judges of different major political parties. Subd. 2. Duties. The absentee ballot board must examine all returned absentee ballot envelopes for ballots issued under sections 203B.16 to 203B.27 and accept or reject the absentee ballots in the manner provided in section 203B.24. If the certificate of voter eligibility is not printed on the return or administrative envelope, the certificate must be attached to the ballot secrecy envelope. The absentee ballot board must immediately examine the return envelopes and mark them "accepted" or "rejected" during the 45 days before the election. If an envelope has been rejected at least five days before the election, the ballots in the envelope must be considered spoiled ballots and the official in charge of the absentee ballot board must provide the voter with a replacement absentee ballot and return envelope in place of the spoiled ballot. If a county has delegated the responsibility for administering absentee balloting to a municipality under section 203B.05, accepted absentee ballots must be delivered to the appropriate municipality's absentee ballot board. The absentee ballot board with the authority to open and count the ballots must do so in accordance with section 203B.121, subdivisions 4 and 5. Subd. 3. Applicable laws. Except as otherwise provided in this section, all the laws applicable to absentee ballots and absentee voters and all other provisions of the Minnesota Election Law apply to an absentee ballot board. History:  1981 c 29 art 3 s 23; 1987 c 266 art 1 s 22; 2008 c 190 s 10; 2010 c 184 s 11; 2010 c 194 s 11,12
MN Stat § 203B.26 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 203B — Absentee Voting|Section 203B.26 — Separate Record.

203B.26 SEPARATE RECORD. A separate record of the ballots of absent voters cast under sections 203B.16 to 203B.27 must be generated from the statewide registration system for each precinct and retained with the other election materials. History:  1981 c 29 art 3 s 26; 2004 c 293 art 1 s 28; 2008 c 190 s 13; 2010 c 194 s 14
MN Stat § 203B.27 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 203B — Absentee Voting|Section 203B.27 — Expense Chargeable To General Revenue.

203B.27 EXPENSE CHARGEABLE TO GENERAL REVENUE. Expenses incurred by a county auditor to carry out the provisions of sections 203B.16 to 203B.27 shall be paid by that county from its general revenue fund. History:   1981 c 29 art 3 s 27
MN Stat § 203B.28 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 203B — Absentee Voting|Section 203B.28 — Postelection Report To Legislature.

203B.28 POSTELECTION REPORT TO LEGISLATURE. By January 15 of every odd-numbered year, the secretary of state shall provide to the chair and ranking minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over elections a statistical report related to absentee voting in the most recent general election cycle. The statistics must be organized by county, and include: (1) the number of absentee ballots transmitted to voters; (2) the number of absentee ballots returned by voters; (3) the number of absentee ballots that were rejected, categorized by the reason for rejection; (4) the number of absentee ballots submitted pursuant to sections 203B.16 to 203B.27, along with the number of returned ballots that were accepted, rejected, and the reason for any rejections; and (5) the number of absentee ballots that were not counted because the ballot return envelope was received after the deadlines provided in this chapter. History:  2010 c 194 s 15; 2013 c 131 art 2 s 20
MN Stat § 204B.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204B — Election Administration; General Provisions|Section 204B.01 — Definitions.

204B.01 DEFINITIONS. The definitions in chapter 200 apply to this chapter. History:   1981 c 29 art 4 s 1
MN Stat § 204B.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204B — Election Administration; General Provisions|Section 204B.02 — Application.

204B.02 APPLICATION. This chapter applies to all elections held in this state except as otherwise provided by law. History:  1981 c 29 art 4 s 2; 1987 c 266 art 1 s 23
MN Stat § 204B.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204B — Election Administration; General Provisions|Section 204B.03 — Manner Of Nomination.

