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MN Stat § 209.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 209 — Election Contests|Section 209.12 — Congressional Office.

 209.12 MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 675 art 13 s 1] 209.12 CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE. When a contest relates to the office of senator or a member of the house of representatives of the United States, the only question to be decided by the court is which party to the contest received the highest number of votes legally cast at the election and is therefore entitled to receive the certificate of election. The judge trying the proceedings shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law upon that question. Evidence on any other points specified in the notice of contest, including but not limited to the question of the right of any person to nomination or office on the ground of deliberate, serious, and material violation of the provisions of the Minnesota Election Law, must be taken and preserved by the judge trying the contest, or by some person appointed by the judge for that purpose; but the judge shall make no findings or conclusion on those points. After the time for appeal has expired, or in case of an appeal, after the final judicial determination of the contest, upon application of either party to the contest, the court administrator of the district court shall promptly certify and forward the files and records of the proceedings, with all the evidence taken, to the presiding officer of the Senate or the House of Representatives of the United States. The court administrator shall endorse on the transmittal envelope or container the name of the case and the name of the party in whose behalf the proceedings were held, and shall sign the endorsement. History:  1963 c 682 s 2; 1986 c 408 s 12; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82
MN Stat § 211A.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 211A — Campaign Financial Reports|Section 211A.01 — Definitions.

211A.01 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Application. The definitions in chapter 200 and this section apply to this chapter. Subd. 2. Ballot question. "Ballot question" means a proposition placed on the ballot to be voted on by the voters of one or more political subdivisions but not by all the voters of the state. Subd. 3. Candidate. "Candidate" means an individual who seeks nomination or election to a county, municipal, school district, or other political subdivision office. This definition does not include an individual seeking a judicial office. For purposes of sections 211A.01 to 211A.05 and 211A.07, "candidate" also includes a candidate for the United States Senate or House of Representatives. Subd. 4. Committee. "Committee" means a corporation or association or persons acting together to influence the nomination, election, or defeat of a candidate or to promote or defeat a ballot question. Promoting or defeating a ballot question includes efforts to qualify or prevent a proposition from qualifying for placement on the ballot. Subd. 5. Contribution. "Contribution" means anything of monetary value that is given or loaned to a candidate or committee for a political purpose. "Contribution" does not include a service provided without compensation by an individual. Subd. 6. Disbursement. "Disbursement" means money, property, office, position, or any other thing of value that passes or is directly or indirectly conveyed, given, promised, paid, expended, pledged, contributed, or lent. "Disbursement" does not include payment by a county, municipality, school district, or other political subdivision for election-related expenditures required or authorized by law. Subd. 7. Filing officer. "Filing officer" means the officer authorized by law to accept affidavits of candidacy or nominating petitions for an office or the officer authorized by law to place a ballot question on the ballot. Subd. 8. Political purposes. An act is done for "political purposes" if it is of a nature, done with the intent, or done in a way to influence or tend to influence, directly or indirectly, voting at a primary or an election or if it is done because a person is about to vote, has voted, or has refrained from voting at a primary or an election. History:  1988 c 578 art 2 s 1; 1990 c 453 s 22
MN Stat § 211A.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 211A — Campaign Financial Reports|Section 211A.03 — Final Report.

211A.03 FINAL REPORT. A candidate or committee may file a final report when all debts have been settled and all assets in excess of $100 in the aggregate are disposed of. The final report may be filed at any time and must include the kinds of information contained in the financial statements required by section 211A.02 for the period from the last previous report to the date of the final report. History:   1988 c 578 art 2 s 3
MN Stat § 211A.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 211A — Campaign Financial Reports|Section 211A.04 — Secretary Of State's Duties.

211A.04 SECRETARY OF STATE'S DUTIES. Subdivision 1. Report forms. The secretary of state shall prepare blanks for reports required by section 211A.02. Copies must be furnished through the county auditor or otherwise, as the secretary of state finds expedient, to a committee upon request or to a candidate upon filing for office. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 1992 c 513 art 3 s 79] History:   1988 c 578 art 2 s 4
MN Stat § 211A.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 211A — Campaign Financial Reports|Section 211A.05 — Failure To File Statement.

