<div class="xtend"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON H. F. No. 894<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>relating to elections; making policy, technical, and clarifying changes to various <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>provisions related to election law, including provisions related to absentee <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>voting, redistricting, ballots, registration, voting, caucuses, campaigns, the loss <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>and restoration of voting rights, vacancies in nomination, county government <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>structure, and election administration; providing an electronic roster pilot project <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>and task force; requiring reports; appropriating money;amending Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>Statutes 2012, sections 5B.06; 13.851, subdivision 10; 103C.225, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>3; 103C.305, subdivision 3; 103C.311, subdivision 2; 123A.48, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>14; 201.054, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 201.061, subdivision 3; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>201.071, subdivision 2; 201.091, subdivision 8; 201.12, subdivision 3; 201.13, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>subdivision 1a; 201.14; 201.157; 201.275; 202A.14, subdivision 1; 203B.02, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>subdivision 1; 203B.04, subdivisions 1, 5; 203B.05, subdivision 1; 203B.06, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>subdivisions 1, 3; 203B.08, subdivision 3; 203B.081; 203B.121, subdivisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 203B.227; 203B.28; 204B.04, by adding a subdivision; 204B.13, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>subdivisions 1, 2, 5, by adding subdivisions; 204B.18, subdivision 2; 204B.22, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>subdivision 1; 204B.28, subdivision 1; 204B.32, subdivision 1; 204B.33; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>204B.35, subdivision 4; 204B.36, subdivision 1; 204B.45, subdivisions 1, 2; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>204B.46; 204C.14; 204C.15, subdivision 1; 204C.19, subdivision 2; 204C.25; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>204C.27; 204C.35, subdivision 1, by adding a subdivision; 204C.36, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>1; 204D.08, subdivision 6; 204D.09, subdivision 2; 204D.11, subdivisions 1, 4, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>5, 6; 204D.13, subdivision 3; 204D.14, subdivisions 1, 3; 204D.15, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.24"></a><var>1.24</var>3; 204D.16; 204D.165; 204D.19, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.25"></a><var>1.25</var>205.02, subdivision 2; 205.10, subdivision 3; 205.13, subdivision 1a; 205.16, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.26"></a><var>1.26</var>subdivisions 4, 5; 205.17, subdivisions 1, 3; 205A.04, by adding a subdivision; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.27"></a><var>1.27</var>205A.05, subdivisions 1, 2; 205A.07, subdivisions 3, 3a, 3b; 205A.08, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.28"></a><var>1.28</var>subdivision 1; 206.57, by adding a subdivision; 206.61, subdivision 4; 206.89, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.29"></a><var>1.29</var>subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 206.895; 206.90, subdivision 6; 208.04, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.30"></a><var>1.30</var>subdivisions 1, 2; 211B.045; 211B.37; 241.065, subdivision 2; 340A.416, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.31"></a><var>1.31</var>subdivisions 2, 3; 340A.602; 375.20; 447.32, subdivisions 2, 3, 4; Laws 1963, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.32"></a><var>1.32</var>chapter 276, section 2, subdivision 2, as amended; proposing coding for new law <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.33"></a><var>1.33</var>in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 2; 204B; 244; repealing Minnesota Statutes <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.34"></a><var>1.34</var>2012, sections 2.484; 203B.04, subdivision 6; 204B.12, subdivision 2a; 204B.13, <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.35"></a><var>1.35</var>subdivisions 4, 6; 204B.22, subdivision 2; 204B.42; 204D.11, subdivisions 2, 3; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.36"></a><var>1.36</var>205.17, subdivisions 2, 4; 205A.08, subdivision 4.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.37"></a><var>1.37</var>May 17, 2013<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.38"></a><var>1.38</var>The Honorable Paul Thissen<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.39"></a><var>1.39</var>Speaker of the House of Representatives<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.40"></a><var>1.40</var>The Honorable Sandra L. Pappas<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>President of the Senate<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>We, the undersigned conferees for H. F. No. 894 report that we have agreed upon the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>items in dispute and recommend as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>That the Senate recede from its amendments and that H. F. No. 894 be further <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>amended as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>"<b>ARTICLE 1</b><br />
            		
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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var><b>ABSENTEE VOTING</b><br />
            		
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         		<a id="bill.1.1.0"></a><a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 5B.06, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var><b>5B.06 VOTING BY PROGRAM PARTICIPANT; ABSENTEE BALLOT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>A program participant who is otherwise eligible to vote may register with the secretary <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>of state as an ongoing a permanent absentee voter. Notwithstanding section 203B.04, <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>subdivision 5, the secretary of state is not required to send an absentee ballot application <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>prior to each election to a program participant registered as a permanent absentee voter <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>under this section. As soon as practicable before each election, the secretary of state <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var>shall determine the precinct in which the residential address of the program participant is <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var>located and shall request from and receive from the county auditor or other election official <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.18"></a><var>2.18</var>the ballot for that precinct and shall forward the absentee ballot to the program participant <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.19"></a><var>2.19</var>with the other materials for absentee balloting as required by Minnesota law. The program <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.20"></a><var>2.20</var>participant shall complete the ballot and return it to the secretary of state, who shall review <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.21"></a><var>2.21</var>the ballot in the manner provided by section 203B.24. If the ballot and ballot materials <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.22"></a><var>2.22</var>comply with the requirements of that section, the ballot must be certified by the secretary <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.23"></a><var>2.23</var>of state as the ballot of a program participant, and must be forwarded to the appropriate <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.24"></a><var>2.24</var>electoral jurisdiction for tabulation along with all other ballots. The name and address of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.25"></a><var>2.25</var>program participant must not be listed in the statewide voter registration system.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.26"></a><var>2.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 203B.02, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.27"></a><var>2.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Unable to go to polling place</b><b> Absentee voting; eligibility</b><b>.</b> (a) Any <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.28"></a><var>2.28</var>eligible voter who reasonably expects to be unable to go to the polling place on election <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.29"></a><var>2.29</var>day in the precinct where the individual maintains residence because of absence from the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.30"></a><var>2.30</var>precinct; illness, including isolation or quarantine under sections 
         <statute_ref>144.419</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>144.4196<br />
            		
         </statute_ref><a id="pl.2.31"></a><var>2.31</var> or United States Code, title 42, sections 264 to 272; disability; religious discipline; <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.32"></a><var>2.32</var>observance of a religious holiday; or service as an election judge in another precinct may <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.33"></a><var>2.33</var>vote by absentee ballot as provided in sections 
         <statute_ref>203B.04</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>203B.15</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.34"></a><var>2.34</var>(b) If the governor has declared an emergency and filed the declaration with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.35"></a><var>2.35</var>secretary of state under section 
         <statute_ref>12.31</statute_ref>, and the declaration states that the emergency has <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.1"></a><var>3.1</var>made it difficult for voters to go to the polling place on election day, any voter in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.2"></a><var>3.2</var>precinct covered by the declaration may vote by absentee ballot as provided in sections <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.3"></a><var>3.3</var><statute_ref>203B.04</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>203B.15</statute_ref>.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.3.0"></a><a id="pl.3.4"></a><var>3.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 203B.04, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.5"></a><var>3.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Application procedures.</b> (a) Except as otherwise allowed by <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.6"></a><var>3.6</var>subdivision 2 or by section 
         <statute_ref>203B.11, subdivision 4</statute_ref>, an application for absentee ballots for <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.7"></a><var>3.7</var>any election may be submitted at any time not less than one day before the day of that <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.8"></a><var>3.8</var>election. The county auditor shall prepare absentee ballot application forms in the format <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.9"></a><var>3.9</var>provided by the secretary of state and shall furnish them to any person on request. By <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.10"></a><var>3.10</var>January 1 of each even-numbered year, the secretary of state shall make the forms to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.11"></a><var>3.11</var>used available to auditors through electronic means. An application submitted pursuant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.12"></a><var>3.12</var>this subdivision shall be in writing and shall be submitted to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.13"></a><var>3.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the county auditor of the county where the applicant maintains residence; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.14"></a><var>3.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the municipal clerk of the municipality, or school district if applicable, where <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.15"></a><var>3.15</var>the applicant maintains residence.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.16"></a><var>3.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) An application shall be approved if it is timely received, signed and dated by <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.17"></a><var>3.17</var>the applicant, contains the applicant's name and residence and mailing addresses, date <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.18"></a><var>3.18</var>of birth, and at least one of the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.19"></a><var>3.19</var>(1) the applicant's Minnesota driver's license number;<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.20"></a><var>3.20</var>(2) Minnesota state identification card number;<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.21"></a><var>3.21</var>(3) the last four digits of the applicant's Social Security number; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.22"></a><var>3.22</var>(4) a statement that the applicant does not have any of these numbers.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.23"></a><var>3.23</var>(c) To be approved, the application must state that the applicant is eligible to vote by <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.24"></a><var>3.24</var>absentee ballot for one of the reasons specified in section 
         <statute_ref>203B.02</statute_ref>, and must contain an oath <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.25"></a><var>3.25</var>that the information contained on the form is accurate, that the applicant is applying on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.26"></a><var>3.26</var>applicant's own behalf, and that the applicant is signing the form under penalty of perjury.<br />
         		<a id="pl.3.27"></a><var>3.27</var>(d) An applicant's full date of birth, Minnesota driver's license or state identification <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.28"></a><var>3.28</var>number, and the last four digits of the applicant's Social Security number must not be <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.29"></a><var>3.29</var>made available for public inspection. An application may be submitted to the county <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.30"></a><var>3.30</var>auditor or municipal clerk by an electronic facsimile device. An application mailed or <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.31"></a><var>3.31</var>returned in person to the county auditor or municipal clerk on behalf of a voter by a <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.32"></a><var>3.32</var>person other than the voter must be deposited in the mail or returned in person to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.33"></a><var>3.33</var>county auditor or municipal clerk within ten days after it has been dated by the voter and <br />
         		<a id="pl.3.34"></a><var>3.34</var>no later than six days before the election. The absentee ballot applications or a list of <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.1"></a><var>4.1</var>persons applying for an absentee ballot may not be made available for public inspection <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.2"></a><var>4.2</var>until the close of voting on election day.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.3"></a><var>4.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) An application under this subdivision may contain an application under <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.4"></a><var>4.4</var>subdivision 5 to automatically receive an absentee ballot application.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.4.0"></a><a id="pl.4.5"></a><var>4.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 203B.04, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.6"></a><var>4.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Permanent </b><b>illness or disability</b><b> absentee voter status</b><b>.</b> (a) An eligible <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.7"></a><var>4.7</var>voter who reasonably expects to be permanently unable to go to the polling place on <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.8"></a><var>4.8</var>election day because of illness or disability may apply to a county auditor or municipal <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.9"></a><var>4.9</var>clerk under this section to automatically receive an absentee ballot application before each <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.10"></a><var>4.10</var>election, other than an election by mail conducted under section 
         <statute_ref>204B.45</statute_ref>, and to have <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.11"></a><var>4.11</var>the status as a permanent absentee voter indicated on the voter's registration record. An <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.12"></a><var>4.12</var>eligible voter listed as an ongoing absentee voter as of July 31, 2013, pursuant to laws <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.13"></a><var>4.13</var>in effect on that date, shall be treated as if the voter applied for status as a permanent <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.14"></a><var>4.14</var>absentee voter pursuant to this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.15"></a><var>4.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) A voter who applies under paragraph (a) must automatically be provided an <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.16"></a><var>4.16</var>absentee ballot application for each eligible election. A voter's permanent absentee status <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.17"></a><var>4.17</var>ends and automatic ballot application delivery must be terminated on:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.18"></a><var>4.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) the voter's written request;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.19"></a><var>4.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) the voter's death;<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.20"></a><var>4.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) return of an absentee ballot as undeliverable; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.21"></a><var>4.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) a change in the voter's status to "challenged" or "inactive" in the statewide voter <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.22"></a><var>4.22</var>registration system.<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.23"></a><var>4.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) (c) The secretary of state shall adopt rules governing procedures under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.24"></a><var>4.24</var>subdivision.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.1.5.0"></a><a id="pl.4.25"></a><var>4.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 203B.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.26"></a><var>4.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Printing and delivery of forms.</b> Each county auditor and municipal <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.27"></a><var>4.27</var>clerk shall prepare and print a sufficient number of blank application forms for absentee <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.28"></a><var>4.28</var>ballots. The county auditor or municipal clerk shall deliver a blank application form to <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.29"></a><var>4.29</var>any voter who requests one pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>203B.04</statute_ref>. Blank application forms must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.30"></a><var>4.30</var>mailed to eligible voters who have requested an application pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>203B.04, <br />
            		<a id="pl.4.31"></a><var>4.31</var>subdivision 5
         </statute_ref> or 6, at least 60 days before:<br />
         		<a id="pl.4.32"></a><var>4.32</var>(1) each regularly scheduled primary for federal, state, county, city, or school board <br />
         		<a id="pl.4.33"></a><var>4.33</var>office;<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.1"></a><var>5.1</var>(2) each regularly scheduled general election for city or school board office for <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.2"></a><var>5.2</var>which a primary is not held; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.3"></a><var>5.3</var>(3) a special primary to fill a federal or county office vacancy or special election to <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.4"></a><var>5.4</var>fill a federal or county office vacancy, if a primary is not required to be held pursuant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.5"></a><var>5.5</var>section 
         <statute_ref>204D.03, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>204D.07, subdivision 3</statute_ref>; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.6"></a><var>5.6</var>(4) any election held in conjunction with an election described in clauses (1) to (3);<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.7"></a><var>5.7</var>or at least 45 days before any other primary or other election for which a primary is not held.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.6.0"></a><a id="pl.5.8"></a><var>5.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 203B.121, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.9"></a><var>5.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Duties of ballot board; absentee ballots.</b> (a) The members of the ballot <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.10"></a><var>5.10</var>board shall take possession of all return envelopes delivered to them in accordance with <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.11"></a><var>5.11</var>section 
         <statute_ref>203B.08</statute_ref>. Upon receipt from the county auditor, municipal clerk, or school district <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.12"></a><var>5.12</var>clerk, two or more members of the ballot board shall examine each return envelope and <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.13"></a><var>5.13</var>shall mark it accepted or rejected in the manner provided in this subdivision. Election <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.14"></a><var>5.14</var>judges performing the duties in this section must be of different major political parties, <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.15"></a><var>5.15</var>unless they are exempt from that requirement under section 
         <statute_ref>205.075, subdivision 4</statute_ref>, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.16"></a><var>5.16</var>section 
         <statute_ref>205A.10, subdivision 2</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.17"></a><var>5.17</var>(b) The members of the ballot board shall mark the return envelope "Accepted" and <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.18"></a><var>5.18</var>initial or sign the return envelope below the word "Accepted" if a majority of the members <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.19"></a><var>5.19</var>of the ballot board examining the envelope are satisfied that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.20"></a><var>5.20</var>(1) the voter's name and address on the return envelope are the same as the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.21"></a><var>5.21</var>information provided on the absentee ballot application;<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.22"></a><var>5.22</var>(2) the voter signed the certification on the envelope;<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.23"></a><var>5.23</var>(3) the voter's Minnesota driver's license, state identification number, or the last four <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.24"></a><var>5.24</var>digits of the voter's Social Security number are the same as the number provided on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.25"></a><var>5.25</var>voter's application for ballots. If the number does not match the number as submitted on <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.26"></a><var>5.26</var>the application, or if a number was not submitted on the application, the election judges <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.27"></a><var>5.27</var>must compare the signature provided by the applicant to determine whether the ballots <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.28"></a><var>5.28</var>were returned by the same person to whom they were transmitted;<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.29"></a><var>5.29</var>(4) the voter is registered and eligible to vote in the precinct or has included a <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.30"></a><var>5.30</var>properly completed voter registration application in the return envelope;<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.31"></a><var>5.31</var>(5) the certificate has been completed as prescribed in the directions for casting an <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.32"></a><var>5.32</var>absentee ballot; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.5.33"></a><var>5.33</var>(6) the voter has not already voted at that election, either in person or, if it is after the <br />
