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MN Stat § 204B.175 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204B — Election Administration; General Provisions|Section 204B.175 — Change Of Polling Place In An Emergency.

204B.175 CHANGE OF POLLING PLACE IN AN EMERGENCY. Subdivision 1. Application. When an emergency occurs after the deadline to designate a polling place pursuant to section 204B.16 but before the polls close on election day, a new polling place may be designated for that election pursuant to this section. For purposes of this section, an emergency is any situation that prevents the safe, secure, and full operation of a polling place. Subd. 2. Changing polling place. If a local election official determines that an emergency has occurred or is imminent, the local election official must procure a polling place that is as near the designated polling place as possible and that complies with the requirements of section 204B.16, subdivisions 4 and 5. If it is not possible to locate a new polling place in the precinct, the polling place may be located outside of the precinct without regard to the distance limitations in section 204B.16, subdivision 1. The local election official must certify to the appropriate governing body the expenses incurred because of the change. These expenses shall be paid as part of the expenses of the election. Subd. 3. Notice. (a) Upon making the determination to relocate a polling place, the local election official must immediately notify the county auditor and the secretary of state. The notice must include the reason for the relocation and the reason for the location of the new polling place. As soon as possible, the local election official must also post a notice stating the reason for the relocation and the location of the new polling place. The notice must also be posted on the website of the public body, if there is one. The local election official must also notify the election judges and request that local media outlets publicly announce the reason for the relocation and the location of the polling place. (b) On election day, the local election official must post a notice in large print in a conspicuous place at the polling place where the emergency occurred, if practical, stating the location of the new polling place. The local election official must also post the notice, if practical, in a location visible by voters who vote from their motor vehicles as provided in section 204C.15, subdivision 2. If polling place hours are extended pursuant to section 204C.05, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), the posted notices required by this paragraph must include a statement that the polling place hours at the new polling place will be extended until the specified time. History:   2016 c 161 art 3 s 2
MN Stat § 204B.181 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204B — Election Administration; General Provisions|Section 204B.181 — Election Emergency Plans.

204B.181 ELECTION EMERGENCY PLANS. Subdivision 1. State elections emergency plans. (a) The secretary of state, in consultation with the Minnesota director of the Department of Public Safety, Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, must develop a state elections emergency plan. (b) The secretary of state must also coordinate with the governor to incorporate election needs into the state's continuity of government and continuity of operations plans. (c) The secretary of state must create a state guide to assist county and local election officials in developing a county elections emergency plan required by subdivision 2. The secretary of state must consult with the Minnesota State Council on Disability in developing the guide. The guide must include a model county elections emergency plan that meets the requirements of this section. Subd. 2. County elections emergency plans. (a) County election officials, in consultation with the political subdivision's local organization for emergency management established under section 12.25 and the municipalities and school districts within the county, must develop a county elections emergency plan to be made available for use in all state, county, municipal, and school district elections held in that county. (b) In developing the county elections emergency plan, the county must address the needs of voters with disabilities in all aspects of the plan. Where ballot security is affected, the plan must provide procedures to maintain the security of the ballots. When an emergency requires the relocation of the polling place, the plan must include procedures for securing the ballots and voting equipment, notifying the public and other government officials, and restoring voting activities as soon as possible. If the county contains jurisdictions that cross county lines, the affected counties must make efforts to ensure that the emergency procedures affecting the local jurisdiction are uniform throughout the jurisdiction. (c) Cities, towns, and school districts may create a local elections emergency plan that meets the requirements of the county elections emergency plan. If a local jurisdiction creates a local elections emergency plan, the procedures within the local elections emergency plan govern in all election emergencies within that local jurisdiction. (d) County election officials and any municipality with a local elections emergency plan must review their county or local elections emergency plan prior to each state general election. Any revisions to the county or local elections emergency plan must be completed and filed with the secretary of state by July 1 prior to the state general election. History:   2016 c 161 art 3 s 3
MN Stat § 204B.195 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204B — Election Administration; General Provisions|Section 204B.195 — Time Off From Work To Serve As Election Judge.

204B.195 TIME OFF FROM WORK TO SERVE AS ELECTION JUDGE. An individual who is selected to serve as an election judge pursuant to section 204B.21, subdivision 2 may, after giving an employer at least 20 days' written notice, be absent from a place of work for the purpose of serving as an election judge without penalty. An employer may reduce the salary or wages of an employee serving as an election judge by the amount paid to the election judge by the appointing authority during the time the employee was absent from the place of employment. The written request to be absent from work must be accompanied by a certification from the appointing authority stating the hourly compensation to be paid the employee for service as an election judge and the hours during which the employee will serve. An employer may restrict the number of persons to be absent from work for the purpose of serving as an election judge to no more than 20 percent of the total work force at any single worksite. History:  1983 c 126 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1991 c 237 s 3
MN Stat § 204B.20 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204B — Election Administration; General Provisions|Section 204B.20 — Election Board; Head Election Judge; Duties.

