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MN Stat § 204C.31 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204C — Election Day Activities|Section 204C.31 — Canvassing Boards; Membership.

204C.31 CANVASSING BOARDS; MEMBERSHIP. Subdivision 1. County canvassing board. The county canvassing board shall consist of the county auditor, the court administrator of the district court, the mayor or chair of the town board of the county's most populous municipality, and two members of the county board selected by the board from its members who are not candidates at the election. Any member of the canvassing board may appoint a designee to appear at the meeting of the board, except that no designee may be a candidate for public office. If one of these individuals fails to appear at the meeting of the canvassing board and in the absence of any selection by the county board from among its own members, the county auditor shall appoint an eligible voter of the county who is not a public official or a candidate for public office to fill the vacancy. Three members constitute a quorum. Subd. 2. State Canvassing Board. The State Canvassing Board shall consist of the secretary of state, two judges of the supreme court, and two judges of the district court selected by the secretary of state. None of the judges shall be a candidate at the election. If a judge fails to appear at the meeting of the canvassing board, the secretary of state shall fill the vacancy in membership by selecting another judge who is not a candidate at the election. Not more than two judges of the supreme court shall serve on the canvassing board at one time. Subd. 3. Duties of canvassing boards. The returns from every election held in this state must be reported to a legally constituted canvassing board. The duties of each canvassing board are limited to those duties specified in sections 204C.32 to 204C.39. History:  1981 c 29 art 5 s 31; 1986 c 444; 1Sp1986 c 3 art 1 s 82; 1987 c 175 s 10; 1989 c 291 art 1 s 13; 1993 c 223 s 13; 1997 c 147 s 39
MN Stat § 204C.32 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204C — Election Day Activities|Section 204C.32 — Canvass Of State Primaries.

204C.32 CANVASS OF STATE PRIMARIES. Subdivision 1. County canvass. The county canvassing board shall meet at the county auditor's office on either the second or third day following the state primary. After taking the oath of office, the canvassing board shall publicly canvass the election returns delivered to the county auditor. The board shall complete the canvass by the third day following the state primary and shall promptly prepare and file with the county auditor a report that states: (a) the number of individuals voting at the election in the county, and in each precinct; (b) the number of individuals registering to vote on election day and the number of individuals registered before election day in each precinct; (c) for each major political party, the names of the candidates running for each partisan office and the number of votes received by each candidate in the county and in each precinct; (d) the names of the candidates of each major political party who are nominated; and (e) the number of votes received by each of the candidates for nonpartisan office in each precinct in the county and the names of the candidates nominated for nonpartisan office. Upon completion of the canvass, the county auditor shall mail or deliver a notice of nomination to each nominee for county office voted for only in that county. The county auditor shall transmit one of the certified copies of the county canvassing board report for state and federal offices to the secretary of state by express mail or similar service immediately upon conclusion of the county canvass. The secretary of state shall mail a notice of nomination to each nominee for state or federal office. Subd. 2. State canvass. The State Canvassing Board shall meet at a public meeting space located in the Capitol complex area seven days after the state primary to canvass the certified copies of the county canvassing board reports received from the county auditors. Immediately after the canvassing board declares the results, the secretary of state shall certify the names of the nominees to the county auditors. The secretary of state shall mail to each nominee a notice of nomination. History:  1981 c 29 art 5 s 32; 1983 c 303 s 14; 1984 c 560 s 17; 1993 c 223 s 14; 1997 c 147 s 40; 2000 c 467 s 20; 2010 c 194 s 18; 2011 c 65 s 4; 2017 c 92 art 1 s 20
MN Stat § 204C.34 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204C — Election Day Activities|Section 204C.34 — Tie Votes.

204C.34 TIE VOTES. In case of a tie vote for nomination or election to an office, the canvassing board with the responsibility for declaring the results for that office shall determine the tie by lot. History:   1981 c 29 art 5 s 34
MN Stat § 204C.361 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204C — Election Day Activities|Section 204C.361 — Rules For Recounts.

204C.361 RULES FOR RECOUNTS. (a) The secretary of state shall adopt rules according to the Administrative Procedure Act establishing uniform recount procedures. All recounts provided for by sections 204C.35, 204C.36, and 206.88, shall be conducted in accordance with these rules. (b) Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 8235.0800, the requirement that ballots be recounted by precinct means that a recount official shall maintain the segregation of ballots by precinct but the recount official may recount more than one precinct at a time in physically separate locations within the room in which the recount is administered. History:  1983 c 253 s 18; 1989 c 291 art 1 s 16; 1990 c 426 art 1 s 25; 2004 c 293 art 2 s 29
MN Stat § 204C.37 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204C — Election Day Activities|Section 204C.37 — County Canvass; Return Of Reports To Secretary Of State.