         		<a id="pl.5.34"></a><var>5.34</var>close of business on the fourth seventh day before the election, by absentee ballot.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.1"></a><var>6.1</var>The return envelope from accepted ballots must be preserved and returned to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.2"></a><var>6.2</var>county auditor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.3"></a><var>6.3</var>(c)(1) If a majority of the members of the ballot board examining a return envelope <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.4"></a><var>6.4</var>find that an absentee voter has failed to meet one of the requirements provided in <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.5"></a><var>6.5</var>paragraph (b), they shall mark the return envelope "Rejected," initial or sign it below the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.6"></a><var>6.6</var>word "Rejected," list the reason for the rejection on the envelope, and return it to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.7"></a><var>6.7</var>county auditor. There is no other reason for rejecting an absentee ballot beyond those <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.8"></a><var>6.8</var>permitted by this section. Failure to place the ballot within the security envelope before <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.9"></a><var>6.9</var>placing it in the outer white envelope is not a reason to reject an absentee ballot.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.10"></a><var>6.10</var>(2) If an envelope has been rejected at least five days before the election, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.11"></a><var>6.11</var>envelope must remain sealed and the official in charge of the ballot board shall provide the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.12"></a><var>6.12</var>voter with a replacement absentee ballot and return envelope in place of the rejected ballot.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.13"></a><var>6.13</var>(3) If an envelope is rejected within five days of the election, the envelope must <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.14"></a><var>6.14</var>remain sealed and the official in charge of the ballot board must attempt to contact the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.15"></a><var>6.15</var>voter by telephone or e-mail to notify the voter that the voter's ballot has been rejected. <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.16"></a><var>6.16</var>The official must document the attempts made to contact the voter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.17"></a><var>6.17</var>(d) The official in charge of the absentee ballot board must mail the voter a written <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.18"></a><var>6.18</var>notice of absentee ballot rejection between six and ten weeks following the election. If the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.19"></a><var>6.19</var>official determines that the voter has otherwise cast a ballot in the election, no notice is <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.20"></a><var>6.20</var>required. If an absentee ballot arrives after the deadline for submission provided by this <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.21"></a><var>6.21</var>chapter, the notice must be provided between six to ten weeks after receipt of the ballot. A <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.22"></a><var>6.22</var>notice of absentee ballot rejection must contain the following information:<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.23"></a><var>6.23</var>(1) the date on which the absentee ballot was rejected or, if the ballot was received <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.24"></a><var>6.24</var>after the required deadline for submission, the date on which the ballot was received;<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.25"></a><var>6.25</var>(2) the reason for rejection; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.26"></a><var>6.26</var>(3) the name of the appropriate election official to whom the voter may direct further <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.27"></a><var>6.27</var>questions, along with appropriate contact information.<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.28"></a><var>6.28</var>(e) An absentee ballot return envelope marked "Rejected" may not be opened or <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.29"></a><var>6.29</var>subject to further review except in an election contest filed pursuant to chapter 209.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.7.0"></a><a id="pl.6.30"></a><var>6.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 203B.121, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.6.31"></a><var>6.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Record of voting.</b> (a) When applicable, the county auditor or municipal <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.32"></a><var>6.32</var>clerk must immediately record that a voter's absentee ballot has been accepted. After the <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.33"></a><var>6.33</var>close of business on the fourth seventh day before the election, a voter whose record <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.34"></a><var>6.34</var>indicates that an absentee ballot has been accepted must not be permitted to cast another <br />
         		<a id="pl.6.35"></a><var>6.35</var>ballot at that election. In a state primary, general, or state special election for federal or <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.1"></a><var>7.1</var>state office, the auditor or clerk must also record this information in the statewide voter <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.2"></a><var>7.2</var>registration system.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.3"></a><var>7.3</var>(b) The roster must be marked, and a supplemental report of absentee voters who <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.4"></a><var>7.4</var>submitted a voter registration application with their ballot must be created, no later than <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.5"></a><var>7.5</var>the start of voting on election day to indicate the voters that have already cast a ballot at <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.6"></a><var>7.6</var>the election. The roster may be marked either:<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.7"></a><var>7.7</var>(1) by the county auditor or municipal clerk before election day;<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.8"></a><var>7.8</var>(2) by the ballot board before election day; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.9"></a><var>7.9</var>(3) by the election judges at the polling place on election day.<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.10"></a><var>7.10</var>The record of a voter whose absentee ballot was received after the close of business <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.11"></a><var>7.11</var>on the fourth seventh day before the election is not required to be marked on the roster or <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.12"></a><var>7.12</var>contained in a supplemental report as required by this paragraph.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.8.0"></a><a id="pl.7.13"></a><var>7.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 203B.121, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.14"></a><var>7.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Opening of envelopes.</b> After the close of business on the fourth seventh<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.15"></a><var>7.15</var> day before the election, the ballots from return envelopes marked "Accepted" may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.16"></a><var>7.16</var>opened, duplicated as needed in the manner provided in section 
         <statute_ref>206.86, subdivision 5</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.17"></a><var>7.17</var>initialed by the members of the ballot board, and deposited in the appropriate ballot box. If <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.18"></a><var>7.18</var>more than one ballot is enclosed in the ballot envelope, the ballots must be returned in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.19"></a><var>7.19</var>manner provided by section 
         <statute_ref>204C.25</statute_ref> for return of spoiled ballots, and may not be counted.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.9.0"></a><a id="pl.7.20"></a><var>7.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 9. <b> REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.7.21"></a><var>7.21</var>Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 203B.04, subdivision 6, is repealed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.1.10.0"></a><a id="pl.7.22"></a><var>7.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 10. <b>EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.7.23"></a><var>7.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This article is effective January 1, 2014, and applies to voting at elections conducted <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.24"></a><var>7.24</var>on the date of the state primary in 2014 and thereafter.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.7.25"></a><var>7.25</var><b>ARTICLE 2</b><br />
            		
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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.7.26"></a><var>7.26</var><b>ELECTION ADMINISTRATION</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.2.1.0"></a><a id="pl.7.27"></a><var>7.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. <b>[2.395] THIRTY-NINTH DISTRICT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.7.28"></a><var>7.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Senate district.</b> Senate District 39 consists of that district as <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.29"></a><var>7.29</var>described in the order of the Minnesota Special Redistricting Panel in Hippert v. Ritchie, <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.30"></a><var>7.30</var>No. A11-152 (February 21, 2012).<br />
         		<a id="pl.7.31"></a><var>7.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>House of representatives districts.</b> Notwithstanding the order of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.7.32"></a><var>7.32</var>Minnesota Special Redistricting Panel in Hippert v. Ritchie, No. A11-152 (February <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.1"></a><var>8.1</var>21, 2012), Senate District 39, as described in that order, is divided into two house of <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.2"></a><var>8.2</var>representatives districts as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.3"></a><var>8.3</var>(a) House of Representatives District 39A consists of the district as described in <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.4"></a><var>8.4</var>that order, with the modification contained in file L39A-1, on file with the Geographic <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.5"></a><var>8.5</var>Information Systems Office of the Legislative Coordinating Commission and published on <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.6"></a><var>8.6</var>its Web site on March 9, 2012.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.7"></a><var>8.7</var>(b) House of Representatives District 39B consists of that district as described in <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.8"></a><var>8.8</var>that order, with the modification contained in file L39B-1, on file with the Geographic <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.9"></a><var>8.9</var>Information Systems Office of the Legislative Coordinating Commission and published on <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.10"></a><var>8.10</var>its Web site on March 9, 2012.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.11"></a><var>8.11</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for the state primary and state general <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.12"></a><var>8.12</var>elections conducted in 2014 for terms of office beginning on the first Monday in January <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.13"></a><var>8.13</var>2015, and for all elections held thereafter.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.2.0"></a><a id="pl.8.14"></a><var>8.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. <b>[2.495] FORTY-NINTH DISTRICT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.8.15"></a><var>8.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Senate district.</b> Senate District 49 consists of that district as <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.16"></a><var>8.16</var>described in the order of the Minnesota Special Redistricting Panel in Hippert v. Ritchie, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.17"></a><var>8.17</var>No. A11-152 (February 21, 2012).<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.18"></a><var>8.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>House of representatives districts.</b> Notwithstanding the order of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.19"></a><var>8.19</var>Minnesota Special Redistricting Panel in Hippert v. Ritchie, No. A11-152 (February 21, <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.20"></a><var>8.20</var>2012), Senate District 49 is divided into two house of representatives districts as follows:<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.21"></a><var>8.21</var>(a) House of Representatives District 49A consists of the district as described in <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.22"></a><var>8.22</var>that order, with the modification contained in file L49A-2, on file with the Geographic <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.23"></a><var>8.23</var>Information Systems Office of the Legislative Coordinating Commission and published on <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.24"></a><var>8.24</var>its Web site on March 28, 2012.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.25"></a><var>8.25</var>(b) House of Representatives District 49B consists of the district as described in <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.26"></a><var>8.26</var>that order, with the modification contained in file L49B-2, on file with the Geographic <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.27"></a><var>8.27</var>Information Systems Office of the Legislative Coordinating Commission and published on <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.28"></a><var>8.28</var>its Web site on March 28, 2012.<br />
         		<a id="pl.8.29"></a><var>8.29</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective for the state primary and state general <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.30"></a><var>8.30</var>elections conducted in 2014 for terms of office beginning on the first Monday in January <br />
         		<a id="pl.8.31"></a><var>8.31</var>2015, and for all elections held thereafter.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.3.0"></a><a id="pl.8.32"></a><var>8.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 103C.225, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.1"></a><var>9.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Referendum.</b> (a) Within 60 days after the petition is received by the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.2"></a><var>9.2</var>board, it shall give due notice of the holding of a referendum, schedule the referendum at <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.3"></a><var>9.3</var>the next general election, and cooperate with county election officials to accomplish the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.4"></a><var>9.4</var>election in the most expedient manner. Upon receipt of a petition, the state board shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.5"></a><var>9.5</var>provide written notice to the secretary of state and the county auditor of each county in <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.6"></a><var>9.6</var>which the district is located no later than 74 days before the state general election. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.7"></a><var>9.7</var>notice must include the date of the election and the title and text of the question to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.8"></a><var>9.8</var>placed on the ballot. Prior to the referendum, the state board shall facilitate the preparation <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.9"></a><var>9.9</var>of a plan to continue the administration of the powers, duties, and responsibilities of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.10"></a><var>9.10</var>district, including the functions of the district board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.11"></a><var>9.11</var>(b) The question shall be submitted by ballots, upon which the words "For terminating <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.12"></a><var>9.12</var>the existence of appear on the ballot in the following form: "Shall the .................. (name <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.13"></a><var>9.13</var>of the soil and water conservation district to be here inserted)" and "Against terminating <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.14"></a><var>9.14</var>the existence of the .................. (name of the soil and water conservation district to be here <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.15"></a><var>9.15</var>inserted)" shall be printed, with a square before each proposition and a direction to insert <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.16"></a><var>9.16</var>an X mark in the square before one or the other be terminated?".<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.17"></a><var>9.17</var>(c) Only eligible voters in the district may vote in the referendum.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.18"></a><var>9.18</var>(d) Informalities in the conduct of the referendum or matters relating to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.19"></a><var>9.19</var>referendum do not invalidate the referendum, or result of the referendum, if due notice has <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.20"></a><var>9.20</var>been given and the referendum has been fairly conducted.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.21"></a><var>9.21</var>(e) The state board shall publish the result of the referendum.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.4.0"></a><a id="pl.9.22"></a><var>9.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 103C.305, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.23"></a><var>9.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Ballots.</b> Ballots shall be prepared by the county auditor. The names of <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.24"></a><var>9.24</var>candidates shall be placed on the "canary ballot" described in section 
         <statute_ref>204D.11, subdivision <br />
            		<a id="pl.9.25"></a><var>9.25</var>3
         </statute_ref> state general election ballot. The office title printed on the ballot must be either "Soil <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.26"></a><var>9.26</var>and Water Conservation District Supervisor" or "Conservation District Supervisor," based <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.27"></a><var>9.27</var>upon the district from which the supervisor is to be elected.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.5.0"></a><a id="pl.9.28"></a><var>9.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 103C.311, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.29"></a><var>9.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Supervisors elected by districts.</b> (a) The district board, with the approval <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.30"></a><var>9.30</var>of the state board, may by resolution provide that supervisors will be elected by supervisor <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.31"></a><var>9.31</var>districts as provided in this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.9.32"></a><var>9.32</var>(b) The supervisor districts must be composed of precincts established by county and <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.33"></a><var>9.33</var>municipal governing bodies under section 
         <statute_ref>204B.14</statute_ref>. The districts must be compact, include <br />
         		<a id="pl.9.34"></a><var>9.34</var>only contiguous territory, and be substantially equal in population. The districts must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.1"></a><var>10.1</var>numbered in a regular series. The districts must be drawn by the county board of the county <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.2"></a><var>10.2</var>containing the largest area of the soil and water conservation district, in consultation with <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.3"></a><var>10.3</var>the district board and with the approval of the state board. The boundaries of the districts <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.4"></a><var>10.4</var>must be redrawn after each decennial federal census as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>204B.135</statute_ref>. A <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.5"></a><var>10.5</var>certified copy of the resolution establishing supervisor districts must be filed by the chair <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.6"></a><var>10.6</var>of the district board with the county auditor of the counties where the soil and water <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.7"></a><var>10.7</var>conservation district is located, with the state board, and with the secretary of state at least <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.8"></a><var>10.8</var>30 days before the first date candidates may file for the office of supervisor., and the filings <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.9"></a><var>10.9</var>must occur within 80 days of the time when the legislature has been redistricted or at least <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.10"></a><var>10.10</var>15 weeks before the state primary election in a year ending in two, whichever comes first.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.11"></a><var>10.11</var>(c) Each supervisor district is entitled to elect one supervisor. A supervisor must be a <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.12"></a><var>10.12</var>resident of the district from which elected.<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.13"></a><var>10.13</var>(d) The district board shall provide staggered terms for supervisors elected by <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.14"></a><var>10.14</var>district. After each redistricting, there shall be a new election of supervisors in all the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.15"></a><var>10.15</var>districts at the next general election, except that if the change made in the boundaries of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.16"></a><var>10.16</var>district is less than five percent of the average population of all the districts, the supervisor <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.17"></a><var>10.17</var>in office at the time of the redistricting shall serve for the full term for which elected. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.18"></a><var>10.18</var>district board shall determine by lot the seats to be filled for a two-year term, a four-year <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.19"></a><var>10.19</var>term, and a six-year term.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.6.0"></a><a id="pl.10.20"></a><var>10.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 123A.48, subdivision 14, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.21"></a><var>10.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 14. <b>Election.</b> The board shall determine the date of the election, the number <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.22"></a><var>10.22</var>of boundaries of voting precincts, and the location of the polling places where voting shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.23"></a><var>10.23</var>be conducted, and the hours the polls will be open. The board shall also provide official <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.24"></a><var>10.24</var>ballots which must be used exclusively and shall be in the following form: "Shall the <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.25"></a><var>10.25</var>(name of school district) and the (name of school district) be consolidated as proposed? <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.26"></a><var>10.26</var>Yes .... No ...."<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.27"></a><var>10.27</var>For consolidation ....<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.28"></a><var>10.28</var>Against consolidation ....<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.29"></a><var>10.29</var>The board must appoint election judges who shall act as clerks of election. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.30"></a><var>10.30</var>ballots and results must be certified to the board who shall canvass and tabulate the total <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.31"></a><var>10.31</var>vote cast for and against the proposal.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.7.0"></a><a id="pl.10.32"></a><var>10.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 201.061, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.10.33"></a><var>10.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Election day registration.</b> (a) An individual who is eligible to vote may <br />
         		<a id="pl.10.34"></a><var>10.34</var>register on election day by appearing in person at the polling place for the precinct in <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.1"></a><var>11.1</var>which the individual maintains residence, by completing a registration application, making <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.2"></a><var>11.2</var>an oath in the form prescribed by the secretary of state and providing proof of residence. <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.3"></a><var>11.3</var>An individual may prove residence for purposes of registering by:<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.4"></a><var>11.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) presenting a driver's license or Minnesota identification card issued pursuant <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.5"></a><var>11.5</var>to section 
         <statute_ref>171.07</statute_ref>;<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.6"></a><var>11.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) presenting any document approved by the secretary of state as proper <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.7"></a><var>11.7</var>identification;<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.8"></a><var>11.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) presenting one of the following:<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.9"></a><var>11.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(i) a current valid student identification card from a postsecondary educational <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.10"></a><var>11.10</var>institution in Minnesota, if a list of students from that institution has been prepared under <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.11"></a><var>11.11</var>section 