204B.03 MANNER OF NOMINATION. Candidates of a major political party for any partisan office except presidential elector and all candidates for nonpartisan office shall apply for a place on the primary ballot by filing an affidavit of candidacy as provided in section 204B.06, and except as otherwise provided in section 204D.07, subdivision 3, shall be nominated by primary. Candidates for any partisan office who do not seek the nomination of a major political party shall be nominated by nominating petition as provided in sections 204B.07 and 204B.08, and, except for presidential elector candidates, shall file an affidavit of candidacy as provided in section 204B.06. History:  1981 c 29 art 4 s 3; 1986 c 475 s 7
MN Stat § 204B.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204B — Election Administration; General Provisions|Section 204B.04 — Candidacy; Prohibitions.

204B.04 CANDIDACY; PROHIBITIONS. Subdivision 1. Major party candidates. No individual shall be named on any ballot as the candidate of more than one major political party. No individual who has been certified by a canvassing board as the nominee of any major political party shall be named on any ballot as the candidate of any other major political party at the next ensuing general election. Subd. 2. Candidates seeking nomination by primary. No individual who seeks nomination for any partisan or nonpartisan office at a primary shall be nominated for the same office by nominating petition. Subd. 2a.  [Expired] Subd. 3. Nomination for nonpartisan office. No individual shall be nominated by nominating petition for any nonpartisan office. Subd. 4. Prohibition on multiple candidacy. A candidate who files an affidavit of candidacy for an office to be elected at the general election may not subsequently file another affidavit of candidacy for any other office to be elected on the date of that general election, unless the candidate withdraws the initial affidavit pursuant to section 204B.12. The provisions in section 645.21 do not apply to this subdivision. Subd. 5. Ballots; candidates who file by nominating petition. Candidates who were filed as a team by nominating petition under section 204B.07, subdivision 2, shall not appear on the ballot as minor party or independent candidates if either candidate is certified as a major party candidate for president or vice president pursuant to section 208.03. History:  1981 c 29 art 4 s 4; 1991 c 320 s 4; 1996 c 419 s 4,5,10; 2010 c 201 s 22; 2011 c 65 s 1; 2012 c 187 art 1 s 28; 2013 c 131 art 2 s 21; 2016 c 161 art 1 s 4
MN Stat § 204B.071 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204B — Election Administration; General Provisions|Section 204B.071 — Petitions; Rules Of Secretary Of State.

204B.071 PETITIONS; RULES OF SECRETARY OF STATE. The secretary of state shall adopt rules governing the manner in which petitions required for any election in this state are circulated, signed, filed, and inspected. The secretary of state shall provide samples of petition forms for use by election officials. History:   1999 c 132 s 16
MN Stat § 204B.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204B — Election Administration; General Provisions|Section 204B.08 — Signing Petitions.

204B.08 SIGNING PETITIONS. Subdivision 1. Time for signing. Nominating petitions shall be signed during the period when petitions may be filed as provided in section 204B.09. Subd. 2. Qualifications of signers. A nominating petition may be signed only by individuals who are eligible to vote for the candidate who is nominated. No individual may sign more than one nominating petition for candidates for the same office unless more than one candidate is to be elected to that office. If more than one candidate is to be elected to the office, an individual may sign as many petitions as there are candidates to be elected. Subd. 3. Number of signatures. The number of signatures required on a nominating petition shall be as follows: (a) for a federal or state office voted on statewide, one percent of the total number of individuals voting in the state at the last preceding state general election, or 2,000, whichever is less; (b) for a congressional office, five percent of the total number of individuals voting in the district at the last preceding state general election, or 1,000, whichever is less; (c) for a county or legislative office, ten percent of the total number of individuals voting in the county or legislative district at the last preceding state or county general election, or 500, whichever is less; (d) for a municipal office in a city of the first class, the number specified in section 205.121; and (e) for any other municipal or school district office, ten percent of the total number of individuals voting in the municipality, ward, school district, or other election district at the last preceding municipal, or school district if applicable, general election, or 500, whichever is less. History:  1981 c 29 art 4 s 8; 1990 c 453 s 3; 1999 c 132 s 17; 2008 c 244 art 2 s 17
MN Stat § 204B.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204B — Election Administration; General Provisions|Section 204B.10 — Affidavits Of Candidacy; Nominating Petitions; Duties.