204C.37 COUNTY CANVASS; RETURN OF REPORTS TO SECRETARY OF STATE. A copy of the report required by sections 204C.32, subdivision 1, and 204C.33, subdivision 1, shall be certified under the official seal of the county auditor. The copy shall be enclosed in an envelope addressed to the secretary of state, with the county auditor's name and official address and the words "Election Returns" endorsed on the envelope. The copy of the canvassing board report must be sent by express mail or delivered to the secretary of state. If the copy is not received by the secretary of state within ten days following the applicable election, the secretary of state shall immediately notify the county auditor, who shall deliver another copy to the secretary of state by special messenger. History:  1981 c 29 art 5 s 37; 2000 c 467 s 22; 2010 c 201 s 48; 2016 c 161 art 1 s 10
MN Stat § 204C.38 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204C — Election Day Activities|Section 204C.38 — Correction Of Obvious Errors; When Candidates Agree.

204C.38 CORRECTION OF OBVIOUS ERRORS; WHEN CANDIDATES AGREE. Subdivision 1. Errors of election judges. If the candidates for an office unanimously agree in writing that the election judges in any precinct have made an obvious error in the counting or recording of the votes for that office, they shall deliver the agreement to the county auditor of that county who shall reconvene the county canvassing board, if necessary, and present the agreement to it. The county canvassing board shall correct the error as specified in the agreement. Subd. 2. Errors of county canvassing board. If the candidates for an office unanimously agree in writing that the county canvassing board has made an obvious error in the counting and recording of the vote for that office they shall notify the county auditor who shall reconvene the canvassing board. The county canvassing board shall promptly correct the error as specified in the agreement and file an amended report. When an error is corrected pursuant to this subdivision, the county canvassing board and the county auditor shall proceed in accordance with sections 204C.32 to 204C.36. Subd. 3. Errors of State Canvassing Board. If the candidates for an office unanimously agree in writing that the State Canvassing Board has made an obvious error in the counting and recording of the vote for that office they shall deliver the agreement to the secretary of state. If a certificate of election has not been issued, the secretary of state shall reconvene the State Canvassing Board and present the agreement to it. The board shall promptly correct the error as specified in the agreement and file an amended statement. When an error is corrected pursuant to this subdivision by the State Canvassing Board, the State Canvassing Board and the secretary of state shall proceed in accordance with sections 204C.32 to 204C.36. History:   1981 c 29 art 5 s 38
MN Stat § 204C.40 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204C — Election Day Activities|Section 204C.40 — Certificates Of Election.

204C.40 CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION. Subdivision 1. Preparation; method of delivery. The county auditor shall prepare an election certificate for every county candidate declared elected by the county canvassing board, and the secretary of state shall prepare a certificate for every state and federal candidate declared elected by either a county canvassing board or the State Canvassing Board. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the secretary of state or county auditor, as appropriate, shall deliver an election certificate on demand to the elected candidate. In an election for United States representative, the secretary of state shall deliver the original election certificate to the chief clerk of the United States House of Representatives. In an election for United States senator, the governor shall prepare an original certificate of election, countersigned by the secretary of state, and deliver it to the secretary of the United States Senate. In an election for state representative or state senator, the secretary of state shall deliver the original election certificate to the chief clerk of the house or the secretary of the senate. The chief clerk of the house or the secretary of the senate shall give a copy of the certificate to the representative-elect or senator-elect. Upon taking the oath of office, the representative or senator shall receive the original certificate of election. If a recount is undertaken by a canvassing board pursuant to section 204C.35, no certificate of election shall be prepared or delivered until after the recount is completed. In case of a contest, the court may invalidate and revoke the certificate as provided in chapter 209. Subd. 2. Time of issuance; certain offices. No certificate of election shall be issued until seven days after the canvassing board has declared the result of the election. History:  1981 c 29 art 5 s 40; 1986 c 475 s 15; 1991 c 227 s 18; 1999 c 132 s 24; 2015 c 70 art 1 s 46
MN Stat § 204C.41 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204C — Election Day Activities|Section 204C.41 — Neglect Of Duty; Other Offenses By Election Officials; Penalty.