         <statute_ref>135A.17</statute_ref> and certified to the county auditor in the manner provided in rules of <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.12"></a><var>11.12</var>the secretary of state; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.13"></a><var>11.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(ii) a current student fee statement that contains the student's valid address in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.14"></a><var>11.14</var>precinct together with a picture identification card; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.15"></a><var>11.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) having a voter who is registered to vote in the precinct, or who is an employee <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.16"></a><var>11.16</var>employed by and working in a residential facility in the precinct and vouching for a resident <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.17"></a><var>11.17</var>in the facility, sign an oath in the presence of the election judge vouching that the voter or <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.18"></a><var>11.18</var>employee personally knows that the individual is a resident of the precinct. A voter who <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.19"></a><var>11.19</var>has been vouched for on election day may not sign a proof of residence oath vouching for <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.20"></a><var>11.20</var>any other individual on that election day. A voter who is registered to vote in the precinct <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.21"></a><var>11.21</var>may sign up to 15 eight proof-of-residence oaths on any election day. This limitation <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.22"></a><var>11.22</var>does not apply to an employee of a residential facility described in this clause. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.23"></a><var>11.23</var>secretary of state shall provide a form for election judges to use in recording the number <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.24"></a><var>11.24</var>of individuals for whom a voter signs proof-of-residence oaths on election day. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.25"></a><var>11.25</var>form must include space for the maximum number of individuals for whom a voter may <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.26"></a><var>11.26</var>sign proof-of-residence oaths. For each proof-of-residence oath, the form must include <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.27"></a><var>11.27</var>a statement that the voter is registered to vote in the precinct, personally knows that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.28"></a><var>11.28</var>individual is a resident of the precinct, and is making the statement on oath. The form must <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.29"></a><var>11.29</var>include a space for the voter's printed name, signature, telephone number, and address.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.30"></a><var>11.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The oath required by this subdivision and Minnesota Rules, part 8200.9939, must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.31"></a><var>11.31</var>attached to the voter registration application.<br />
         		<a id="pl.11.32"></a><var>11.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) The operator of a residential facility shall prepare a list of the names of its <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.33"></a><var>11.33</var>employees currently working in the residential facility and the address of the residential <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.34"></a><var>11.34</var>facility. The operator shall certify the list and provide it to the appropriate county auditor <br />
         		<a id="pl.11.35"></a><var>11.35</var>no less than 20 days before each election for use in election day registration.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.1"></a><var>12.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) "Residential facility" means transitional housing as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>256E.33, <br />
            		<a id="pl.12.2"></a><var>12.2</var>subdivision 1
         </statute_ref>; a supervised living facility licensed by the commissioner of health under <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.3"></a><var>12.3</var>section 
         <statute_ref>144.50, subdivision 6</statute_ref>; a nursing home as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>144A.01, subdivision <br />
            		<a id="pl.12.4"></a><var>12.4</var>5
         </statute_ref>; a residence registered with the commissioner of health as a housing with services <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.5"></a><var>12.5</var>establishment as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>144D.01, subdivision 4</statute_ref>; a veterans home operated by <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.6"></a><var>12.6</var>the board of directors of the Minnesota Veterans Homes under chapter 198; a residence <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.7"></a><var>12.7</var>licensed by the commissioner of human services to provide a residential program as <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.8"></a><var>12.8</var>defined in section 
         <statute_ref>245A.02, subdivision 14</statute_ref>; a residential facility for persons with a <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.9"></a><var>12.9</var>developmental disability licensed by the commissioner of human services under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.12.10"></a><var>12.10</var>252.28
         </statute_ref>; group residential housing as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>256I.03, subdivision 3</statute_ref>; a shelter <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.11"></a><var>12.11</var>for battered women as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>611A.37, subdivision 4</statute_ref>; or a supervised <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.12"></a><var>12.12</var>publicly or privately operated shelter or dwelling designed to provide temporary living <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.13"></a><var>12.13</var>accommodations for the homeless.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.14"></a><var>12.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) For tribal band members, an individual may prove residence for purposes of <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.15"></a><var>12.15</var>registering by:<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.16"></a><var>12.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) presenting an identification card issued by the tribal government of a tribe <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.17"></a><var>12.17</var>recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, United States Department of the Interior, that <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.18"></a><var>12.18</var>contains the name, address, signature, and picture of the individual; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.19"></a><var>12.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) presenting an identification card issued by the tribal government of a tribe <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.20"></a><var>12.20</var>recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, United States Department of the Interior, that <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.21"></a><var>12.21</var>contains the name, signature, and picture of the individual and also presenting one of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.22"></a><var>12.22</var>documents listed in Minnesota Rules, part 8200.5100, subpart 2, item B.<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.23"></a><var>12.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) A county, school district, or municipality may require that an election judge <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.24"></a><var>12.24</var>responsible for election day registration initial each completed registration application.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.8.0"></a><a id="pl.12.25"></a><var>12.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 201.071, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.12.26"></a><var>12.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Instructions.</b> A registration application shall be accompanied by <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.27"></a><var>12.27</var>instructions specifying the manner and method of registration, the qualifications for <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.28"></a><var>12.28</var>voting, the penalties for false registration, and the availability of registration and voting <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.29"></a><var>12.29</var>assistance for elderly and disabled individuals and residents of health care facilities and <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.30"></a><var>12.30</var>hospitals. The instructions must indicate that if the voter does not have a valid Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.31"></a><var>12.31</var>driver's license or identification card, the last four digits of the voter's Social Security <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.32"></a><var>12.32</var>number must be provided, unless the voter does not have a Social Security number. If, <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.33"></a><var>12.33</var>prior to election day, a person requests the instructions in Braille, on cassette tape audio <br />
         		<a id="pl.12.34"></a><var>12.34</var>format, or in a version printed in 16-point bold type with 24-point leading, the county <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.1"></a><var>13.1</var>auditor shall provide them in the form requested. The secretary of state shall prepare <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.2"></a><var>13.2</var>Braille and cassette audio copies and make them available.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.9.0"></a><a id="pl.13.3"></a><var>13.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 201.091, subdivision 8, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.4"></a><var>13.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Registration places.</b> Each county auditor shall designate a number of <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.5"></a><var>13.5</var>public buildings in those political subdivisions of the county where preregistration of <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.6"></a><var>13.6</var>voters is allowed as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>201.061, subdivision 1</statute_ref>, where eligible voters may <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.7"></a><var>13.7</var>register to vote. At least one public building must be designated for each 30,000 residents <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.8"></a><var>13.8</var>of the county. At least one telecommunications device for the deaf must be available for <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.9"></a><var>13.9</var>voter registration information in each county seat and in every city of the first, second, <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.10"></a><var>13.10</var>and third class.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.11"></a><var>13.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;An adequate supply of registration applications and instructions must be maintained <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.12"></a><var>13.12</var>at each designated location, and a designated individual must be available there to accept <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.13"></a><var>13.13</var>registration applications and transmit them to the county auditor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.14"></a><var>13.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A person who, because of disability, needs assistance in order to determine eligibility <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.15"></a><var>13.15</var>or to register must be assisted by a designated individual. Assistance includes but is not <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.16"></a><var>13.16</var>limited to reading the registration form and instructions and filling out the registration <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.17"></a><var>13.17</var>form as directed by the eligible voter.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.10.0"></a><a id="pl.13.18"></a><var>13.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 201.12, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.19"></a><var>13.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Moved out of state.</b> If any nonforwardable mailing from an election <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.20"></a><var>13.20</var>official is returned as undeliverable but with a permanent forwarding address outside this <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.21"></a><var>13.21</var>state, the county auditor shall promptly mail to the voter at the voter's new address a notice <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.22"></a><var>13.22</var>advising the voter that the voter's status in the statewide voter registration system will be <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.23"></a><var>13.23</var>changed to "inactive" unless the voter notifies the county auditor within 21 days that the <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.24"></a><var>13.24</var>voter is retaining the former address as the voter's address of residence. If the voter's <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.25"></a><var>13.25</var>record is challenged due to a felony conviction, lack of United States citizenship, legal <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.26"></a><var>13.26</var>incompetence, or court-ordered revocation of voting rights of persons under guardianship, <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.27"></a><var>13.27</var>the county auditor must not mail this notice. If the notice is not received by the deadline, <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.28"></a><var>13.28</var>the county auditor shall change the voter's status to "inactive" in the statewide voter <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.29"></a><var>13.29</var>registration system.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.11.0"></a><a id="pl.13.30"></a><var>13.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 201.13, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.13.31"></a><var>13.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1a. <b>Social Security Administration; </b><b>other </b><b>reports of deceased residents.</b><br />
         		 <a id="pl.13.32"></a><var>13.32</var>The secretary of state shall may  determine if any of the persons listed on the Social <br />
         		<a id="pl.13.33"></a><var>13.33</var>Security Death Index or reported as deceased by the vital records department of another <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.1"></a><var>14.1</var>state are registered to vote and prepare a list of those registrants for each county auditor. <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.2"></a><var>14.2</var>The county auditor shall change the status of those registrants to "deceased" in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.3"></a><var>14.3</var>statewide voter registration system.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.12.0"></a><a id="pl.14.4"></a><var>14.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 201.14, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.5"></a><var>14.5</var><b>201.14 COURT ADMINISTRATOR OF DISTRICT COURT; REPORT </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.14.6"></a><var>14.6</var><b>CHANGES OF NAMES.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.14.7"></a><var>14.7</var>The state court administrator shall regularly report by electronic means to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.8"></a><var>14.8</var>secretary of state the name, address, and, if available, driver's license or state identification <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.9"></a><var>14.9</var>card number of each individual, 18 years of age or over, whose name was changed since <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.10"></a><var>14.10</var>the last report, by marriage, divorce, or any order or decree of the court. The secretary of <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.11"></a><var>14.11</var>state shall determine if any of the persons in the report are registered to vote under their <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.12"></a><var>14.12</var>previous name and shall prepare a list of those registrants for each county auditor. Upon <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.13"></a><var>14.13</var>receipt of the list, the county auditor shall make the change in the voter's record and mail <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.14"></a><var>14.14</var>to the voter the notice of registration required by section 
         <statute_ref>201.121, subdivision 2</statute_ref>. A notice <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.15"></a><var>14.15</var>must not be mailed if the voter's record is challenged due to a felony conviction, lack of <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.16"></a><var>14.16</var>United States citizenship, legal incompetence, or court-ordered revocation of voting rights <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.17"></a><var>14.17</var>of persons under guardianship.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.13.0"></a><a id="pl.14.18"></a><var>14.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 202A.14, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.19"></a><var>14.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Time and manner of holding; postponement.</b> (a) In every state <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.20"></a><var>14.20</var>general election year, beginning at 7:00 p.m. on the date established pursuant to paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.21"></a><var>14.21</var>(b), there shall be held for every election precinct a party caucus in the manner provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.22"></a><var>14.22</var>in sections 
         <statute_ref>202A.14</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>202A.19</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.23"></a><var>14.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b)(1) The chairs of the two largest major political parties shall jointly submit to <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.24"></a><var>14.24</var>the secretary of state, no later than March 1 of each odd-numbered year, the single date <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.25"></a><var>14.25</var>on which the two parties have agreed to conduct their precinct caucuses in the next <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.26"></a><var>14.26</var>even-numbered year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.27"></a><var>14.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) On March 1 of each odd-numbered year Within two business days after the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.28"></a><var>14.28</var>parties have agreed on a single date on which to conduct their precinct caucuses, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.29"></a><var>14.29</var>secretary of state shall publicly announce the official state precinct caucus date for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.30"></a><var>14.30</var>following general election year.<br />
         		<a id="pl.14.31"></a><var>14.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) If the chairs of the two largest major political parties do not jointly submit a <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.32"></a><var>14.32</var>single date for conducting their precinct caucuses as provided in this paragraph, then <br />
         		<a id="pl.14.33"></a><var>14.33</var>for purposes of the next general election year, the first Tuesday in February shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.1"></a><var>15.1</var>considered the day of a major political party precinct caucus and sections 
         <statute_ref>202A.19</statute_ref> and <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.15.2"></a><var>15.2</var>202A.192
         </statute_ref> shall only apply on that date.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.3"></a><var>15.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) For purposes of this paragraph, the two largest major political parties shall be the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.4"></a><var>15.4</var>parties whose candidates for governor received the greatest and second greatest number of <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.5"></a><var>15.5</var>votes at the most recent gubernatorial election.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.6"></a><var>15.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) In the event of severe weather a major political party may request the secretary of <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.7"></a><var>15.7</var>state to postpone caucuses. If a major political party makes a request, or upon the secretary <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.8"></a><var>15.8</var>of state's own initiative, after consultation with all major political parties and on the advice <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.9"></a><var>15.9</var>of the federal Weather Bureau and the Department of Transportation, the secretary of state <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.10"></a><var>15.10</var>may declare precinct caucuses to be postponed for a week in counties where weather <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.11"></a><var>15.11</var>makes travel especially dangerous. The secretary of state shall submit a notice of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.12"></a><var>15.12</var>postponement to news media covering the affected counties by 6:00 p.m. on the scheduled <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.13"></a><var>15.13</var>day of the caucus. A postponed caucus may also be postponed pursuant to this subdivision.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.14.0"></a><a id="pl.15.14"></a><var>15.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 203B.05, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.15"></a><var>15.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Generally.</b> The full-time clerk of any city or town shall administer <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.16"></a><var>15.16</var>the provisions of sections 
         <statute_ref>203B.04</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>203B.15</statute_ref> if:<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.17"></a><var>15.17</var>(1) the county auditor of that county has designated the clerk to administer them; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.18"></a><var>15.18</var>(2) the clerk has given the county auditor of that county notice of intention to <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.19"></a><var>15.19</var>administer them.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.20"></a><var>15.20</var>The designation or notice must specify whether the clerk will be responsible for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.21"></a><var>15.21</var>administration of a ballot board as provided in section 203B.121.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.22"></a><var>15.22</var>A clerk of a city that is located in more than one county may only administer the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.23"></a><var>15.23</var>provisions of sections 203B.04 to 203B.15 if the clerk has been designated by each of <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.24"></a><var>15.24</var>the county auditors or has provided notice to each of the county auditors that the city will <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.25"></a><var>15.25</var>administer absentee voting. A clerk may only administer the provisions of sections 
         <statute_ref>203B.04</statute_ref> <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.26"></a><var>15.26</var>to 
         <statute_ref>203B.15</statute_ref> if the clerk has technical capacity to access the statewide voter registration <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.27"></a><var>15.27</var>system in the secure manner prescribed by the secretary of state. The secretary of state <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.28"></a><var>15.28</var>must identify hardware, software, security, or other technical prerequisites necessary to <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.29"></a><var>15.29</var>ensure the security, access controls, and performance of the statewide voter registration <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.30"></a><var>15.30</var>system. A clerk must receive training approved by the secretary of state on the use of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.31"></a><var>15.31</var>statewide voter registration system before administering this section. A clerk may not use <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.32"></a><var>15.32</var>the statewide voter registration system until the clerk has received the required training.<br />
         		<a id="pl.15.33"></a><var>15.33</var> The county auditor must notify the secretary of state of any municipal clerk who will be <br />