211A.05 FAILURE TO FILE STATEMENT. Subdivision 1. Penalty. A candidate who intentionally fails to file a report required by section 211A.02 or a certification required by this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. The treasurer of a committee formed to promote or defeat a ballot question who intentionally fails to file a report required by section 211A.02 or a certification required by this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. Each candidate or treasurer of a committee formed to promote or defeat a ballot question shall certify to the filing officer that all reports required by section 211A.02 have been submitted to the filing officer or that the candidate or committee has not received contributions or made disbursements exceeding $750 in the calendar year. The certification shall be submitted to the filing officer no later than seven days after the general or special election. The secretary of state shall prepare blanks for this certification. An officer who issues a certificate of election to a candidate who has not certified that all reports required by section 211A.02 have been filed is guilty of a misdemeanor. Subd. 2. Notice of failure to file. If a candidate or committee has filed an initial report, but fails to file a subsequent report on the date it is due, the filing officer shall immediately notify the candidate or committee of the failure to file. If a report is not filed within ten days after the notification is mailed, the filing officer shall file a complaint under section 211B.32. History:  1988 c 578 art 2 s 5; 1989 c 291 art 1 s 31; 2004 c 277 s 3; 2008 c 244 art 1 s 23; 2010 c 327 s 26
MN Stat § 211A.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 211A — Campaign Financial Reports|Section 211A.06 — Failure To Keep Account; Penalty.

211A.06 FAILURE TO KEEP ACCOUNT; PENALTY. A treasurer or other individual who receives money for a committee is guilty of a misdemeanor if the individual: (1) fails to keep a correct account as required by law; (2) mutilates, defaces, or destroys an account record; or (3) in the case of a committee, refuses upon request to provide financial information to a candidate; and (4) does any of these things with the intent to conceal receipts or disbursements, the purpose of receipts or disbursements, or the existence or amount of an unpaid debt or the identity of the person to whom it is owed. History:   1988 c 578 art 2 s 6
MN Stat § 211A.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 211A — Campaign Financial Reports|Section 211A.07 — Bills When Rendered And Paid.

211A.07 BILLS WHEN RENDERED AND PAID. A person who has a bill, charge, or claim against a candidate's committee shall render it in writing to the committee within 60 days after the material or service is provided. A bill, charge, or claim that is not presented within 60 days after the material or service is provided must not be paid. History:   1988 c 578 art 2 s 7
MN Stat § 211A.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 211A — Campaign Financial Reports|Section 211A.08 — Prosecution.

211A.08 PROSECUTION. Subdivision 1.  [Repealed, 2004 c 277 s 13] Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 2004 c 277 s 13] Subd. 3. County attorney authority. A county attorney may prosecute any violation of this chapter. History:  1986 c 444; 1988 c 578 art 2 s 8; 2004 c 277 s 4
MN Stat § 211A.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 211A — Campaign Financial Reports|Section 211A.09 — Forfeiture Of Nomination Or Office.

211A.09 FORFEITURE OF NOMINATION OR OFFICE. Subdivision 1. Forfeiture required. Except as provided in subdivision 2, if a candidate is convicted of violating a provision of this chapter or if an offense was committed by another individual with the knowledge, consent, or connivance of the candidate, the court, after entering the adjudication of guilty, shall enter a supplemental judgment declaring that the candidate has forfeited the nomination or office. If the court enters the supplemental judgment, it shall transmit to the filing officer a transcript of the supplemental judgment, the nomination or office becomes vacant, and the vacancy must be filled as provided by law. Subd. 2. Circumstances where nomination or office not forfeited. In a trial for a violation of this chapter, the candidate's nomination or election is not void if the court finds that: (1) an offense, though committed by the candidate or with the candidate's knowledge, consent, or connivance, was trivial; or (2) an act or omission of a candidate arose from accidental miscalculation or other reasonable cause, but in any case not from a want of good faith, and that it would be unjust for the candidate to forfeit the nomination or election. Neither of these findings is a defense to a conviction under this chapter. History:   1988 c 578 art 2 s 9
MN Stat § 211A.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 211A — Campaign Financial Reports|Section 211A.10 — Disqualified Individuals Not To Hold Various Positions.

211A.10 DISQUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS NOT TO HOLD VARIOUS POSITIONS. A candidate whose election to office has been set aside for a violation of this chapter may not be appointed, during the period fixed by law as the term of the office, to fill a vacancy that may occur in the office. A candidate or other individual who is convicted of a violation of this chapter may not be appointed, during the period fixed by law as the term of the office with respect to which the election was held and the offense was committed, to fill a vacancy in the office. An appointment to an office made contrary to this section is void. A candidate or other individual who is convicted of a violation of this chapter is not qualified, during the period fixed by law as the term of the office with respect to which the election was held and the offense was committed, to fill a vacancy in an office for which the legislature may establish qualifications under article XII, section 3, of the Minnesota Constitution. History:   1988 c 578 art 2 s 10
MN Stat § 211A.11 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 211A — Campaign Financial Reports|Section 211A.11 — Penalties For Violations.

211A.11 PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS. A violation of this chapter for which no other penalty is provided is a misdemeanor. History:   1988 c 578 art 2 s 11
MN Stat § 211A.12 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 211A — Campaign Financial Reports|Section 211A.12 — Contribution Limits.

