1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to elections; allowing certain persons access to multiple unit residences 
1.3 	for certain campaign and election purposes;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, 
1.4 	section 211B.20, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 211B.20, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Prohibition. It is unlawful for a person, either directly or indirectly, 
1.8 	to deny access to an apartment house, dormitory, nursing home, manufactured home 
1.9 	park, other multiple unit facility used as a residence, or an area in which two or more 
1.10 	single-family dwellings are located on private roadways to a candidate who has filed under 
1.11 	chapter 10A or 211A for election to public office or to campaign workers accompanied by 
1.12 	the candidate campaigning within the territory for which the candidate has filed, if the 
1.13 	candidate and workers seeking admittance to the facility do so solely for the purpose of 
1.14 	campaigning for a candidate, registering voters, or getting out the vote. The candidate 
1.15 	and workers must be permitted to leave campaign materials for residents who are absent 
1.16 	when the candidate and workers call upon them. A violation of this section is a petty 
1.17 	misdemeanor.