         		<a id="pl.15.34"></a><var>15.34</var>administering the provisions of this section and the duties that the clerk will administer.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.15.0"></a><a id="pl.16.1"></a><var>16.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 203B.08, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.2"></a><var>16.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Procedures on receipt of ballots.</b> When absentee ballots are returned to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.3"></a><var>16.3</var>county auditor or municipal clerk, that official shall stamp or initial and date the return <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.4"></a><var>16.4</var>envelope and place it in a secure location with other return envelopes received by that <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.5"></a><var>16.5</var>office. Within five days after receipt, the county auditor or municipal clerk shall deliver to <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.6"></a><var>16.6</var>the ballot board all ballots received, except that during the 14 days immediately preceding <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.7"></a><var>16.7</var>an election, the county auditor or municipal clerk shall deliver all ballots received to <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.8"></a><var>16.8</var>the ballot board within three days. Ballots received on election day either (1) after 3:00 <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.9"></a><var>16.9</var>p.m., if delivered by an agent; or (2) after the last mail delivery, if delivered by another <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.10"></a><var>16.10</var>method, shall be marked as received late by the county auditor or municipal clerk, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.11"></a><var>16.11</var>must not be delivered to the ballot board.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.16.0"></a><a id="pl.16.12"></a><var>16.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 203B.081, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.13"></a><var>16.13</var><b>203B.081 LOCATIONS FOR ABSENTEE VOTING IN PERSON.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.16.14"></a><var>16.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;An eligible voter may vote by absentee ballot in the office of the county auditor and <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.15"></a><var>16.15</var>at any other polling place designated by the county auditor during the 46 days before: the <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.16"></a><var>16.16</var>election, except as provided in this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.17"></a><var>16.17</var>(1) a regularly scheduled election for federal, state, county, city, or school board <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.18"></a><var>16.18</var>office;<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.19"></a><var>16.19</var>(2) a special election for a federal or county office; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.20"></a><var>16.20</var>(3) an election held in conjunction with an election described in clauses (1) and (2),<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.21"></a><var>16.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and Voters casting absentee ballots in person for a town election held in March may <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.22"></a><var>16.22</var>do so during the 30 days before any other the election. The county auditor shall make <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.23"></a><var>16.23</var>such designations at least 14 weeks before the election. At least one voting booth in each <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.24"></a><var>16.24</var>polling place must be made available by the county auditor for this purpose. The county <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.25"></a><var>16.25</var>auditor must also make available at least one electronic ballot marker in each polling place <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.26"></a><var>16.26</var>that has implemented a voting system that is accessible for individuals with disabilities <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.27"></a><var>16.27</var>pursuant to section 
         <statute_ref>206.57, subdivision 5</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.17.0"></a><a id="pl.16.28"></a><var>16.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 203B.121, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.16.29"></a><var>16.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Establishment; applicable laws.</b> (a) The governing body of each <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.30"></a><var>16.30</var>county, municipality, and school district with responsibility to accept and reject absentee <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.31"></a><var>16.31</var>ballots must, by ordinance or resolution, establish a ballot board. The board must consist <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.32"></a><var>16.32</var>of a sufficient number of election judges trained in the handling of absentee ballots and <br />
         		<a id="pl.16.33"></a><var>16.33</var>appointed as provided in sections 
         <statute_ref>204B.19</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>204B.22</statute_ref>. The board may include staff <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.1"></a><var>17.1</var>trained as election judges deputy county auditors or deputy city clerks who have received <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.2"></a><var>17.2</var>training in the processing and counting of absentee ballots.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.3"></a><var>17.3</var>(b) Each jurisdiction must pay a reasonable compensation to each member of that <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.4"></a><var>17.4</var>jurisdiction's ballot board for services rendered during an election.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.5"></a><var>17.5</var>(c) Except as otherwise provided by this section, all provisions of the Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.6"></a><var>17.6</var>Election Law apply to a ballot board.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.18.0"></a><a id="pl.17.7"></a><var>17.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 203B.121, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.8"></a><var>17.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Storage and counting of absentee ballots.</b> (a) On a day on which absentee <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.9"></a><var>17.9</var>ballots are inserted into a ballot box, two members of the ballot board must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.10"></a><var>17.10</var>(1) remove the ballots from the ballot box at the end of the day;<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.11"></a><var>17.11</var>(2) without inspecting the ballots, ensure that the number of ballots removed from <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.12"></a><var>17.12</var>the ballot box is equal to the number of voters whose absentee ballots were accepted <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.13"></a><var>17.13</var>that day; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.14"></a><var>17.14</var>(3) seal and secure all voted and unvoted ballots present in that location at the end <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.15"></a><var>17.15</var>of the day.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.16"></a><var>17.16</var>(b) After the polls have closed on election day, two members of the ballot board <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.17"></a><var>17.17</var>must count the ballots, tabulating the vote in a manner that indicates each vote of the voter <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.18"></a><var>17.18</var>and the total votes cast for each candidate or question. In state primary and state general <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.19"></a><var>17.19</var>elections, the results must indicate the total votes cast for each candidate or question in each <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.20"></a><var>17.20</var>precinct and report the vote totals tabulated for each precinct. The count shall be public. <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.21"></a><var>17.21</var>No vote totals from ballots may be made public before the close of voting on election day<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.22"></a><var>17.22</var> must be recorded on a summary statement in substantially the same format as provided in <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.23"></a><var>17.23</var>section 204C.26. The ballot board shall submit at least one completed summary statement <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.24"></a><var>17.24</var>to the county auditor or municipal clerk. The county auditor or municipal clerk may <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.25"></a><var>17.25</var>require the ballot board to submit a sufficient number of completed summary statements to <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.26"></a><var>17.26</var>comply with the provisions of section 204C.27, or the county auditor or municipal clerk <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.27"></a><var>17.27</var>may certify reports containing the details of the ballot board summary statement to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.28"></a><var>17.28</var>recipients of the summary statements designated in section 204C.27.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.29"></a><var>17.29</var>In state primary and state general elections, these vote totals shall be added to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.30"></a><var>17.30</var>vote totals on the summary statements of the returns for the appropriate precinct. In other <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.31"></a><var>17.31</var>elections, these vote totals may be added to the vote totals on the summary statement of <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.32"></a><var>17.32</var>returns for the appropriate precinct or may be reported as a separate total.<br />
         		<a id="pl.17.33"></a><var>17.33</var>The count shall be public. No vote totals from ballots may be made public before the <br />
         		<a id="pl.17.34"></a><var>17.34</var>close of voting on election day.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.1"></a><var>18.1</var>(c) In addition to the requirements of paragraphs (a) and (b), if the task has not been <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.2"></a><var>18.2</var>completed previously, the members of the ballot board must verify as soon as possible, but <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.3"></a><var>18.3</var>no later than 24 hours after the end of the hours for voting, that voters whose absentee <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.4"></a><var>18.4</var>ballots arrived after the rosters were marked or supplemental reports were generated <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.5"></a><var>18.5</var>and whose ballots were accepted did not vote in person on election day. An absentee <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.6"></a><var>18.6</var>ballot submitted by a voter who has voted in person on election day must be rejected. All <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.7"></a><var>18.7</var>other accepted absentee ballots must be opened, duplicated if necessary, and counted by <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.8"></a><var>18.8</var>members of the ballot board. The vote totals from these ballots must be incorporated into <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.9"></a><var>18.9</var>the totals with the other absentee ballots and handled according to paragraph (b).<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.19.0"></a><a id="pl.18.10"></a><var>18.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 203B.227, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.11"></a><var>18.11</var><b>203B.227 WRITE-IN ABSENTEE BALLOT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.18.12"></a><var>18.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(a) A voter described in section 
         <statute_ref>203B.16</statute_ref>, subdivision 1, may use a state write-in <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.13"></a><var>18.13</var>absentee ballot or the federal write-in absentee ballot to vote in any federal, state, or local <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.14"></a><var>18.14</var>election. In a state or local election, a vote for a political party without specifying the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.15"></a><var>18.15</var>name of a candidate must not be counted.<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.16"></a><var>18.16</var>(b) If a voter submits a Federal Write-in Absentee Ballot for which a Federal Post <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.17"></a><var>18.17</var>Card Application was not received, the Federal Write-in Absentee Ballot serves as a voter <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.18"></a><var>18.18</var>registration, for voters who are eligible to register, in lieu of the voter's Federal Post Card <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.19"></a><var>18.19</var>Application. If the voter has not already voted and the accompanying certificate is properly <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.20"></a><var>18.20</var>completed, the absentee ballot board must accept the Federal Write-in Absentee Ballot.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.20.0"></a><a id="pl.18.21"></a><var>18.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 203B.28, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.22"></a><var>18.22</var><b>203B.28 POSTELECTION REPORT TO LEGISLATURE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.18.23"></a><var>18.23</var>By March 1, 2011, and by January 15 of every odd-numbered year thereafter, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.24"></a><var>18.24</var>secretary of state shall provide to the chair and ranking minority members of the legislative <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.25"></a><var>18.25</var>committees with jurisdiction over elections a statistical report related to absentee voting <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.26"></a><var>18.26</var>in the most recent general election cycle. The statistics must be organized by county <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.27"></a><var>18.27</var>and precinct, and include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.28"></a><var>18.28</var>(1) the number of absentee ballots transmitted to voters;<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.29"></a><var>18.29</var>(2) the number of absentee ballots returned by voters;<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.30"></a><var>18.30</var>(3) the number of absentee ballots that were rejected, categorized by the reason <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.31"></a><var>18.31</var>for rejection;<br />
         		<a id="pl.18.32"></a><var>18.32</var>(4) the number of absentee ballots submitted pursuant to sections 
         <statute_ref>203B.16</statute_ref> to <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.18.33"></a><var>18.33</var>203B.27
         </statute_ref>, along with the number of returned ballots that were accepted, rejected, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.18.34"></a><var>18.34</var>the reason for any rejections; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.1"></a><var>19.1</var>(5) the number of absentee ballots that were not counted because the ballot return <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.2"></a><var>19.2</var>envelope was received after the deadlines provided in this chapter.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.21.0"></a><a id="pl.19.3"></a><var>19.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204B.04, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.4"></a><var>19.4</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.5"></a><var>19.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Prohibition on multiple candidacy.</b> A candidate who files an affidavit <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.6"></a><var>19.6</var>of candidacy for an office to be elected at the general election may not subsequently file <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.7"></a><var>19.7</var>another affidavit of candidacy for any other office to be elected on the date of that general <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.8"></a><var>19.8</var>election, unless the candidate withdraws the initial affidavit pursuant to section 204B.12. <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.9"></a><var>19.9</var>The provisions in section 645.21 do not apply to this subdivision.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.22.0"></a><a id="pl.19.10"></a><var>19.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204B.18, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.11"></a><var>19.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Ballot boxes.</b> Each polling place shall be provided with one ballot box for <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.12"></a><var>19.12</var>each kind of ballot to be cast at the election. The boxes shall be substantially the same color <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.13"></a><var>19.13</var>as the ballots to be deposited in them. Each box shall be of sufficient size and shall have a <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.14"></a><var>19.14</var>sufficient opening to receive and contain all the ballots likely to be deposited in it. When <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.15"></a><var>19.15</var>buff or goldenrod ballot boxes are required, a separate box must be provided for each school <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.16"></a><var>19.16</var>district for which ballots are to be cast at that polling place. The number and name of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.17"></a><var>19.17</var>school district must appear conspicuously on the top of each buff or goldenrod ballot box.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.23.0"></a><a id="pl.19.18"></a><var>19.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204B.22, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.19"></a><var>19.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Minimum number required.</b> (a) A minimum of four election <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.20"></a><var>19.20</var>judges shall be appointed for each precinct, except as provided by subdivision 2 in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.21"></a><var>19.21</var>state general election, provided that a minimum of three election judges shall be appointed <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.22"></a><var>19.22</var>for each precinct with fewer than 500 registered voters as of 14 weeks before the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.23"></a><var>19.23</var>primary. In all other elections, a minimum of three election judges shall be appointed <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.24"></a><var>19.24</var>for each precinct. In a combined polling place under section 
         <statute_ref>204B.14, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, at <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.25"></a><var>19.25</var>least one judge must be appointed from each municipality in the combined polling place, <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.26"></a><var>19.26</var>provided that not less than three judges shall be appointed for each combined polling <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.27"></a><var>19.27</var>place. The appointing authorities may appoint election judges for any precinct in addition <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.28"></a><var>19.28</var>to the number required by this subdivision including additional election judges to count <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.29"></a><var>19.29</var>ballots after voting has ended.<br />
         		<a id="pl.19.30"></a><var>19.30</var>(b) An election judge may serve for all or part of election day, at the discretion of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.31"></a><var>19.31</var>appointing authority, as long as the minimum number of judges required is always present. <br />
         		<a id="pl.19.32"></a><var>19.32</var>The head election judge designated under section 
         <statute_ref>204B.20</statute_ref> must serve for all of election day <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.1"></a><var>20.1</var>and be present in the polling place unless another election judge has been designated by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.2"></a><var>20.2</var>head election judge to perform the functions of the head election judge during any absence.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.24.0"></a><a id="pl.20.3"></a><var>20.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204B.28, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.4"></a><var>20.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Meeting with election officials.</b> At least 12 weeks before each <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.5"></a><var>20.5</var>regularly scheduled town general election conducted in March, and at least 18 weeks <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.6"></a><var>20.6</var>before all other general elections, each county auditor shall conduct a meeting or otherwise <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.7"></a><var>20.7</var>communicate with local election officials to review the procedures for the election. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.8"></a><var>20.8</var>county auditor may require the head election judges in the county to attend this meeting.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.25.0"></a><a id="pl.20.9"></a><var>20.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204B.32, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.10"></a><var>20.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Payment.</b> (a) The secretary of state shall pay the compensation for <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.11"></a><var>20.11</var>presidential electors, the cost of printing the pink paper ballots, and all necessary expenses <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.12"></a><var>20.12</var>incurred by the secretary of state in connection with elections.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.13"></a><var>20.13</var>(b) The counties shall pay the compensation prescribed in section 
         <statute_ref>204B.31</statute_ref>, clauses <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.14"></a><var>20.14</var>(b) and (c), the cost of printing the canary ballots, the white ballots, the pink state general <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.15"></a><var>20.15</var>election ballots when machines are used, the state partisan primary ballots, and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.16"></a><var>20.16</var>state and county nonpartisan primary ballots, all necessary expenses incurred by county <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.17"></a><var>20.17</var>auditors in connection with elections, and the expenses of special county elections.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.18"></a><var>20.18</var>(c) Subject to subdivision 2, the municipalities shall pay the compensation prescribed <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.19"></a><var>20.19</var>for election judges and sergeants at arms, the cost of printing the municipal ballots, <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.20"></a><var>20.20</var>providing ballot boxes, providing and equipping polling places and all necessary expenses <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.21"></a><var>20.21</var>of the municipal clerks in connection with elections, except special county elections.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.22"></a><var>20.22</var>(d) The school districts shall pay the compensation prescribed for election judges <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.23"></a><var>20.23</var>and sergeants-at-arms, the cost of printing the school district ballots, providing ballot <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.24"></a><var>20.24</var>boxes, providing and equipping polling places and all necessary expenses of the school <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.25"></a><var>20.25</var>district clerks in connection with school district elections not held in conjunction with <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.26"></a><var>20.26</var>state elections. When school district elections are held in conjunction with state elections, <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.27"></a><var>20.27</var>the school district shall pay the costs of printing the school district ballots, providing ballot <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.28"></a><var>20.28</var>boxes and all necessary expenses of the school district clerk.<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.29"></a><var>20.29</var>All disbursements under this section shall be presented, audited, and paid as in <br />