211A.12 CONTRIBUTION LIMITS. A candidate or a candidate's committee may not accept aggregate contributions made or delivered by an individual or committee in excess of $600 in an election year for the office sought and $250 in other years; except that a candidate or a candidate's committee for an office whose territory has a population over 100,000 may not accept aggregate contributions made or delivered by an individual or committee in excess of $1,000 in an election year for the office sought and $250 in other years. The following deliveries are not subject to the bundling limitation in this section: (1) delivery of contributions collected by a member of the candidate's committee, such as a block worker or a volunteer who hosts a fund-raising event, to the committee's treasurer; and (2) a delivery made by an individual on behalf of the individual's spouse. Notwithstanding sections 211A.02, subdivision 3, and 410.21, this section supersedes any home rule charter. History:  1993 c 318 art 2 s 46; 1997 c 224 s 1; 2014 c 265 s 2
MN Stat § 211A.13 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 211A — Campaign Financial Reports|Section 211A.13 — Prohibited Transfers.

211A.13 PROHIBITED TRANSFERS. A candidate for political subdivision office must not accept contributions from the principal campaign committee of a candidate as defined in section 10A.01, subdivision 34. A candidate for political subdivision office must not make contributions to a principal campaign committee, unless the contribution is made from the personal funds of the candidate for political subdivision office. History:  1993 c 318 art 2 s 47; 2003 c 2 art 1 s 21
MN Stat § 211A.14 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 211A — Campaign Financial Reports|Section 211A.14 — Contributions And Solicitations During Legislative Session.

211A.14 CONTRIBUTIONS AND SOLICITATIONS DURING LEGISLATIVE SESSION. A legislator or state constitutional officer who is a candidate for a county, city, or town office, the candidate's principal campaign committee, and any other political committee with the candidate's name or title may not solicit or accept a contribution from a political fund or registered lobbyist during a regular session of the legislature. History:   1997 c 224 s 2
MN Stat § 211B.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 211B — Fair Campaign Practices|Section 211B.01 — Definitions.

211B.01 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Application. The definitions in chapter 200 and this section apply to this chapter. Subd. 2. Campaign material. "Campaign material" means any literature, publication, or material that is disseminated for the purpose of influencing voting at a primary or other election, except for news items or editorial comments by the news media. Subd. 3. Candidate. "Candidate" means an individual who seeks nomination or election to a federal, statewide, legislative, judicial, or local office including special districts, school districts, towns, home rule charter and statutory cities, and counties, except candidates for president and vice-president of the United States. Subd. 4. Committee. "Committee" means two or more persons acting together or a corporation or association acting to influence the nomination, election, or defeat of a candidate or to promote or defeat a ballot question. Promoting or defeating a ballot question includes efforts to qualify or prevent a proposition from qualifying for placement on the ballot. Subd. 5. Disbursement. "Disbursement" means an act through which money, property, office, or position or other thing of value is directly or indirectly promised, paid, spent, contributed, or lent, and any money, property, office, or position or other thing of value so promised or transferred. Subd. 6. Political purposes. An act is done for "political purposes" when the act is intended or done to influence, directly or indirectly, voting at a primary or other election. This does not include news items or editorial comments published or broadcast by the news media. History:  1988 c 578 art 3 s 1; 2004 c 293 art 3 s 1
MN Stat § 211B.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 211B — Fair Campaign Practices|Section 211B.02 — False Claim Of Support.

211B.02 FALSE CLAIM OF SUPPORT. A person or candidate may not knowingly make, directly or indirectly, a false claim stating or implying that a candidate or ballot question has the support or endorsement of a major political party or party unit or of an organization. A person or candidate may not state in written campaign material that the candidate or ballot question has the support or endorsement of an individual without first getting written permission from the individual to do so. History:   1988 c 578 art 3 s 2
MN Stat § 211B.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 211B — Fair Campaign Practices|Section 211B.03 — Use Of The Term Reelect.

211B.03 USE OF THE TERM REELECT. A person or candidate may not, in the event of redistricting, use the term "reelect" in a campaign for elective office unless the candidate is the incumbent of that office and the office represents any part of the new district. History:   1988 c 578 art 3 s 3
MN Stat § 211B.045 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 211B — Fair Campaign Practices|Section 211B.045 — Noncommercial Signs Exemption.

211B.045 NONCOMMERCIAL SIGNS EXEMPTION. All noncommercial signs of any size may be posted in any number beginning 46 days before the state primary in a state general election year until ten days following the state general election. Municipal ordinances may regulate the size and number of noncommercial signs at other times. History:  1990 c 585 s 30; 2004 c 142 s 1; 2010 c 184 s 42; 2013 c 131 art 2 s 74
MN Stat § 211B.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 211B — Fair Campaign Practices|Section 211B.05 — Paid Advertisements In News.