204C.41 NEGLECT OF DUTY; OTHER OFFENSES BY ELECTION OFFICIALS; PENALTY. An election officer or other individual required by law to safely keep and produce ballots on election day or to perform any other act, who intentionally fails or refuses to perform the act required, or who is required by law to abstain from any act, and intentionally does the act, or who in either of these cases is guilty of fraud, corruption, partiality or misbehavior in conducting or aiding in the conduct of an election, or in counting or making returns of votes, or who wrongfully refuses to make or deliver a certificate of election, or who falsely or corruptly performs any required act, for which a punishment has not been otherwise expressly provided for by law, is guilty of a felony. History:  1981 c 29 art 5 s 41; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 204D.01 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204D — Particular Elections|Section 204D.01 — Definitions.

204D.01 DEFINITIONS. The definitions in chapter 200 apply to this chapter. History:   1981 c 29 art 6 s 1
MN Stat § 204D.02 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204D — Particular Elections|Section 204D.02 — Officers Chosen At State General Election; Terms Of Office.

204D.02 OFFICERS CHOSEN AT STATE GENERAL ELECTION; TERMS OF OFFICE. Subdivision 1. Officers. All elective state and county officers, justices of the supreme court, judges of the court of appeals and district court, state senators and state representatives, and senators and representatives in Congress shall be elected at the state general election held in the year before their terms of office expire. Presidential electors shall be chosen at the state general election held in the year before the expiration of a term of a president of the United States. Subd. 2. Term of office. The term of office of all elective state and county officers shall begin on the first Monday in January of the odd-numbered year following their election. History:  1981 c 29 art 6 s 2; 1983 c 247 s 88; 1998 c 254 art 2 s 25
MN Stat § 204D.03 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204D — Particular Elections|Section 204D.03 — Time Of State Elections.

204D.03 TIME OF STATE ELECTIONS. Subdivision 1. State primary. The state primary shall be held on the second Tuesday in August in each even-numbered year to select the nominees of the major political parties for partisan offices and the nominees for nonpartisan offices to be filled at the state general election, other than presidential electors. Subd. 2. State general election. The state general election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each even-numbered year. Subd. 3. Exception; certain partisan candidates. (a) If no more than one candidate files for nomination by a major political party for a partisan office, the candidate who filed must be declared the nominee upon the close of filing. If every candidate for a partisan office has been declared the nominee upon the close of filing, the office must be omitted from the state primary ballot. If all offices, both partisan and nonpartisan, have been omitted from the state primary ballot in a municipality or county, the governing body of the municipality or county may decide that the state primary will not be conducted in that municipality or county. (b) Within 15 days after the close of filing, each municipal clerk or county auditor whose governing body has decided not to conduct the state primary shall post notice that the offices have been so omitted and the state primary canceled and shall send a copy of the notice to the secretary of state. History:  1981 c 29 art 6 s 3; 2005 c 156 art 6 s 51; 2010 c 184 s 20
MN Stat § 204D.04 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204D — Particular Elections|Section 204D.04 — Ballot Preparation.

204D.04 BALLOT PREPARATION. Subdivision 1. Rotation of offices; prohibition. There shall be no rotation of offices on any ballot required to be prepared pursuant to this chapter for a state primary or a state general election. Subd. 2. Instructions to printer; printer's bond. (a) The official charged with the preparation and distribution of the ballots shall prepare instructions to the printer for rotation of the names of candidates and for layout of the ballot. (b) Except as provided in paragraph (c), the instructions shall be approved by the legal advisor of the official before delivery to the printer. (c) The legal advisor of a town official is not required to approve instructions regarding the rotation of the names of candidates on the ballot or the layout of the ballot. (d) Before a contract exceeding $1,000 is awarded for printing ballots, the printer shall furnish, if requested by the official, a sufficient bond, letter of credit, or certified check, acceptable to the official responsible for printing the ballots, conditioned on printing the ballots in conformity with the Minnesota Election Law and the instructions delivered. The official responsible for printing the ballots shall set the amount of the bond, letter of credit, or certified check in an amount equal to the value of the purchase. History:  1981 c 29 art 6 s 4; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 175 s 11; 1990 c 453 s 11; 1993 c 223 s 15; 1Sp2001 c 10 art 18 s 31; 2003 c 76 s 1; 2010 c 201 s 49
MN Stat § 204D.05 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204D — Particular Elections|Section 204D.05 — State Primary Ballots; Partisan And Nonpartisan; Official In Charge.