         		<a id="pl.20.30"></a><var>20.30</var>the case of other public expenses.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.26.0"></a><a id="pl.20.31"></a><var>20.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204B.33, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.20.32"></a><var>20.32</var><b>204B.33 NOTICE OF FILING.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.21.1"></a><var>21.1</var>(a) At least 15 16 weeks before the state primary, the secretary of state shall notify <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.2"></a><var>21.2</var>each county auditor of the offices to be voted for in that county at the next state general <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.3"></a><var>21.3</var>election for which candidates file with the secretary of state. The notice shall include <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.4"></a><var>21.4</var>the time and place of filing for those offices. Within ten days after notification by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.5"></a><var>21.5</var>secretary of state, each county auditor shall notify each municipal clerk in the county of <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.6"></a><var>21.6</var>all the offices to be voted for in the county at that election and the time and place for <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.7"></a><var>21.7</var>filing for those offices. The county auditors and municipal clerks shall promptly post a <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.8"></a><var>21.8</var>copy of that notice in their offices.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.9"></a><var>21.9</var>(b) At least two weeks one week before the first day to file an affidavit of candidacy, <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.10"></a><var>21.10</var>the county auditor shall publish a notice stating the first and last dates on which affidavits <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.11"></a><var>21.11</var>of candidacy may be filed in the county auditor's office and the closing time for filing on <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.12"></a><var>21.12</var>the last day for filing. The county auditor shall post a similar notice at least ten days before <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.13"></a><var>21.13</var>the first day to file affidavits of candidacy.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.27.0"></a><a id="pl.21.14"></a><var>21.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204B.35, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.15"></a><var>21.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Absentee ballots; preparation; delivery.</b> At least 46 days before a <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.16"></a><var>21.16</var>regularly scheduled an election for federal, state, county, city, or school board office <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.17"></a><var>21.17</var>or a special election for federal office, and at least 30 days before any other election, <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.18"></a><var>21.18</var>ballots necessary to fill applications of absentee voters shall be prepared and delivered to <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.19"></a><var>21.19</var>the officials who administer the provisions of chapter 203B, except as provided in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.20"></a><var>21.20</var>subdivision. Ballots necessary to fill applications of absentee voters for a town general <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.21"></a><var>21.21</var>election held in March shall be prepared and delivered to the town clerk at least 30 days <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.22"></a><var>21.22</var>before the election.<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.23"></a><var>21.23</var>This section applies to school district elections held on the same day as a statewide <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.24"></a><var>21.24</var>election or an election for a county or municipality located partially or wholly within <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.25"></a><var>21.25</var>the school district.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.28.0"></a><a id="pl.21.26"></a><var>21.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204B.36, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.21.27"></a><var>21.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Type.</b> All ballots shall be printed with black ink on paper of sufficient <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.28"></a><var>21.28</var>thickness to prevent the printing from being discernible from the back. All ballots of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.29"></a><var>21.29</var>same color shall be substantially uniform in style of printing, size, thickness and shade of <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.30"></a><var>21.30</var>color. When the ballots of a particular color vary in shade, those used in any one precinct <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.31"></a><var>21.31</var>shall be of the same shade. All ballots shall be printed in easily readable type with suitable <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.32"></a><var>21.32</var>lines dividing candidates, offices, instructions and other matter printed on ballots. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.33"></a><var>21.33</var>name of each candidate shall be printed in capital letters. The same type shall be used for <br />
         		<a id="pl.21.34"></a><var>21.34</var>the names of all candidates on the same ballot.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.29.0"></a><a id="pl.22.1"></a><var>22.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204B.45, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.2"></a><var>22.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Authorization.</b> A municipality town of any size not located in <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.3"></a><var>22.3</var>a metropolitan county as defined by section 473.121, or a city having fewer than 400 <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.4"></a><var>22.4</var>registered voters on June 1 of an election year and not located in a metropolitan county as <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.5"></a><var>22.5</var>defined by section 
         <statute_ref>473.121</statute_ref>, may provide balloting by mail at any municipal, county, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.6"></a><var>22.6</var>state election with no polling place other than the office of the auditor or clerk or other <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.7"></a><var>22.7</var>locations designated by the auditor or clerk. The governing body may apply to the county <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.8"></a><var>22.8</var>auditor for permission to conduct balloting by mail. The county board may provide for <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.9"></a><var>22.9</var>balloting by mail in unorganized territory. The governing body of any municipality may <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.10"></a><var>22.10</var>designate for mail balloting any precinct having fewer than 50 100 registered voters, <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.11"></a><var>22.11</var>subject to the approval of the county auditor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.12"></a><var>22.12</var>Voted ballots may be returned in person to any location designated by the county <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.13"></a><var>22.13</var>auditor or municipal clerk.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.30.0"></a><a id="pl.22.14"></a><var>22.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204B.45, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.22.15"></a><var>22.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Procedure.</b> Notice of the election and the special mail procedure must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.16"></a><var>22.16</var>given at least six ten weeks prior to the election. Not more than 46 days nor later than 14 <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.17"></a><var>22.17</var>days before a regularly scheduled election for federal, state, county, city, or school board <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.18"></a><var>22.18</var>office or a special election for federal office and not more than 30 days nor later than 14 <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.19"></a><var>22.19</var>days before any other election, the auditor shall mail ballots by nonforwardable mail to <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.20"></a><var>22.20</var>all voters registered in the town or unorganized territory. No later than 14 days before <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.21"></a><var>22.21</var>the election, the auditor must make a subsequent mailing of ballots to those voters who <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.22"></a><var>22.22</var>register to vote after the initial mailing but before the 20th day before the election. Eligible <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.23"></a><var>22.23</var>voters not registered at the time the ballots are mailed may apply for ballots as provided in <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.24"></a><var>22.24</var>chapter 203B. Ballot return envelopes, with return postage provided, must be preaddressed <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.25"></a><var>22.25</var>to the auditor or clerk and the voter may return the ballot by mail or in person to the office <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.26"></a><var>22.26</var>of the auditor or clerk. The auditor or clerk must appoint a ballot board to examine the <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.27"></a><var>22.27</var>mail and absentee ballot return envelopes and mark them "accepted" or "rejected" within <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.28"></a><var>22.28</var>three days of receipt if there are 14 or fewer days before election day, or within five days <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.29"></a><var>22.29</var>of receipt if there are more than 14 days before election day. The board may consist of <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.30"></a><var>22.30</var>staff trained as election judges deputy county auditors or deputy municipal clerks who <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.31"></a><var>22.31</var>have received training in the processing and counting of mail ballots, who need not be <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.32"></a><var>22.32</var>affiliated with a major political party. Election judges performing the duties in this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.33"></a><var>22.33</var>must be of different major political parties, unless they are exempt from that requirement <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.34"></a><var>22.34</var>under section 
         <statute_ref>205.075, subdivision 4</statute_ref>, or section 
         <statute_ref>205A.10</statute_ref>. If an envelope has been rejected <br />
         		<a id="pl.22.35"></a><var>22.35</var>at least five days before the election, the ballots in the envelope must remain sealed and <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.1"></a><var>23.1</var>the auditor or clerk shall provide the voter with a replacement ballot and return envelope <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.2"></a><var>23.2</var>in place of the spoiled ballot. If the ballot is rejected within five days of the election, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.3"></a><var>23.3</var>envelope must remain sealed and the official in charge of the ballot board must attempt to <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.4"></a><var>23.4</var>contact the voter by telephone or e-mail to notify the voter that the voter's ballot has been <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.5"></a><var>23.5</var>rejected. The official must document the attempts made to contact the voter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.6"></a><var>23.6</var>If the ballot is accepted, the county auditor or municipal clerk must mark the roster to <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.7"></a><var>23.7</var>indicate that the voter has already cast a ballot in that election. After the close of business <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.8"></a><var>23.8</var>on the fourth day before the election, the ballots from return envelopes marked "Accepted" <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.9"></a><var>23.9</var>may be opened, duplicated as needed in the manner provided by section 
         <statute_ref>206.86</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.10"></a><var>23.10</var>subdivision 5, initialed by the members of the ballot board, and deposited in the ballot box.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.11"></a><var>23.11</var>In all other respects, the provisions of the Minnesota Election Law governing <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.12"></a><var>23.12</var>deposit and counting of ballots apply.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.13"></a><var>23.13</var>The mail and absentee ballots for a precinct must be counted together and reported <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.14"></a><var>23.14</var>as one vote total. No vote totals from mail or absentee ballots may be made public before <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.15"></a><var>23.15</var>the close of voting on election day.<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.16"></a><var>23.16</var>The costs of the mailing shall be paid by the election jurisdiction in which the voter <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.17"></a><var>23.17</var>resides. Any ballot received by 8:00 p.m. on the day of the election must be counted.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.31.0"></a><a id="pl.23.18"></a><var>23.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204B.46, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.23.19"></a><var>23.19</var><b>204B.46 MAIL ELECTIONS; QUESTIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.23.20"></a><var>23.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A county, municipality, or school district submitting questions to the voters at a <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.21"></a><var>23.21</var>special election may conduct an election by mail with no polling place other than the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.22"></a><var>23.22</var>office of the auditor or clerk. No offices may be voted on at a mail election. Notice of <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.23"></a><var>23.23</var>the election must be given to the county auditor at least 53 74 days prior to the election. <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.24"></a><var>23.24</var>This notice shall also fulfill the requirements of Minnesota Rules, part 8210.3000. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.25"></a><var>23.25</var>special mail ballot procedures must be posted at least six weeks prior to the election. Not <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.26"></a><var>23.26</var>more than 30 46 nor later than 14 days prior to the election, the auditor or clerk shall mail <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.27"></a><var>23.27</var>ballots by nonforwardable mail to all voters registered in the county, municipality, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.28"></a><var>23.28</var>school district. No later than 14 days before the election, the auditor or clerk must make a <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.29"></a><var>23.29</var>subsequent mailing of ballots to those voters who register to vote after the initial mailing <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.30"></a><var>23.30</var>but before the 20th day before the election. Eligible voters not registered at the time the <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.31"></a><var>23.31</var>ballots are mailed may apply for ballots pursuant to chapter 203B. The auditor or clerk <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.32"></a><var>23.32</var>must appoint a ballot board to examine the mail and absentee ballot return envelopes <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.33"></a><var>23.33</var>and mark them "Accepted" or "Rejected" within three days of receipt if there are 14 or <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.34"></a><var>23.34</var>fewer days before election day, or within five days of receipt if there are more than 14 <br />
         		<a id="pl.23.35"></a><var>23.35</var>days before election day. The board may consist of staff trained as election judges deputy <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.1"></a><var>24.1</var>county auditors, deputy municipal clerks, or deputy school district clerks who have <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.2"></a><var>24.2</var>received training in the processing and counting of mail ballots, who need not be affiliated <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.3"></a><var>24.3</var>with a major political party. Election judges performing the duties in this section must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.4"></a><var>24.4</var>of different major political parties, unless they are exempt from that requirement under <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.5"></a><var>24.5</var>section 
         <statute_ref>205.075</statute_ref>, subdivision 4, or section 
         <statute_ref>205A.10</statute_ref>. If an envelope has been rejected at <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.6"></a><var>24.6</var>least five days before the election, the ballots in the envelope must remain sealed and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.7"></a><var>24.7</var>auditor or clerk must provide the voter with a replacement ballot and return envelope in <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.8"></a><var>24.8</var>place of the spoiled ballot. If the ballot is rejected within five days of the election, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.9"></a><var>24.9</var>envelope must remain sealed and the official in charge of the ballot board must attempt to <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.10"></a><var>24.10</var>contact the voter by telephone or e-mail to notify the voter that the voter's ballot has been <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.11"></a><var>24.11</var>rejected. The official must document the attempts made to contact the voter.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.12"></a><var>24.12</var>If the ballot is accepted, the county auditor or municipal clerk must mark the roster to <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.13"></a><var>24.13</var>indicate that the voter has already cast a ballot in that election. After the close of business <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.14"></a><var>24.14</var>on the fourth day before the election, the ballots from return envelopes marked "Accepted" <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.15"></a><var>24.15</var>may be opened, duplicated as needed in the manner provided by section 
         <statute_ref>206.86</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.16"></a><var>24.16</var>subdivision 5, initialed by the ballot board, and deposited in the appropriate ballot box.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.17"></a><var>24.17</var>In all other respects, the provisions of the Minnesota Election Law governing <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.18"></a><var>24.18</var>deposit and counting of ballots apply.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.19"></a><var>24.19</var>The mail and absentee ballots for a precinct must be counted together and reported <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.20"></a><var>24.20</var>as one vote total. No vote totals from ballots may be made public before the close of <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.21"></a><var>24.21</var>voting on election day.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.32.0"></a><a id="pl.24.22"></a><var>24.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204C.14, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.23"></a><var>24.23</var><b>204C.14 UNLAWFUL VOTING; PENALTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.24.24"></a><var>24.24</var>No individual shall intentionally:<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.25"></a><var>24.25</var>(a) misrepresent the individual's identity in applying for a ballot, depositing a ballot in <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.26"></a><var>24.26</var>a ballot box or attempting to vote by means of a voting machine or electronic voting system;<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.27"></a><var>24.27</var>(b) vote more than once at the same election;<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.28"></a><var>24.28</var>(c) put a ballot in a ballot box for any illegal purpose;<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.29"></a><var>24.29</var>(d) give more than one ballot of the same kind and color to an election judge to <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.30"></a><var>24.30</var>be placed in a ballot box;<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.31"></a><var>24.31</var>(e) aid, abet, counsel or procure another to go into any precinct for the purpose <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.32"></a><var>24.32</var>of voting in that precinct, knowing that the other individual is not eligible to vote in <br />
         		<a id="pl.24.33"></a><var>24.33</var>that precinct; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.34"></a><var>24.34</var>(f) aid, abet, counsel or procure another to do any act in violation of this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.24.35"></a><var>24.35</var>A violation of this section is a felony.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.33.0"></a><a id="pl.25.1"></a><var>25.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204C.15, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.2"></a><var>25.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b> Physical assistance in marking ballots.</b> A voter who claims a need <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.3"></a><var>25.3</var>for assistance because of inability to read English or physical inability to mark a ballot may <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.4"></a><var>25.4</var>obtain the aid of two election judges who are members of different major political parties. <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.5"></a><var>25.5</var>The election judges shall mark the ballots as directed by the voter and in as secret a manner <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.6"></a><var>25.6</var>as circumstances permit. If the voter is deaf or cannot speak English or understand it when <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.7"></a><var>25.7</var>it is spoken, the election judges may select two individuals who are members of different <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.8"></a><var>25.8</var>major political parties to provide assistance. The individuals shall assist the voter in <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.9"></a><var>25.9</var>marking the ballots. A voter in need of assistance may alternatively obtain the assistance of <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.10"></a><var>25.10</var>any individual the voter chooses. Only the following persons may not provide assistance <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.11"></a><var>25.11</var>to a voter: the voter's employer, an agent of the voter's employer, an officer or agent of <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.12"></a><var>25.12</var>the voter's union, or a candidate for election. The person who assists the voter shall, <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.13"></a><var>25.13</var>unaccompanied by an election judge, retire with that voter to a booth and mark the ballot <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.14"></a><var>25.14</var>as directed by the voter. No person who assists another voter as provided in the preceding <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.15"></a><var>25.15</var>sentence shall mark the ballots of more than three voters at one election. Before the ballots <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.16"></a><var>25.16</var>are deposited, the voter may show them privately to an election judge to ascertain that they <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.17"></a><var>25.17</var>are marked as the voter directed. An election judge or other individual assisting a voter <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.18"></a><var>25.18</var>shall not in any manner request, persuade, induce, or attempt to persuade or induce the <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.19"></a><var>25.19</var>voter to vote for any particular political party or candidate. The election judges or other <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.20"></a><var>25.20</var>individuals who assist the voter shall not reveal to anyone the name of any candidate for <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.21"></a><var>25.21</var>whom the voter has voted or anything that took place while assisting the voter.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.34.0"></a><a id="pl.25.22"></a><var>25.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204C.19, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.23"></a><var>25.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Ballots; order of counting.</b> Except as otherwise provided in this <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.24"></a><var>25.24</var>subdivision, the ballot boxes shall be opened, the votes counted, and the total declared one <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.25"></a><var>25.25</var>box at a time in the following order: the white box, the pink box, the canary box, the light <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.26"></a><var>25.26</var>green box, the blue box, the buff box, the goldenrod box, the gray box, and then the other <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.27"></a><var>25.27</var>kinds of ballots voted at the election. If enough election judges are available to provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.28"></a><var>25.28</var>counting teams of four or more election judges for each box, more than one box may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.29"></a><var>25.29</var>opened and counted at the same time. The election judges on each counting team shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.30"></a><var>25.30</var>evenly divided between the major political parties. The numbers entered on the summary <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.31"></a><var>25.31</var>sheet shall not be considered final until the ballots in all the boxes have been counted and <br />