204B.20 ELECTION BOARD; HEAD ELECTION JUDGE; DUTIES. The election judges appointed to serve in an election precinct shall constitute the election board for that precinct. The appointing authority shall designate one of the election judges in each precinct to serve as the head election judge. The head election judge shall assign specific duties to the election judges of that precinct as necessary or convenient to complete forms, obtain signatures, and perform all the other duties required of election judges. History:  1981 c 29 art 4 s 20; 1986 c 444; 1Sp2001 c 10 art 18 s 20
MN Stat § 204B.22 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204B — Election Administration; General Provisions|Section 204B.22 — Election Judges; Number Required.

204B.22 ELECTION JUDGES; NUMBER REQUIRED. Subdivision 1. Minimum number required. (a) A minimum of four election judges shall be appointed for each precinct in the state general election, provided that a minimum of three election judges shall be appointed for each precinct with fewer than 500 registered voters as of 14 weeks before the state primary. In all other elections, a minimum of three election judges shall be appointed for each precinct. In a combined polling place under section 204B.14, subdivision 2, at least one judge must be appointed from each municipality in the combined polling place, provided that not less than three judges shall be appointed for each combined polling place. The appointing authorities may appoint election judges for any precinct in addition to the number required by this subdivision including additional election judges to count ballots after voting has ended. (b) An election judge may serve for all or part of election day, at the discretion of the appointing authority, as long as the minimum number of judges required is always present. The head election judge designated under section 204B.20 must serve for all of election day and be present in the polling place unless another election judge has been designated by the head election judge to perform the functions of the head election judge during any absence. Subd. 2.  [Repealed, 2013 c 131 art 2 s 85] Subd. 3.  [Repealed, 2010 c 201 s 82] Subd. 4. Election judge trainees not counted toward minimum number of election judges. The presence or participation of election judge trainees must not be counted toward satisfying any of the required numbers of election judges in this chapter. History:  1981 c 29 art 4 s 22; 1986 c 362 s 3; 1987 c 212 s 6; 1994 c 607 s 5; 1997 c 147 s 31; 1Sp2001 c 10 art 18 s 21,22; 2004 c 293 art 2 s 21; 2010 c 201 s 26,27; 2013 c 131 art 2 s 23
MN Stat § 204B.23 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204B — Election Administration; General Provisions|Section 204B.23 — Vacancies Among Election Judges.

204B.23 VACANCIES AMONG ELECTION JUDGES. A vacancy on an election board occurs when any election judge who is a member of that board: (a) fails to arrive at the polling place within 30 minutes after the time when the polling place is scheduled to open; (b) becomes unable to perform the duties of the office after assuming those duties; or (c) for any reason fails or refuses to perform the duties of the office as assigned by the head election judge. When a vacancy occurs, the remaining election judges of the precinct shall elect an individual to fill the vacancy subject to the provisions of section 204B.19. When possible the election judges shall elect individuals who have been trained as election judges pursuant to section 204B.25. The oath signed by the new election judge shall indicate that the new election judge was elected to fill a vacancy. The municipal clerk may assign election judges to fill vacancies as they occur. History:  1981 c 29 art 4 s 23; 1986 c 444; 1997 c 147 s 32; 1Sp2001 c 10 art 18 s 23
MN Stat § 204B.24 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204B — Election Administration; General Provisions|Section 204B.24 — Election Judges; Oath.

204B.24 ELECTION JUDGES; OATH. Each election judge shall sign the following oath before assuming the duties of the office: "I .......... solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will perform the duties of election judge according to law and the best of my ability and will diligently endeavor to prevent fraud, deceit and abuse in conducting this election. I will perform my duties in a fair and impartial manner and not attempt to create an advantage for my party or for any candidate." The oath shall be attached to the summary statement of the election returns of that precinct. If there is no individual present who is authorized to administer oaths, the election judges may administer the oath to each other. History:  1981 c 29 art 4 s 24; 2005 c 156 art 6 s 38; 2010 c 201 s 28
MN Stat § 204B.25 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204B — Election Administration; General Provisions|Section 204B.25 — Training For Election Judges.