204B.10 AFFIDAVITS OF CANDIDACY; NOMINATING PETITIONS; DUTIES. Subdivision 1. Affidavits of candidacy; numbering. The official with whom affidavits of candidacy are filed shall number them in the order received. Subd. 2. Nominating petitions; acknowledgment; numbering. On the day a nominating petition is filed, the election official shall deliver or mail an acknowledgment of the petition to the individual who files it and to the candidate who is to be nominated. The election official shall also number the petitions in the order received. The petitions shall be retained as provided in section 204B.40, and shall be available for public inspection during that period. Subd. 3. Inspection. The official with whom nominating petitions are filed shall inspect the petitions in the order filed to verify that there are a sufficient number of signatures of individuals whose residence address as shown on the petition is in the district where the candidate is to be nominated. Subd. 4. Certification. The secretary of state shall certify to the county auditor of each county the names of all candidates nominated by petitions filed with the secretary of state. Certification shall be made at the same time as the secretary of state certifies the names of candidates who are nominated at the primary. Subd. 5. Improper name. If the filing officer determines that use on the ballot of the candidate's name as written on the affidavit of candidacy would violate section 204B.35, subdivision 2, the filing officer shall immediately notify the candidate and shall certify for the ballot the candidate's true name instead of the name as written on the affidavit. Subd. 6. Candidate's eligibility to hold office. Upon receipt of a certified copy of a final judgment or order of a court of competent jurisdiction that a person who has filed an affidavit of candidacy or who has been nominated by petition: (1) has been convicted of treason or a felony and the person's civil rights have not been restored; (2) is under guardianship in which the court order revokes the ward's right to vote; or (3) has been found by a court of law to be legally incompetent; the filing officer shall notify the person by certified mail at the address shown on the affidavit or petition, and, for offices other than President of the United States, Vice President of the United States, United States Senator, and United States Representative in Congress, shall not certify the person's name to be placed on the ballot. The actions of a filing officer under this subdivision are subject to judicial review under section 204B.44. History:  1981 c 29 art 4 s 10; 1986 c 475 s 12; 1993 c 364 s 1; 2005 c 10 art 4 s 6; 2005 c 156 art 6 s 33
MN Stat § 204B.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204B — Election Administration; General Provisions|Section 204B.12 — Withdrawal Of Candidates.

204B.12 WITHDRAWAL OF CANDIDATES. Subdivision 1. Before primary. A candidate may withdraw from the primary ballot by filing an affidavit of withdrawal with the same official who received the affidavit of candidacy. The affidavit shall request that official to withdraw the candidate's name from the ballot and shall be filed no later than two days after the last day for filing for the office. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1983 c 303 s 24] Subd. 2a.  [Repealed, 2013 c 131 art 5 s 10] Subd. 2b. Governor's race. If a candidate for governor withdraws, the secretary of state shall remove from the ballot the name of the candidate for governor and the name of that candidate's running mate for lieutenant governor. Subd. 3. Time for filing. An affidavit of withdrawal filed under this section shall not be accepted later than 5:00 p.m. on the last day for withdrawal. History:  1981 c 29 art 4 s 12; 1983 c 303 s 6; 1986 c 444; 1986 c 475 s 13; 1991 c 320 s 5-7; 2000 c 467 s 12
MN Stat § 204B.131 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204B — Election Administration; General Provisions|Section 204B.131 — Vacancy In Nomination; Nonpartisan Office.