         		<a id="pl.25.32"></a><var>25.32</var>corrections have been made if ballots have been deposited in the wrong boxes.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.35.0"></a><a id="pl.25.33"></a><var>25.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 35. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204C.25, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.25.34"></a><var>25.34</var><b>204C.25 DISPOSITION OF BALLOTS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.26.1"></a><var>26.1</var>After the count and the summary statements have been completed, in the presence <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.2"></a><var>26.2</var>of all the election judges, the counted, defective, and blank ballots shall be placed in <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.3"></a><var>26.3</var>envelopes marked or printed to distinguish the color of the ballots contained, and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.4"></a><var>26.4</var>envelopes shall be sealed. The election judges shall sign each envelope over the sealed part <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.5"></a><var>26.5</var>so that the envelope cannot be opened without disturbing the continuity of the signatures. <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.6"></a><var>26.6</var>The number and kind of ballots in each envelope, the name of the town or city, and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.7"></a><var>26.7</var>name of the precinct shall be plainly written upon the envelopes. The number and name of <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.8"></a><var>26.8</var>the district must be plainly written on envelopes containing school district ballots. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.9"></a><var>26.9</var>spoiled ballots shall be placed in separate envelopes and returned with the unused ballots <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.10"></a><var>26.10</var>to the county auditor or municipal or school district clerk from whom they were received.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.36.0"></a><a id="pl.26.11"></a><var>26.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 36. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204C.27, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.12"></a><var>26.12</var><b>204C.27 DELIVERY OF RETURNS TO COUNTY AUDITORS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.26.13"></a><var>26.13</var>One or more of the election judges in each precinct shall deliver two sets of <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.14"></a><var>26.14</var>summary statements; all spoiled white, pink, canary, and gray ballots; and the envelopes <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.15"></a><var>26.15</var>containing the white, pink, canary, and gray ballots either directly to the municipal clerk <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.16"></a><var>26.16</var>for transmittal to the county auditor's office or directly to the county auditor's office as <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.17"></a><var>26.17</var>soon as possible after the vote counting is completed but no later than 24 hours after the <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.18"></a><var>26.18</var>end of the hours for voting. One or more election judges shall deliver the remaining set <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.19"></a><var>26.19</var>of summary statements and returns, all unused and spoiled municipal and school district <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.20"></a><var>26.20</var>ballots, the envelopes containing municipal and school district ballots, and all other things <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.21"></a><var>26.21</var>furnished by the municipal or school district clerk, to the municipal or school district <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.22"></a><var>26.22</var>clerk's office within 24 hours after the end of the hours for voting. The municipal or school <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.23"></a><var>26.23</var>district clerk shall return all polling place rosters and completed voter registration cards to <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.24"></a><var>26.24</var>the county auditor within 48 hours after the end of the hours for voting.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.37.0"></a><a id="pl.26.25"></a><var>26.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 37. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204C.35, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.26"></a><var>26.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Automatic</b><b> </b><b>Publicly funded </b><b>recounts.</b> (a) In a state primary when <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.27"></a><var>26.27</var>the difference between the votes cast for the candidates for nomination to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.28"></a><var>26.28</var>(1) a state legislative office is less than one-half of one percent of the total number of <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.29"></a><var>26.29</var>votes counted for that nomination or is ten votes or less and the total number of votes cast <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.30"></a><var>26.30</var>for the nomination is 400 votes or less; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.31"></a><var>26.31</var>(2) a statewide federal office, state constitutional office, statewide judicial office, <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.32"></a><var>26.32</var>congressional office, state legislative office, or district judicial office:<br />
         		<a id="pl.26.33"></a><var>26.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) is less than one-half one-quarter of one percent of the total number of votes <br />
         		<a id="pl.26.34"></a><var>26.34</var>counted for that nomination; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.1"></a><var>27.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) is ten votes or less and the total number of votes cast for the nomination is 400 <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.2"></a><var>27.2</var>votes or less;<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.3"></a><var>27.3</var>and the difference determines the nomination, the canvassing board with responsibility <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.4"></a><var>27.4</var>for declaring the results for that office shall manually recount the vote upon receiving a <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.5"></a><var>27.5</var>written request from the candidate whose nomination is in question.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.6"></a><var>27.6</var>Immediately following the meeting of the board that has responsibility for <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.7"></a><var>27.7</var>canvassing the results of the nomination, the filing officer must notify the candidate that <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.8"></a><var>27.8</var>the candidate has the option to request a recount of the votes at no cost to the candidate. <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.9"></a><var>27.9</var>This written request must be received by the filing officer no later than 48 hours after the <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.10"></a><var>27.10</var>canvass of the primary for which the recount is being sought.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.11"></a><var>27.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) In a state general election when the difference between the votes of a candidate <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.12"></a><var>27.12</var>who would otherwise be declared elected to:<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.13"></a><var>27.13</var>(1) a state legislative office is less than one-half of one percent of the total number of <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.14"></a><var>27.14</var>votes counted for that office or is ten votes or less and the total number of votes cast for <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.15"></a><var>27.15</var>the office is 400 votes or less; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.16"></a><var>27.16</var>(2) a statewide federal office, state constitutional office, statewide judicial office, <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.17"></a><var>27.17</var>congressional office, state legislative office, or district judicial office and the votes of <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.18"></a><var>27.18</var>any other candidate for that office:<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.19"></a><var>27.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) is less than one-half one-quarter of one percent of the total number of votes <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.20"></a><var>27.20</var>counted for that office; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.21"></a><var>27.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) is ten votes or less if the total number of votes cast for the office is 400 votes or less,<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.22"></a><var>27.22</var>the canvassing board shall manually recount the votes upon receiving a written request <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.23"></a><var>27.23</var>from the candidate whose election is in question.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.24"></a><var>27.24</var>Immediately following the meeting of the board that has responsibility for <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.25"></a><var>27.25</var>canvassing the results of the general election, the filing officer must notify the candidate <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.26"></a><var>27.26</var>that the candidate has the option to request a recount of the votes at no cost to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.27"></a><var>27.27</var>candidate. This written request must be received by the filing officer no later than 48 hours <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.28"></a><var>27.28</var>after the canvass of the election for which the recount is being sought.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.29"></a><var>27.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(c) A recount must not delay any other part of the canvass. The results of the recount <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.30"></a><var>27.30</var>must be certified by the canvassing board as soon as possible.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.31"></a><var>27.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(d) Time for notice of a contest for an office which is recounted pursuant to this section <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.32"></a><var>27.32</var>shall begin to run upon certification of the results of the recount by the canvassing board.<br />
         		<a id="pl.27.33"></a><var>27.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(e) A losing candidate may waive a recount required pursuant to this section by <br />
         		<a id="pl.27.34"></a><var>27.34</var>filing a written notice of waiver with the canvassing board.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.38.0"></a><a id="pl.28.1"></a><var>28.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 38. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204C.35, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.2"></a><var>28.2</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.3"></a><var>28.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Filing officer.</b> For the purposes of this section, the secretary of state is <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.4"></a><var>28.4</var>the filing officer for candidates for all federal offices and for state offices voted on in <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.5"></a><var>28.5</var>more than one county. The county auditor is the filing officer for state offices voted on <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.6"></a><var>28.6</var>in only one county.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.39.0"></a><a id="pl.28.7"></a><var>28.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 39. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204C.36, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.8"></a><var>28.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Required</b><b> </b><b>Publicly funded </b><b>recounts.</b> (a) Except as provided in <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.9"></a><var>28.9</var>paragraph paragraphs (b) and (c), a losing candidate for nomination or election to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.10"></a><var>28.10</var>county, municipal, or school district office may request a recount of the votes cast for <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.11"></a><var>28.11</var>the nomination or election to that office if the difference between the vote cast for that <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.12"></a><var>28.12</var>candidate and for a winning candidate for nomination or election is less than one-half<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.13"></a><var>28.13</var> one-quarter of one percent of the total votes counted for that office. In case of offices where <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.14"></a><var>28.14</var>two or more seats are being filled from among all the candidates for the office, the one-half<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.15"></a><var>28.15</var> one-quarter of one percent difference is between the elected candidate with the fewest votes <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.16"></a><var>28.16</var>and the candidate with the most votes from among the candidates who were not elected.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.17"></a><var>28.17</var>(b) A losing candidate for nomination or election to a county, municipal, or school <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.18"></a><var>28.18</var>district office may request a recount of the votes cast for nomination or election to that <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.19"></a><var>28.19</var>office if the difference between the votes cast for that candidate and for a winning <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.20"></a><var>28.20</var>candidate for nomination or election is less than one-half of one percent, and the total <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.21"></a><var>28.21</var>number of votes cast for the nomination or election of all candidates is more than 400 <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.22"></a><var>28.22</var>but less than 50,000. In cases of offices where two or more seats are being filled from <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.23"></a><var>28.23</var>among all the candidates for the office, the one-half of one percent difference is between <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.24"></a><var>28.24</var>the elected candidate with the fewest votes and the candidate with the most votes from <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.25"></a><var>28.25</var>among the candidates who were not elected.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.26"></a><var>28.26</var>(b) (c) A losing candidate for nomination or election to a county, municipal, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.27"></a><var>28.27</var>school district office may request a recount of the votes cast for nomination or election <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.28"></a><var>28.28</var>to that office if the difference between the vote cast for that candidate and for a winning <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.29"></a><var>28.29</var>candidate for nomination or election is ten votes or less, and the total number of votes cast <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.30"></a><var>28.30</var>for the nomination or election of all candidates is no more than 400. In cases of offices <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.31"></a><var>28.31</var>where two or more seats are being filled from among all the candidates for the office, <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.32"></a><var>28.32</var>the ten vote difference is between the elected candidate with the fewest votes and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.33"></a><var>28.33</var>candidate with the most votes from among the candidates who were not elected.<br />
         		<a id="pl.28.34"></a><var>28.34</var>(c) (d) Candidates for county offices shall file a written request for the recount with <br />
         		<a id="pl.28.35"></a><var>28.35</var>the county auditor. Candidates for municipal or school district offices shall file a written <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.1"></a><var>29.1</var>request with the municipal or school district clerk as appropriate. All requests shall be filed <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.2"></a><var>29.2</var>during the time for notice of contest of the primary or election for which a recount is sought.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.3"></a><var>29.3</var>(d) (e) Upon receipt of a request made pursuant to this section, the county auditor <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.4"></a><var>29.4</var>shall recount the votes for a county office at the expense of the county, the governing <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.5"></a><var>29.5</var>body of the municipality shall recount the votes for a municipal office at the expense of <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.6"></a><var>29.6</var>the municipality, and the school board of the school district shall recount the votes for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.7"></a><var>29.7</var>school district office at the expense of the school district.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.40.0"></a><a id="pl.29.8"></a><var>29.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 40. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204D.08, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.9"></a><var>29.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>State and county nonpartisan primary ballot.</b> The state and county <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.10"></a><var>29.10</var>nonpartisan primary ballot shall be headed "State and County Nonpartisan Primary <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.11"></a><var>29.11</var>Ballot." It shall be printed on canary paper in the manner provided in the rules of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.12"></a><var>29.12</var>secretary of state. The names of candidates for nomination to the Supreme Court, Court of <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.13"></a><var>29.13</var>Appeals, district court, and all county offices shall be placed on this ballot.<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.14"></a><var>29.14</var>No candidate whose name is placed on the state and county nonpartisan primary <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.15"></a><var>29.15</var>ballot shall be designated or identified as the candidate of any political party or in any <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.16"></a><var>29.16</var>other manner except as expressly provided by law.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.41.0"></a><a id="pl.29.17"></a><var>29.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 41. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204D.09, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.18"></a><var>29.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Sample ballot.</b> At least two weeks 46 days before the state primary the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.19"></a><var>29.19</var>county auditor shall prepare a sample state partisan primary ballot and a sample state and <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.20"></a><var>29.20</var>county nonpartisan primary ballot for each precinct for public inspection and transmit an <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.21"></a><var>29.21</var>electronic copy of these sample ballots to the secretary of state. The names of all of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.22"></a><var>29.22</var>candidates to be voted for in the county shall be placed on the sample ballots, with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.23"></a><var>29.23</var>names of the candidates for each office arranged in the base rotation as determined by <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.24"></a><var>29.24</var>section 
         <statute_ref>206.61, subdivision 5</statute_ref>. Only one sample state partisan primary ballot and one <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.25"></a><var>29.25</var>sample state and county nonpartisan ballot shall be prepared for any county. The county <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.26"></a><var>29.26</var>auditor shall post the sample ballots in a conspicuous place in the auditor's office and shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.27"></a><var>29.27</var>cause them to be published at least one week before the state primary in at least one <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.28"></a><var>29.28</var>newspaper of general circulation in the county.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.42.0"></a><a id="pl.29.29"></a><var>29.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 42. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204D.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.29.30"></a><var>29.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>White</b><b> </b><b>State general election </b><b>ballot; rules.</b> The names of <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.31"></a><var>29.31</var>the candidates for all partisan state and federal offices, all proposed constitutional <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.32"></a><var>29.32</var>amendments, all county offices and questions, and all judicial offices voted on at the state <br />
         		<a id="pl.29.33"></a><var>29.33</var>general election shall be placed on a single ballot printed on white paper which that  shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.1"></a><var>30.1</var>be known as the "white state general election ballot." This ballot shall be prepared by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.2"></a><var>30.2</var>county auditor subject to the rules of the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.3"></a><var>30.3</var>adopt rules for preparation and time of delivery of the white state general election ballot.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.43.0"></a><a id="pl.30.4"></a><var>30.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 43. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204D.11, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.5"></a><var>30.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Special federal </b><b>white</b><b> ballot.</b> (a) The names of all candidates for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.6"></a><var>30.6</var>offices of president and vice-president of the United States and senator and representative <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.7"></a><var>30.7</var>in Congress shall be placed on a ballot printed on white paper which that shall be known <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.8"></a><var>30.8</var>as the "special federal white ballot."<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.9"></a><var>30.9</var>(b) This ballot shall be prepared by the county auditor in the same manner as <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.10"></a><var>30.10</var>the white state general election ballot and shall be subject to the rules adopted by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.11"></a><var>30.11</var>secretary of state pursuant to subdivision 1. This ballot must be prepared and furnished <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.12"></a><var>30.12</var>in accordance with the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.13"></a><var>30.13</var>United States Code, title 42, section 1973ff.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.14"></a><var>30.14</var>(c) The special federal white ballot shall be the only ballot sent to citizens of <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.15"></a><var>30.15</var>the United States who are eligible to vote by absentee ballot for federal candidates in <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.16"></a><var>30.16</var>Minnesota.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.44.0"></a><a id="pl.30.17"></a><var>30.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 44. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204D.11, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.18"></a><var>30.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Ballot headings.</b> The white, pink, and special federal white ballot <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.19"></a><var>30.19</var>containing the offices and questions in subdivisions 1 and 4, shall be headed with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.20"></a><var>30.20</var>words "State General Election Ballot." The canary ballot shall be headed with the words <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.21"></a><var>30.21</var>"County and Judicial Nonpartisan General Election Ballot."<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.45.0"></a><a id="pl.30.22"></a><var>30.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 45. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204D.11, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.23"></a><var>30.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Gray</b><b> </b><b>Judicial </b><b>ballot.</b> When the canary ballot would be longer than 30 <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.24"></a><var>30.24</var>inches or when it would not be possible to place all offices on a single ballot card for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.25"></a><var>30.25</var>state general election, the judicial offices that should be placed on the canary ballot may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.26"></a><var>30.26</var>placed instead on a separate gray judicial ballot. The gray judicial ballot shall be prepared <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.27"></a><var>30.27</var>by the county auditor in the manner provided in the rules of the secretary of state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.30.28"></a><var>30.28</var>The gray judicial ballot must be headed with the words: "Judicial Nonpartisan <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.29"></a><var>30.29</var>General Election Ballot." Separate ballot boxes must be provided for these gray judicial <br />