204B.25 TRAINING FOR ELECTION JUDGES. Subdivision 1. Duties of county auditor. Each county auditor shall provide training for all election judges who are appointed to serve at any election to be held in the county. The county auditor shall also provide a procedure for emergency training of election judges elected to fill vacancies. The county auditor may delegate to a municipal election official the duty to provide training of election judges in that municipality or school district. Subd. 2. Rules of secretary of state. The secretary of state shall adopt rules establishing programs for the training of county auditors, local election officials, and election judges by county auditors as required by this section. Subd. 3. Trained election judges; number required. Each election precinct in which less than 100 individuals voted at the last state general election shall have at least two election judges who are members of different major political parties who have received training as required in this section. In every other election precinct, no individual may serve as an election judge who has not received training as required by subdivision 1. Subd. 4. Training for local election officials. At least once every two years, the county auditor shall conduct training sessions for the municipal and school district clerks in the county. The training sessions must be conducted in the manner provided by the secretary of state. No local election official may administer an election without receiving training from the county auditor. History:  1981 c 29 art 4 s 25; 1987 c 266 art 1 s 28; 1999 c 250 art 1 s 86,87
MN Stat § 204B.26 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204B — Election Administration; General Provisions|Section 204B.26 — Election Judges; Violations; Penalties.

204B.26 ELECTION JUDGES; VIOLATIONS; PENALTIES. Any individual who serves as an election judge in violation of any of the provisions of sections 204B.19 to 204B.25, is guilty of a misdemeanor. History:   1981 c 29 art 4 s 26
MN Stat § 204B.28 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204B — Election Administration; General Provisions|Section 204B.28 — Clerks; Election Supplies; Duties.

204B.28 CLERKS; ELECTION SUPPLIES; DUTIES. Subdivision 1. Meeting with election officials. At least 12 weeks before each regularly scheduled town general election conducted in March, and at least 18 weeks before all other general elections, each county auditor shall conduct a meeting or otherwise communicate with local election officials to review the procedures for the election. The county auditor may require the head election judges in the county to attend this meeting. Subd. 2. Election supplies; duties of county auditors and clerks. Except as otherwise provided for absentee ballots in section 204B.35, subdivision 4, the county auditor shall complete the preparation of the election materials for which the auditor is responsible at least four days before every state primary and state general election. At any time after all election materials are available from the county auditor but not later than four days before the election each municipal clerk shall secure from the county auditor: (a) the forms that are required for the conduct of the election; (b) any printed voter instruction materials furnished by the secretary of state; (c) any other instructions for election officers; and (d) a sufficient quantity of the official ballots, registration files, envelopes for ballot returns, and other supplies and materials required for each precinct in order to comply with the provisions of the Minnesota Election Law. The county auditor may furnish the election supplies to the municipal clerks in the same manner as the supplies are furnished to precincts in unorganized territory pursuant to section 204B.29, subdivision 1. Subd. 3. Certification of number. The county auditor or municipal clerk must certify the number of ballots being provided to each precinct and provide this number to the election judges for inclusion on the summary statement. The auditor or clerk must not open prepackaged ballots, but must count the ballots, presuming that the total count for each package is correct. History:  1981 c 29 art 4 s 28; 1981 c 217 s 5; 1984 c 560 s 12; 1986 c 444; 1990 c 585 s 25; 1999 c 250 art 1 s 89; 1Sp2001 c 10 art 18 s 25; 2010 c 201 s 31; 2013 c 131 art 2 s 24
MN Stat § 204B.29 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204B — Election Administration; General Provisions|Section 204B.29 — Election Judges; Election Supplies; Duties.

204B.29 ELECTION JUDGES; ELECTION SUPPLIES; DUTIES. Subdivision 1. Securing election materials. Before 9:00 p.m. on the day preceding an election, at least one election judge from each precinct in each municipality, or school district if applicable, shall secure voter registration files, ballots, forms, envelopes and other required supplies from the municipal clerk, school district clerk, or other legal custodian. The election judge shall deliver the materials to the polling place before the time when voting is scheduled to begin on election day. The county auditor shall send or deliver the election supplies enumerated in this section to the election judges in the precincts in unorganized territory. The election supplies may be sent by certified mail, parcel post, express mail or any other postal service providing assured delivery by no later than the day before the election. If the election supplies are delivered by any other means, they shall be delivered by no later than the day before the election. Each precinct shall be furnished with 100 ballots of each kind for every 85 individuals who voted in that precinct at the last election for the same office or on similar questions, or with ballots of each kind in an amount at least ten percent greater than the number of votes which are reasonably expected to be cast in that precinct in that election, whichever supply of ballots is greater. No precinct shall be furnished with any ballots containing the name of any candidate who cannot properly be voted for in that precinct. The election judges shall be responsible for the preservation of all election materials received by them until returned to the appropriate election officials after the voting has ended. Subd. 2. Failure of election judges to secure materials. If no election judge secures the election materials for a precinct in any municipality, or school district if applicable, as provided in subdivision 1, the municipal or school district clerk shall deliver them to an election judge for that precinct not later than the time when voting is scheduled to begin. The municipal or school district clerk shall require the election judge accepting delivery of the election supplies to sign a receipt for them. The election judges of that precinct shall pay the expenses of delivery of the materials and shall be liable for the penalty provided by law for neglect of duty. History:  1981 c 29 art 4 s 29; 1984 c 560 s 13; 1987 c 266 art 1 s 29
MN Stat § 204B.30 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204B — Election Administration; General Provisions|Section 204B.30 — Unofficial Ballots.

