1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to elections; clarifying right of access for certain persons to multiple unit 
1.3 	residences for campaign and election purposes;amending Minnesota Statutes 
1.4 	2006, section 211B.20.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 211B.20, is amended to read:
1.7 	211B.20 DENIAL OF ACCESS BY POLITICAL CANDIDATES TO 
1.8 	MULTIPLE UNIT DWELLINGS.
1.9 		Subdivision 1.Prohibition. It is unlawful for a person, either directly or indirectly, 
1.10 	to deny access to an apartment house, dormitory, nursing home, manufactured home 
1.11 	park, other multiple unit facility used as a residence, or an area in which two or more 
1.12 	single-family dwellings are located on private roadways to: a candidate who has filed for 
1.13 	election to public office or to; campaign workers accompanied by the candidate, if the 
1.14 	candidate and workers seeking admittance to the facility do so solely for the purpose of 
1.15 	campaigning.; or individuals working for a committee organized to promote or defeat a 
1.16 	ballot question. A candidate, campaign workers, or individuals working for a committee 
1.17 	organized to promote or defeat a ballot question may only seek access to a facility as 
1.18 	provided in this section to campaign, register voters, get out the vote, or distribute 
1.19 	informational materials regarding an upcoming election. A violation of this section is a 
1.20 	petty misdemeanor.
1.21 		Subd. 2.Exceptions. Subdivision 1 does not prohibit:
1.22 	(1) denial of admittance into a particular apartment, room, manufactured home, or 
1.23 	personal residential unit;
2.1 	(2) requiring reasonable and proper identification as a necessary prerequisite to 
2.2 	admission to a multiple unit dwelling;
2.3 	(3) in the case of a nursing home, denial of permission to visit certain persons for 
2.4 	valid health reasons;
2.5 	(4) limiting visits by candidates or workers accompanied by the candidate to a 
2.6 	reasonable number of persons or reasonable hours, provided that the reasonable hours 
2.7 	include evenings or other times when residents of the facility are likely to be present;
2.8 	(5) students not formally affiliated with a candidate or candidate's committee from 
2.9 	accompanying the candidate through a dormitory on a college or university campus;
2.10 	(5) (6) requiring a prior appointment to gain access to the facility; or
2.11 	(6) (7) denial of admittance to or expulsion from a multiple unit dwelling for good 
2.12 	cause.