         		<a id="pl.30.30"></a><var>30.30</var>ballots.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.46.0"></a><a id="pl.30.31"></a><var>30.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 46. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204D.13, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.1"></a><var>31.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Nominees by petition; placement on ballot.</b> The names of candidates <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.2"></a><var>31.2</var>nominated by petition for a partisan office voted on at the state general election shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.3"></a><var>31.3</var>placed on the white state general election ballot after the names of the candidates for that <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.4"></a><var>31.4</var>office who were nominated at the state primary. Prior to the state primary No later than <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.5"></a><var>31.5</var>11 weeks before the state general election, the secretary of state shall determine by lot <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.6"></a><var>31.6</var>the order of candidates nominated by petition. The drawing of lots must be by political <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.7"></a><var>31.7</var>party or principle. The political party or political principle of the candidate as stated on <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.8"></a><var>31.8</var>the petition shall be placed after the name of a candidate nominated by petition. The word <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.9"></a><var>31.9</var>"nonpartisan" shall not be used to designate any partisan candidate whose name is placed <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.10"></a><var>31.10</var>on the white state general election ballot by nominating petition.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.47.0"></a><a id="pl.31.11"></a><var>31.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 47. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204D.14, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.12"></a><var>31.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Rotation of names.</b> The names of candidates for nonpartisan offices <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.13"></a><var>31.13</var>on the canary state general election ballot and the judicial nonpartisan general election <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.14"></a><var>31.14</var>ballot shall be rotated in the manner provided for rotation of names on state partisan <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.15"></a><var>31.15</var>primary ballots by section 
         <statute_ref>204D.08, subdivision 3</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.48.0"></a><a id="pl.31.16"></a><var>31.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 48. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204D.14, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.17"></a><var>31.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Uncontested judicial offices.</b> Judicial offices for a specific court for <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.18"></a><var>31.18</var>which there is only one candidate filed must appear after all other judicial offices for that <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.19"></a><var>31.19</var>same court on the canary ballot.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.49.0"></a><a id="pl.31.20"></a><var>31.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 49. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204D.15, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.21"></a><var>31.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Sample </b><b>pink</b><b> ballot</b><b>; constitutional amendments</b><b>.</b> Four weeks before the <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.22"></a><var>31.22</var>state general election the secretary of state shall file sample copies of the pink ballot<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.23"></a><var>31.23</var> portion of the state general election ballot that contains the proposed constitutional <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.24"></a><var>31.24</var>amendments in the Secretary of State's Office for public inspection. Three weeks before <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.25"></a><var>31.25</var>the state general election the secretary of state shall mail transmit sample copies of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.26"></a><var>31.26</var>pink sample ballot to each county auditor. Each auditor shall post the sample ballot in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.27"></a><var>31.27</var>conspicuous place in the auditor's office.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.50.0"></a><a id="pl.31.28"></a><var>31.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 50. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204D.16, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.31.29"></a><var>31.29</var><b>204D.16 SAMPLE GENERAL ELECTION BALLOTS; POSTING; </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.31.30"></a><var>31.30</var><b>PUBLICATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.31.31"></a><var>31.31</var>Two weeks before the state general election the county auditor shall prepare sample <br />
         		<a id="pl.31.32"></a><var>31.32</var>copies of the white and canary ballots and At least 46 days before the state general <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.1"></a><var>32.1</var>election, the county auditor shall post copies of these sample ballots and a sample of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.2"></a><var>32.2</var>pink ballot for each precinct in the auditor's office for public inspection and transmit an <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.3"></a><var>32.3</var>electronic copy of these sample ballots to the secretary of state. No earlier than 15 days <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.4"></a><var>32.4</var>and no later than two days before the state general election the county auditor shall cause <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.5"></a><var>32.5</var>the a sample white and canary ballots state general election ballot to be published in at <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.6"></a><var>32.6</var>least one newspaper of general circulation in the county.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.51.0"></a><a id="pl.32.7"></a><var>32.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 51. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204D.165, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.8"></a><var>32.8</var><b>204D.165 SAMPLE BALLOTS TO SCHOOLS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.32.9"></a><var>32.9</var>Notwithstanding any contrary provisions in section 
         <statute_ref>204D.09</statute_ref> or 
         <statute_ref>204D.16</statute_ref>, The county <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.10"></a><var>32.10</var>auditor, two weeks before the applicable primary or general election, shall provide one <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.11"></a><var>32.11</var>copy of the an appropriate sample partisan primary, nonpartisan primary, canary, white, <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.12"></a><var>32.12</var>or pink ballot to a school district upon request. The school district may have the sample <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.13"></a><var>32.13</var>ballots reproduced at its expense for classroom educational purposes and for educational <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.14"></a><var>32.14</var>activities authorized under section 
         <statute_ref>204B.27, subdivision 7</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.52.0"></a><a id="pl.32.15"></a><var>32.15</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 52. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204D.19, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.16"></a><var>32.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Special election when legislature will be in session.</b> Except for <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.17"></a><var>32.17</var>vacancies in the legislature which occur at any time between the last day of session in an <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.18"></a><var>32.18</var>odd-numbered year and the 40th day prior to the opening day of session in the succeeding <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.19"></a><var>32.19</var>even-numbered year, when a vacancy occurs and the legislature will be in session so <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.20"></a><var>32.20</var>that the individual elected as provided by this section could take office and exercise the <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.21"></a><var>32.21</var>duties of the office immediately upon election, the governor shall issue within five days <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.22"></a><var>32.22</var>after the vacancy occurs a writ calling for a special election. The special election shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.23"></a><var>32.23</var>be held as soon as possible, consistent with the notice requirements of section 
         <statute_ref>204D.22, <br />
            		<a id="pl.32.24"></a><var>32.24</var>subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>, but in no event more than 35 days after the issuance of the writ. A special <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.25"></a><var>32.25</var>election must not be held during the four days before or the four days after a holiday as <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.26"></a><var>32.26</var>defined in section 645.44, subdivision 5.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.53.0"></a><a id="pl.32.27"></a><var>32.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 53. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 205.02, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.32.28"></a><var>32.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>City elections.</b> In all statutory and home rule charter cities, the primary, <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.29"></a><var>32.29</var>general and special elections held for choosing city officials and deciding public questions <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.30"></a><var>32.30</var>relating to the city shall be held as provided in this chapter, except that sections 
         <statute_ref>205.065</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.31"></a><var>32.31</var>subdivisions 4 to 6; 
         <statute_ref>205.07, subdivision 3</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>205.10</statute_ref>; 
         <statute_ref>205.121</statute_ref>; and 
         <statute_ref>205.17</statute_ref>, subdivisions 2 <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.32"></a><var>32.32</var>and subdivision 3, do not apply to a city whose charter provides the manner of holding <br />
         		<a id="pl.32.33"></a><var>32.33</var>its primary, general or special elections.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.54.0"></a><a id="pl.33.1"></a><var>33.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 54. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 205.10, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.2"></a><var>33.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Prohibition.</b> No special election authorized under subdivision 1 may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.3"></a><var>33.3</var>held within 40 56  days after the state general election.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.55.0"></a><a id="pl.33.4"></a><var>33.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 55. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 205.13, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.5"></a><var>33.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 1a. <b>Filing period.</b> In a city nominating candidates at a primary, an affidavit of <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.6"></a><var>33.6</var>candidacy for a city office voted on in November must be filed no more than 84 days nor <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.7"></a><var>33.7</var>less than 70 days before the city primary. In municipalities that do not hold a primary, an <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.8"></a><var>33.8</var>affidavit of candidacy must be filed no more than 70 days and not less than 56 days before <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.9"></a><var>33.9</var>the municipal general election held in March in any year, or a special election not held in <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.10"></a><var>33.10</var>conjunction with another election, and no more than 98 days nor less than 84 days before <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.11"></a><var>33.11</var>the municipal general election held in November of any year. The municipal clerk's office <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.12"></a><var>33.12</var>must be open for filing from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. on the last day of the filing period.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.56.0"></a><a id="pl.33.13"></a><var>33.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 56. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 205.16, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.14"></a><var>33.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Notice to auditor.</b> At least 67 74 days before every municipal election held <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.15"></a><var>33.15</var>in conjunction with a regularly scheduled primary for federal, state, county, city, or school <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.16"></a><var>33.16</var>board office or a special primary for federal office, at least 74 days before every municipal <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.17"></a><var>33.17</var>election held in connection with a regularly scheduled general election for federal, state, <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.18"></a><var>33.18</var>county, city, or school board office or a special election for federal office, and at least 53 <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.19"></a><var>33.19</var>days before any other municipal election, the municipal clerk shall provide a written notice <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.20"></a><var>33.20</var>to the county auditor, including the date of the election, the offices to be voted on at the <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.21"></a><var>33.21</var>election, and the title and language for each ballot question to be voted on at the election. <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.22"></a><var>33.22</var>At least 67 74 days before every municipal election held in conjunction with a regularly <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.23"></a><var>33.23</var>scheduled primary for federal, state, county, city, or school board office or a special <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.24"></a><var>33.24</var>primary for federal office, at least 74 days before a regularly scheduled general election for <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.25"></a><var>33.25</var>federal, state, county, city, or school board office or a special election for federal office, and <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.26"></a><var>33.26</var>at least 46 days before any other election, the municipal clerk must provide written notice <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.27"></a><var>33.27</var>to the county auditor of any special election canceled under section 
         <statute_ref>205.10, subdivision 6</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.57.0"></a><a id="pl.33.28"></a><var>33.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 57. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 205.16, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.33.29"></a><var>33.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Notice to secretary of state.</b> At least 67 74 days before every municipal <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.30"></a><var>33.30</var>election held in conjunction with a regularly scheduled primary for federal, state, county, <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.31"></a><var>33.31</var>city, or school board office or a special primary for federal office, at least 74 days before <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.32"></a><var>33.32</var>every municipal election held in conjunction with a regularly scheduled general election <br />
         		<a id="pl.33.33"></a><var>33.33</var>for federal, state, county, city, or school board office or a special election for federal office, <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.1"></a><var>34.1</var>and at least 46 days before any other municipal election for which a notice is provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.2"></a><var>34.2</var>to the county auditor under subdivision 4, the county auditor shall provide a notice of <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.3"></a><var>34.3</var>the election to the secretary of state, in a manner and including information prescribed <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.4"></a><var>34.4</var>by the secretary of state.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.58.0"></a><a id="pl.34.5"></a><var>34.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 58. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 205.17, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.6"></a><var>34.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Second, third, and fourth class cities; towns</b><b> Municipal offices; </b><br />
         		<a id="pl.34.7"></a><var>34.7</var><b>questions; general election ballot</b><b>.</b> In all statutory and home rule charter cities of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.8"></a><var>34.8</var>second, third, and fourth class, and in all towns, for the municipal general election, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.9"></a><var>34.9</var>municipal clerk shall have printed on light green paper the official ballot containing the <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.10"></a><var>34.10</var>names of all candidates for municipal offices and municipal ballot questions. The ballot <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.11"></a><var>34.11</var>shall be printed in quantities of 25, 50, or 100, shall be headed "City or Town Election <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.12"></a><var>34.12</var>Ballot," shall state the name of the city or town and the date of the election, and shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.13"></a><var>34.13</var>conform in other respects to the white ballot used at the state general election ballot. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.14"></a><var>34.14</var>names shall be arranged on city ballots in the manner provided for the state elections. On <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.15"></a><var>34.15</var>town ballots names of the candidates for each office shall be arranged either:<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.16"></a><var>34.16</var>(1) alphabetically according to the candidates' surnames; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.17"></a><var>34.17</var>(2) in the manner provided for state elections if the town electors chose at the town's <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.18"></a><var>34.18</var>annual meeting to arrange the names in that way for at least two consecutive years.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.59.0"></a><a id="pl.34.19"></a><var>34.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 205.17, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.20"></a><var>34.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Primary ballots.</b> The municipal primary ballot in cities of the second, <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.21"></a><var>34.21</var>third, and fourth class and towns and the nonpartisan primary ballot in cities of the first <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.22"></a><var>34.22</var>class shall conform as far as practicable with the municipal general election ballot except <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.23"></a><var>34.23</var>that it shall be printed on light green paper. No blank spaces shall be provided for writing <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.24"></a><var>34.24</var>in the names of candidates. The partisan primary ballot in cities of the first class shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.25"></a><var>34.25</var>conform as far as practicable with the state partisan primary ballot.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.60.0"></a><a id="pl.34.26"></a><var>34.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 60. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 205A.04, is amended by adding a <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.27"></a><var>34.27</var>subdivision to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.34.28"></a><var>34.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Change in year of general election.</b> The school board may, by resolution, <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.29"></a><var>34.29</var>change the year in which the school district general election will be held. The resolution <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.30"></a><var>34.30</var>must be approved no later than four weeks before the first day to file affidavits of <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.31"></a><var>34.31</var>candidacy for the general election. A plan for the orderly transition to the new election <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.32"></a><var>34.32</var>year must be included in the resolution. The terms of school board members may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.34.33"></a><var>34.33</var>lengthened or shortened by one year as a part of the transition process.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.61.0"></a><a id="pl.35.1"></a><var>35.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 61. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 205A.05, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.2"></a><var>35.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Questions.</b> Special elections must be held for a school district on a <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.3"></a><var>35.3</var>question on which the voters are authorized by law to pass judgment. The school board <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.4"></a><var>35.4</var>may on its own motion call a special election to vote on any matter requiring approval of <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.5"></a><var>35.5</var>the voters of a district. Upon petition filed with the school board of 50 or more voters of <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.6"></a><var>35.6</var>the school district or five percent of the number of voters voting at the preceding school <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.7"></a><var>35.7</var>district general election, whichever is greater, the school board shall by resolution call <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.8"></a><var>35.8</var>a special election to vote on any matter requiring approval of the voters of a district. A <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.9"></a><var>35.9</var>question is carried only with the majority in its favor required by law. The election officials <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.10"></a><var>35.10</var>for a special election are the same as for the most recent school district general election <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.11"></a><var>35.11</var>unless changed according to law. Otherwise, special elections must be conducted and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.12"></a><var>35.12</var>returns made in the manner provided for the school district general election. A special <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.13"></a><var>35.13</var>election may not be held during the 30 56 days before and the 30 56 days after the state a <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.14"></a><var>35.14</var>regularly scheduled primary, during the 30 days before and the 40 days after the state or <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.15"></a><var>35.15</var>general election. In addition, a special election may not be held during the 20 days before <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.16"></a><var>35.16</var>and the 20 days after any regularly scheduled election of a municipality conducted wholly <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.17"></a><var>35.17</var>or partially within the school district. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.18"></a><var>35.18</var>time period in which a special election must be conducted under any other law may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.19"></a><var>35.19</var>extended by the school board to conform with the requirements of this subdivision.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.62.0"></a><a id="pl.35.20"></a><var>35.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 62. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 205A.05, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.21"></a><var>35.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Vacancies in school district offices.</b> Special elections shall be held in <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.22"></a><var>35.22</var>school districts in conjunction with school district primary and general elections to fill <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.23"></a><var>35.23</var>vacancies in elective school district offices. When more than one vacancy exists in an <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.24"></a><var>35.24</var>office elected at-large, voters must be instructed to vote for up to the number of vacancies <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.25"></a><var>35.25</var>to be filled.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.63.0"></a><a id="pl.35.26"></a><var>35.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 63. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 205A.07, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.35.27"></a><var>35.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Notice to auditor.</b> At least 67 74 days before every school district election <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.28"></a><var>35.28</var>held in conjunction with a regularly scheduled primary for federal, state, county, city, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.29"></a><var>35.29</var>school board office or a special primary for federal office, at least 74 days before every <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.30"></a><var>35.30</var>school district election held in conjunction with a regularly scheduled general election for <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.31"></a><var>35.31</var>federal, state, county, city, or school board office or a special election for federal office, <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.32"></a><var>35.32</var>and at least 53 days before any other school district election, the school district clerk shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.33"></a><var>35.33</var>provide a written notice to the county auditor of each county in which the school district is <br />