204B.30 UNOFFICIAL BALLOTS. When no official or substitute ballots are ready at the time when voting is scheduled to begin or if the supply is exhausted before the voting ends, the election judges shall contact the municipal clerk and, at the clerk's direction, shall prepare unofficial ballots, printed or written as nearly as practicable in the form of the official ballots, which ballots may be used until official or substitute ballots are available. When unofficial ballots are prepared and used in any precinct, the election judges shall note that fact on the summary statement of the returns for that precinct and specify the number of unofficial ballots that were cast. History:  1981 c 29 art 4 s 30; 1986 c 444
MN Stat § 204B.32 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204B — Election Administration; General Provisions|Section 204B.32 — Election Expenses; Payment.

204B.32 ELECTION EXPENSES; PAYMENT. Subdivision 1. Payment. (a) The secretary of state shall pay the compensation for presidential electors and all necessary expenses incurred by the secretary of state in connection with elections. (b) The counties shall pay the compensation prescribed in section 204B.31, clauses (2) and (3), the cost of printing the state general election ballots when machines are used, the state partisan primary ballots, and the state and county nonpartisan primary ballots, all necessary expenses incurred by county auditors in connection with elections, and the expenses of special county elections. (c) Subject to subdivision 2, the municipalities shall pay the compensation prescribed for election judges and sergeants at arms, the cost of printing the municipal ballots, providing ballot boxes, providing and equipping polling places and all necessary expenses of the municipal clerks in connection with elections, except special county elections. (d) The school districts shall pay the compensation prescribed for election judges and sergeants-at-arms, the cost of printing the school district ballots, providing ballot boxes, providing and equipping polling places and all necessary expenses of the school district clerks in connection with school district elections not held in conjunction with state elections. When school district elections are held in conjunction with state elections, the school district shall pay the costs of printing the school district ballots, providing ballot boxes and all necessary expenses of the school district clerk. All disbursements under this section shall be presented, audited, and paid as in the case of other public expenses. Subd. 2. Allocation of election expenses. The secretary of state shall develop procedures for the allocation of election expenses among counties, municipalities, and school districts for elections that are held concurrently. The following expenses must be included in the procedures: salaries of election judges; postage for absentee ballots and applications; preparation of polling places; preparation and testing of electronic voting systems; ballot preparation; publication of election notices and sample ballots; transportation of ballots and election supplies; and compensation for administrative expenses of the county auditor, municipal clerk, or school district clerk. History:  1981 c 29 art 4 s 32; 1983 c 301 s 162; 1987 c 266 art 1 s 31; 1991 c 227 s 14; 1995 c 8 s 3; 2013 c 131 art 2 s 25
MN Stat § 204B.33 (2021)
2021 Minnesota Statutes|Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections|Chapter 204B — Election Administration; General Provisions|Section 204B.33 — Notice Of Filing.

204B.33 NOTICE OF FILING. (a) At least 16 weeks before the state primary, the secretary of state shall notify each county auditor of the offices to be voted for in that county at the next state general election for which candidates file with the secretary of state. The notice shall include the time and place of filing for those offices. Within ten days after notification by the secretary of state, each county auditor shall notify each municipal clerk in the county of all the offices to be voted for in the county at that election and the time and place for filing for those offices. The county auditors and municipal clerks shall promptly post a copy of that notice in their offices. (b) At least one week before the first day to file an affidavit of candidacy, the county auditor shall publish a notice stating the first and last dates on which affidavits of candidacy may be filed in the county auditor's office and the closing time for filing on the last day for filing. The county auditor shall post a similar notice at least ten days before the first day to file affidavits of candidacy. History:  1981 c 29 art 4 s 33; 1983 c 253 s 9; 1993 c 59 s 1; 2010 c 184 s 16; 2013 c 131 art 2 s 26