211B.05 PAID ADVERTISEMENTS IN NEWS. Subdivision 1. Acceptance of paid advertisements. A newspaper, periodical, or magazine may not intentionally accept for insertion in the newspaper, magazine, or periodical a political advertisement unless the words "PAID ADVERTISEMENT," and the disclaimer required under section 211B.04 are included at the beginning or end of the advertisement. The disclaimer must be in a legible text size and font. A radio station, television station, or cable system may not accept for broadcast a political advertisement unless the words "PAID ADVERTISEMENT" are included at the beginning or end of the advertisement. Subd. 2. Advertising rates. Rates charged for advertising to support or oppose a candidate or ballot question must be the same as the charges made for any other political candidate and may be no greater than charges made for any other comparable purpose or use according to the seller's rate schedule. Subd. 3. Compensation prohibited, except for paid advertisement. An owner, publisher, editor, reporter, agent, broadcaster, or employee of a newspaper, periodical, magazine, radio or television broadcast station, or cable system may not directly or indirectly solicit, receive, or accept a payment, promise, or compensation, nor may a person pay or promise to pay or in any manner compensate an owner, publisher, editor, reporter, agent, broadcaster, or employee directly or indirectly for influencing or attempting to influence voting at an election or primary through printed material in the newspaper or periodical, or radio, television, or cable broadcast, except as a "PAID ADVERTISEMENT" as provided in this section. Subd. 4. Unpaid material identification. Unpaid material published in a newspaper, magazine, or other publication that is: (1) in unique typeset or otherwise differentiated from other unpaid material, (2) designed to influence or attempt to influence the voting at any election or the passage or defeat of legislation, and (3) not placed on the editorial page must be clearly identified as an editorial opinion. History:  1988 c 578 art 3 s 5; 2001 c 143 s 1
MN Stat § 211B.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 211B — Fair Campaign Practices|Section 211B.06 — False Political And Campaign Material.

211B.06 FALSE POLITICAL AND CAMPAIGN MATERIAL. Subdivision 1. Gross misdemeanor. (a) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor who intentionally participates in the preparation, dissemination, or broadcast of paid political advertising or campaign material with respect to the personal or political character or acts of a candidate, or with respect to the effect of a ballot question, that is designed or tends to elect, injure, promote, or defeat a candidate for nomination or election to a public office or to promote or defeat a ballot question, that is false, and that the person knows is false or communicates to others with reckless disregard of whether it is false. (b) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor who intentionally participates in the drafting of a letter to the editor with respect to the personal or political character or acts of a candidate, or with respect to the effect of a ballot question, that is designed or tends to elect, injure, promote, or defeat any candidate for nomination or election to a public office or to promote or defeat a ballot question, that is false, and that the person knows is false or communicates to others with reckless disregard of whether it is false. Subd. 2. Exception. Subdivision 1 does not apply to any person or organization whose sole act is, in the normal course of their business, the printing, manufacturing, or dissemination of the false information. History: 1988 c 578 art 3 s 6; 1998 c 376 s 3 NOTE: See 281 Care Committee v. Arneson, 766 F.3d 774 (8th Cir. 2014) for discussion of constitutionality.
MN Stat § 211B.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 211B — Fair Campaign Practices|Section 211B.07 — Undue Influence On Voters Prohibited.

211B.07 UNDUE INFLUENCE ON VOTERS PROHIBITED. A person may not directly or indirectly use or threaten force, coercion, violence, restraint, damage, harm, loss, including loss of employment or economic reprisal, undue influence, or temporal or spiritual injury against an individual to compel the individual to vote for or against a candidate or ballot question. Abduction, duress, or fraud may not be used to obstruct or prevent the free exercise of the right to vote of a voter at a primary or election, or compel a voter to vote at a primary or election. Violation of this section is a gross misdemeanor. History:   1988 c 578 art 3 s 7
MN Stat § 211B.08 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 211B — Fair Campaign Practices|Section 211B.08 — Solicitation Of Contributions Prohibited.

211B.08 SOLICITATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS PROHIBITED. A religious, charitable, or educational organization may not request a candidate or committee to contribute to the organization, to subscribe for the support of a club or organization, to buy tickets to entertainment, or to pay for space in a publication. This section does not apply to: (1) the solicitation of a business advertisement in periodicals in which the candidate was a regular contributor, before candidacy; (2) ordinary business advertisements; (3) regular payments to a religious, charitable, or educational organization, of which the candidate was a member, or to which the candidate was a contributor for more than six months before candidacy; or (4) ordinary contributions at church services. History:  1988 c 578 art 3 s 8  NOTE: This section was found unconstitutional in Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life, Inc. v. Kelley, 427 F.3d 1106 (8th Cir. 2005).