204D.05 STATE PRIMARY BALLOTS; PARTISAN AND NONPARTISAN; OFFICIAL IN CHARGE. Subdivision 1. State partisan primary ballot. The state partisan primary ballot shall contain the names of the candidates seeking the nomination of each major political party for the partisan offices filled at the state general election. Subd. 2. State and county nonpartisan primary ballot. The state and county nonpartisan primary ballot shall contain the names of the candidates seeking nomination for the nonpartisan offices filled at the state general election. Subd. 3. County auditor to prepare. The county auditor of each county shall prepare the state partisan primary ballot and the state and county nonpartisan primary ballot. History:   1981 c 29 art 6 s 5
MN Stat § 204D.06 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204D — Particular Elections|Section 204D.06 — Certification Of Names By Secretary Of State.

204D.06 CERTIFICATION OF NAMES BY SECRETARY OF STATE. At least 42 days before a state primary, the secretary of state shall certify to the county auditors the names of all candidates who have properly filed affidavits of candidacy with the secretary of state and who will be voted for in their respective counties at that primary. History:  1981 c 29 art 6 s 6; 1983 c 303 s 16
MN Stat § 204D.07 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204D — Particular Elections|Section 204D.07 — Placing Names On Ballots.

204D.07 PLACING NAMES ON BALLOTS. Subdivision 1. Duties of county auditor. Except as provided in subdivisions 2 and 3, the county auditor shall place on the appropriate state primary ballot the name of each candidate who has properly filed an affidavit of candidacy with the auditor and of each candidate certified by the secretary of state pursuant to section 204D.06. Subd. 2. Exception; petition candidates. The name of a candidate nominated by petition shall not be placed on any state primary ballot. Subd. 3. Exception; certain nonpartisan candidate. If not more than twice the number of individuals to be elected to a nonpartisan office file for the nomination, their names and the name of the office shall be omitted from the state and county nonpartisan primary ballot and the candidates who filed shall be the nominees. History:  1981 c 29 art 6 s 7; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 204D.09 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204D — Particular Elections|Section 204D.09 — Example Ballots; Sample Primary Ballots.

204D.09 EXAMPLE BALLOTS; SAMPLE PRIMARY BALLOTS. Subdivision 1. Example ballot. No later than May 1 of each year, the secretary of state shall supply each auditor with a copy of an example ballot to be used at the state primary and state general election. The example ballot must illustrate the format required for the ballots used in the primary and general elections that year. The county auditor shall distribute copies of the example ballot to municipal and school district clerks in municipalities and school districts holding elections that year. The official ballot must conform in all respects to the example ballot. Subd. 2. Sample ballot. At least 46 days before the state primary the county auditor shall prepare a sample ballot for each precinct for public inspection and transmit an electronic copy of these sample ballots to the secretary of state. The names of the candidates to be voted for in the county shall be placed on the sample ballots, with the names of the candidates for each office arranged in the base rotation as determined by section 206.61, subdivision 5. The county auditor shall post the sample ballots in a conspicuous place in the auditor's office and shall cause them to be published at least one week before the state primary in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the county. History:  1981 c 29 art 6 s 9; 1986 c 444; 1Sp2001 c 10 art 18 s 32; 2010 c 184 s 21; 2010 c 201 s 50; 2013 c 131 art 2 s 41; 2016 c 162 s 8
MN Stat § 204D.10 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204D — Particular Elections|Section 204D.10 — Primary Results; Nominees.

204D.10 PRIMARY RESULTS; NOMINEES. Subdivision 1. Partisan offices; nominees. The candidate for nomination of a major political party for a partisan office on the state partisan primary ballot who receives the highest number of votes shall be the nominee of that political party for that office. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 2010 c 201 s 82] Subd. 3. Nonpartisan offices; nominees. The candidates for each office on the state and county nonpartisan primary ballot receiving the highest and the next highest number of votes shall be the nominees for that office. When more than one individual is to be elected to the same nonpartisan office, the number of nominees shall be equal to twice the number of individuals to be elected, and that number of candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be the nominees for that office. History:  1981 c 29 art 6 s 10; 1996 c 419 s 9,10; 2003 c 112 art 2 s 50; 2010 c 201 s 51