204B.131 VACANCY IN NOMINATION; NONPARTISAN OFFICE. Subdivision 1. Applicability. A vacancy in nomination for a nonpartisan office must be filled in the manner provided by this section. A vacancy in nomination for a nonpartisan office exists when: (1) a candidate for any nonpartisan office, for which one or two candidates filed, withdraws as provided in section 204B.12, subdivision 1; (2) a candidate for any nonpartisan office, for which one or two candidates filed, is determined to be ineligible to hold the office the candidate is seeking, pursuant to a court order issued under section 204B.44; or (3) a candidate for any nonjudicial nonpartisan office, for which only one or two candidates filed or who was nominated at a primary, dies on or before the 79th day before the date of the general election. Subd. 2. Procedure for filling vacancy. A vacancy in nomination for a nonpartisan office may be filled by filing an affidavit of candidacy and paying a filing fee, or by filing an affidavit of candidacy and filing a petition in place of a filing fee, in the manner provided in sections 204B.06, 204B.09, and 204B.11. All documents and fees required by this subdivision must be filed within five days after the vacancy in nomination occurs. There must be a two-day period for withdrawal of candidates after the last day for filing. If the vacancy in nomination resulted from a withdrawal during the withdrawal period held on the 68th to 69th day before the primary, and if, at the end of the withdrawal period to fill the vacancy in nomination, there are more than two candidates, the candidates' names must appear on the primary ballot. In all other cases, the candidates' names must appear on the general election ballot. History:  2013 c 131 art 5 s 8; 2015 c 70 art 1 s 24
MN Stat § 204B.145 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204B — Election Administration; General Provisions|Section 204B.145 — Duties Of Secretary Of State; Redistricting.

204B.145 DUTIES OF SECRETARY OF STATE; REDISTRICTING. Following the completion of legislative redistricting, the secretary of state may coordinate and facilitate the exchange of information between the legislative redistricting computer system, the statewide voter registration system, and a computer system developed to assist the counties, municipalities, and school districts in redrawing election districts and establishing election precincts. History:   1991 c 345 art 1 s 80
MN Stat § 204B.146 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204B — Election Administration; General Provisions|Section 204B.146 — Duties Of Secretary Of State.

204B.146 DUTIES OF SECRETARY OF STATE. Subdivision 1. Redistricting. The secretary of state shall conduct conferences with the county auditors, municipal clerks, and school district clerks to instruct them on the procedures for redistricting of election districts and establishment of election precincts in the year ending in one. Subd. 2. Precinct and election district boundaries. The secretary of state shall maintain a computer database of precinct and election district boundaries. The secretary of state shall revise the information in the database whenever a precinct or election district boundary is changed. The secretary of state shall prepare maps illustrating precinct and election district boundaries in either paper or electronic formats and make them available to the public at the cost of production. The secretary of state may authorize municipalities and counties to provide updated precinct and election district boundary information in electronic formats. The secretary of state shall provide periodic updates of precinct and election district boundaries to the Legislative Coordinating Commission, the state demographer, and the Minnesota Geospatial Information Office. At the request of the county auditor, the secretary of state shall provide the county auditor with precinct maps. The county auditor shall forward the maps to the appropriate municipal clerks, who shall post the map in the polling place on the day of the state primary and the state general election. Subd. 3. Correction to election district boundaries. When a municipal boundary has changed and is coterminous with (1) a congressional, legislative, or county commissioner district boundary, or (2) a soil and water conservation district supervisor district boundary elected by district under section 103C.311, subdivision 2, and the affected territory contains 50 or fewer registered voters, the secretary of state may order corrections to move the affected election district boundaries so the boundaries are again coterminous with the municipal boundary. The election district boundary change is effective 28 days after the date that the order is issued. The secretary of state shall immediately notify the municipal clerk and county auditor affected by the boundary change and the Legislative Coordinating Commission. The municipal clerk shall send a nonforwardable notice stating the location of the polling place to every household containing a registered voter affected by the boundary change at least 25 days before the next election. History:  1991 c 349 s 35; 1993 c 208 s 3; 1997 c 147 s 27; 1999 c 132 s 18; 1999 c 237 s 2; 2009 c 101 art 2 s 107; 2016 c 161 art 1 s 6
MN Stat § 204B.15 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204B — Election Administration; General Provisions|Section 204B.15 — Unorganized Territory; Election Precincts.

204B.15 UNORGANIZED TERRITORY; ELECTION PRECINCTS. A county board may establish new election precincts to serve the residents of unorganized territories. The board shall designate a polling place for the new precinct that is convenient for the individuals residing in it. History:  1981 c 29 art 4 s 15; 1997 c 147 s 28