         		<a id="pl.35.34"></a><var>35.34</var>located. The notice must include the date of the election, the offices to be voted on at the <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.1"></a><var>36.1</var>election, and the title and language for each ballot question to be voted on at the election. <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.2"></a><var>36.2</var>For the purposes of meeting the timelines of this section, in a bond election, a notice, <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.3"></a><var>36.3</var>including a proposed question, may be provided to the county auditor before receipt of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.4"></a><var>36.4</var>review and comment from the commissioner of education and before actual initiation of <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.5"></a><var>36.5</var>the election. At least 67 74 days before every school district election held in conjunction <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.6"></a><var>36.6</var>with a regularly scheduled primary for federal, state, county, city, or school board office or <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.7"></a><var>36.7</var>a special primary for federal office, at least 74 days before an election held in conjunction <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.8"></a><var>36.8</var>with a regularly scheduled general election for federal, state, county, city, or school board <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.9"></a><var>36.9</var>office or a special election for federal office, and at least 46 days before any other election, <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.10"></a><var>36.10</var>the school district clerk must provide written notice to the county auditor of any special <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.11"></a><var>36.11</var>election canceled under section 
         <statute_ref>205A.05, subdivision 3</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.64.0"></a><a id="pl.36.12"></a><var>36.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 64. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 205A.07, subdivision 3a, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.13"></a><var>36.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3a. <b>Notice to commissioner of education.</b> At least 67 74 days before every <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.14"></a><var>36.14</var>school district election held in conjunction with a regularly scheduled primary for federal, <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.15"></a><var>36.15</var>state, county, city, or school board office or a special primary for federal office, at least 74 <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.16"></a><var>36.16</var>days before every school district election held in conjunction with a regularly scheduled <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.17"></a><var>36.17</var>general election for federal, state, county, city, or school board office or a special election <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.18"></a><var>36.18</var>for federal office, and at least 49 days before any other school district election, under <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.19"></a><var>36.19</var>section 
         <statute_ref>123B.62</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>123B.63</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>126C.17</statute_ref>, 
         <statute_ref>126C.69</statute_ref>, or 
         <statute_ref>475.58</statute_ref>, the school district clerk shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.20"></a><var>36.20</var>provide a written notice to the commissioner of education. The notice must include the <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.21"></a><var>36.21</var>date of the election and the title and language for each ballot question to be voted on at the <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.22"></a><var>36.22</var>election. At least 67 74 days before every school district election held in conjunction with <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.23"></a><var>36.23</var>a regularly scheduled primary for federal, state, county, city, or school board office or a <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.24"></a><var>36.24</var>special primary for federal office, at least 74 days before every school district election <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.25"></a><var>36.25</var>held in conjunction with a regularly scheduled general election for federal, state, county, <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.26"></a><var>36.26</var>city, or school board office or a special election for federal office, and at least 46 days <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.27"></a><var>36.27</var>before any other school district election, the school district clerk must provide a written <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.28"></a><var>36.28</var>notice to the commissioner of education of any special election canceled under section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.36.29"></a><var>36.29</var>205A.05, subdivision 3
         </statute_ref>. The certified vote totals for each ballot question shall be provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.30"></a><var>36.30</var>in a written notice to the commissioner in a timely manner.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.65.0"></a><a id="pl.36.31"></a><var>36.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 65. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 205A.07, subdivision 3b, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.36.32"></a><var>36.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3b. <b>Notice to secretary of state.</b> At least 67 74  days before every school <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.33"></a><var>36.33</var>district election held in conjunction with a regularly scheduled primary for federal, state, <br />
         		<a id="pl.36.34"></a><var>36.34</var>county, city, or school board office or a special primary for federal office, at least 74 <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.1"></a><var>37.1</var>days before every school district election held in conjunction with a regularly scheduled <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.2"></a><var>37.2</var>general election for federal, state, county, city, or school board office or a special election <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.3"></a><var>37.3</var>for federal office, and at least 46 days before any other school district election for which <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.4"></a><var>37.4</var>a notice is provided to the county auditor under subdivision 3, the county auditor shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.5"></a><var>37.5</var>provide a notice of the election to the secretary of state, in a manner and including <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.6"></a><var>37.6</var>information prescribed by the secretary of state.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.66.0"></a><a id="pl.37.7"></a><var>37.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 66. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 205A.08, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.8"></a><var>37.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Buff</b><b> </b><b>General election </b><b>ballot.</b> The names of all candidates for offices <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.9"></a><var>37.9</var>and all ballot questions to be voted on at a school district general election must be placed <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.10"></a><var>37.10</var>on a single ballot printed on buff paper and known as the "buff ballot.".<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.67.0"></a><a id="pl.37.11"></a><var>37.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 67. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 206.57, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.12"></a><var>37.12</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.13"></a><var>37.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Ballot boxes.</b> Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 8230.4355, ballot <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.14"></a><var>37.14</var>boxes used with precinct count voting systems are not required to contain two separate <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.15"></a><var>37.15</var>compartments to receive ballots.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.16"></a><var>37.16</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.68.0"></a><a id="pl.37.17"></a><var>37.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 68. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 206.61, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.18"></a><var>37.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Order of candidates.</b> On the "State Partisan Primary Ballot" prepared for <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.19"></a><var>37.19</var>primary elections, and on the white state general election ballot prepared for the general <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.20"></a><var>37.20</var>election, the order of the names of nominees or names of candidates for election shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.21"></a><var>37.21</var>the same as required for paper ballots. More than one column or row may be used for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.22"></a><var>37.22</var>same office or party. Electronic ballot display and audio ballot readers must conform to <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.23"></a><var>37.23</var>the candidate order on the optical scan ballot used in the precinct.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.69.0"></a><a id="pl.37.24"></a><var>37.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 69. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 206.89, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.25"></a><var>37.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Selection for review; notice. </b> At the canvass of the state primary, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.26"></a><var>37.26</var>county canvassing board in each county must set the date, time, and place for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.27"></a><var>37.27</var>postelection review of the state general election to be held under this section. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.28"></a><var>37.28</var>postelection review must not begin before the 11th day after the state general election and <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.29"></a><var>37.29</var>must be complete no later than the 18th day after the state general election.<br />
         		<a id="pl.37.30"></a><var>37.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;At the canvass of the state general election, the county canvassing boards must select <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.31"></a><var>37.31</var>the precincts to be reviewed by lot. Ballots counted centrally by a ballot board shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.37.32"></a><var>37.32</var>considered one precinct eligible to be selected for purposes of this subdivision. The ballots <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.1"></a><var>38.1</var>to be reviewed for a precinct include both the ballots counted at the polling place for that <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.2"></a><var>38.2</var>precinct and the absentee ballots counted centrally by a ballot board for that precinct. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.3"></a><var>38.3</var>county canvassing board of a county with fewer than 50,000 registered voters must conduct <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.4"></a><var>38.4</var>a postelection review of a total of at least two precincts. The county canvassing board of a <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.5"></a><var>38.5</var>county with between 50,000 and 100,000 registered voters must conduct a review of a total <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.6"></a><var>38.6</var>of at least three precincts. The county canvassing board of a county with over 100,000 <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.7"></a><var>38.7</var>registered voters must conduct a review of a total of at least four precincts, or three percent <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.8"></a><var>38.8</var>of the total number of precincts in the county, whichever is greater. At least one precinct <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.9"></a><var>38.9</var>selected in each county must have had more than 150 votes cast at the general election.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.10"></a><var>38.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The county auditor must notify the secretary of state of the precincts that have been <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.11"></a><var>38.11</var>chosen for review and the time and place the postelection review for that county will be <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.12"></a><var>38.12</var>conducted, as soon as the decisions are made. If the selection of precincts has not resulted <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.13"></a><var>38.13</var>in the selection of at least four precincts in each congressional district, the secretary of state <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.14"></a><var>38.14</var>may require counties to select by lot additional precincts to meet the congressional district <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.15"></a><var>38.15</var>requirement. The secretary of state must post this information on the office Web site.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.70.0"></a><a id="pl.38.16"></a><var>38.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 70. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 206.89, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.17"></a><var>38.17</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.18"></a><var>38.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2a. <b>Exception.</b> No review is required under this section if the election for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.19"></a><var>38.19</var>office will be subject to a recount as provided in section 204C.35, subdivision 1.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.71.0"></a><a id="pl.38.20"></a><var>38.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 71. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 206.90, subdivision 6, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.21"></a><var>38.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Ballots.</b> In precincts using optical scan voting systems, a single ballot card <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.22"></a><var>38.22</var>on which all ballot information is included must be printed in black ink on white colored <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.23"></a><var>38.23</var>material except that marks not to be read by the automatic tabulating equipment may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.24"></a><var>38.24</var>printed in another color ink. In state elections, a single ballot title must be used, as provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.25"></a><var>38.25</var>in sections 204D.08, subdivision 6, and 204D.11, subdivision 1. In odd-numbered years <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.26"></a><var>38.26</var>when both municipal and school district offices or questions appear on the ballot, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.27"></a><var>38.27</var>single ballot title "City (or Town) and School District Ballot" must be used.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.28"></a><var>38.28</var>On the front of the ballot must be printed the words "Official Ballot" and the date of <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.29"></a><var>38.29</var>the election and lines for the initials of at least two election judges.<br />
         		<a id="pl.38.30"></a><var>38.30</var>When optical scan ballots are used, the offices to be elected must appear in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.31"></a><var>38.31</var>following order: federal offices; state legislative offices; constitutional offices; proposed <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.32"></a><var>38.32</var>constitutional amendments; county offices and questions; municipal offices and questions; <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.33"></a><var>38.33</var>school district offices and questions; special district offices and questions; and judicial <br />
         		<a id="pl.38.34"></a><var>38.34</var>offices.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.1"></a><var>39.1</var>On optical scan ballots, the names of candidates and the words "yes" and "no" for <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.2"></a><var>39.2</var>ballot questions must be printed as close to their corresponding vote targets as possible.<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.3"></a><var>39.3</var>The line on an optical scan ballot for write-in votes must contain the words "write-in, <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.4"></a><var>39.4</var>if any."<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.5"></a><var>39.5</var>If a primary ballot contains both a partisan ballot and a nonpartisan ballot, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.6"></a><var>39.6</var>instructions to voters must include a statement that reads substantially as follows: "THIS <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.7"></a><var>39.7</var>BALLOT CARD CONTAINS A PARTISAN BALLOT AND A NONPARTISAN <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.8"></a><var>39.8</var>BALLOT. ON THE PARTISAN BALLOT YOU ARE PERMITTED TO VOTE FOR <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.9"></a><var>39.9</var>CANDIDATES OF ONE POLITICAL PARTY ONLY." If a primary ballot contains <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.10"></a><var>39.10</var>political party columns on both sides of the ballot, the instructions to voters must include a <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.11"></a><var>39.11</var>statement that reads substantially as follows: "ADDITIONAL POLITICAL PARTIES ARE <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.12"></a><var>39.12</var>PRINTED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THIS BALLOT. VOTE FOR ONE POLITICAL <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.13"></a><var>39.13</var>PARTY ONLY." At the bottom of each political party column on the primary ballot, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.14"></a><var>39.14</var>ballot must contain a statement that reads substantially as follows: "CONTINUE VOTING <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.15"></a><var>39.15</var>ON THE NONPARTISAN BALLOT." The instructions in section 
         <statute_ref>204D.08, subdivision 4</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.16"></a><var>39.16</var>do not apply to optical scan partisan primary ballots. Electronic ballot displays and audio <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.17"></a><var>39.17</var>ballot readers must follow the order of offices and questions on the optical scan or paper <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.18"></a><var>39.18</var>ballot used in the same precinct, or the sample ballot posted for that precinct.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.72.0"></a><a id="pl.39.19"></a><var>39.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 72. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 208.04, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.20"></a><var>39.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Form of presidential ballots.</b> When presidential electors and <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.21"></a><var>39.21</var>alternates are to be voted for, a vote cast for the party candidates for president and vice <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.22"></a><var>39.22</var>president shall be deemed a vote for that party's electors and alternates as filed with the <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.23"></a><var>39.23</var>secretary of state. The secretary of state shall certify the names of all duly nominated <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.24"></a><var>39.24</var>presidential and vice presidential candidates to the county auditors of the counties of <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.25"></a><var>39.25</var>the state. Each county auditor, subject to the rules of the secretary of state, shall cause <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.26"></a><var>39.26</var>the names of the candidates of each major political party and the candidates nominated <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.27"></a><var>39.27</var>by petition to be printed in capital letters, set in type of the same size and style as for <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.28"></a><var>39.28</var>candidates on the state white general election ballot, before the party designation. To the <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.29"></a><var>39.29</var>left of, and on the same line with the names of the candidates for president and vice <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.30"></a><var>39.30</var>president, near the margin, shall be placed a square or box, in which the voters may <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.31"></a><var>39.31</var>indicate their choice by marking an "X."<br />
         		<a id="pl.39.32"></a><var>39.32</var>The form for the presidential ballot and the relative position of the several candidates <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.33"></a><var>39.33</var>shall be determined by the rules applicable to other state officers. The state ballot, with <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.34"></a><var>39.34</var>the required heading, shall be printed on the same piece of paper and shall be below the <br />
         		<a id="pl.39.35"></a><var>39.35</var>presidential ballot with a blank space between one inch in width.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.73.0"></a><a id="pl.40.1"></a><var>40.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 73. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 208.04, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.2"></a><var>40.2</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Applicable rules.</b> The rules for preparation, state contribution to the cost <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.3"></a><var>40.3</var>of printing, and delivery of presidential ballots are the same as the rules for white state <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.4"></a><var>40.4</var>general election ballots under section 
         <statute_ref>204D.11, subdivision 1</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.74.0"></a><a id="pl.40.5"></a><var>40.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 74. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 211B.045, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.6"></a><var>40.6</var><b>211B.045 NONCOMMERCIAL SIGNS EXEMPTION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.40.7"></a><var>40.7</var>In any municipality, whether or not the municipality has an ordinance that regulates <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.8"></a><var>40.8</var>the size or number of noncommercial signs, All noncommercial signs of any size may be <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.9"></a><var>40.9</var>posted in any number from beginning 46 days before the state primary in a state general <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.10"></a><var>40.10</var>election year until ten days following the state general election. Municipal ordinances <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.11"></a><var>40.11</var>may regulate the size and number of noncommercial signs at other times.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.75.0"></a><a id="pl.40.12"></a><var>40.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 75. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 211B.37, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.13"></a><var>40.13</var><b>211B.37 COSTS ASSESSED.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.40.14"></a><var>40.14</var>Except as otherwise provided in section 
         <statute_ref>211B.36, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, the chief <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.15"></a><var>40.15</var>administrative law judge shall assess the cost of considering complaints filed under <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.16"></a><var>40.16</var>section 
         <statute_ref>211B.32</statute_ref> as provided in this section. Costs of complaints relating to a statewide <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.17"></a><var>40.17</var>ballot question or an election for a statewide or legislative office must be assessed against <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.18"></a><var>40.18</var>the appropriation from the general fund to the general account of the state elections <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.19"></a><var>40.19</var>campaign fund in section 
         <statute_ref>10A.31, subdivision 4</statute_ref>. Costs of complaints relating to any <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.20"></a><var>40.20</var>other ballot question or elective office must be assessed against the county or counties in <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.21"></a><var>40.21</var>which the election is held. Where the election is held in more than one county, the chief <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.22"></a><var>40.22</var>administrative law judge shall apportion the assessment among the counties in proportion <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.23"></a><var>40.23</var>to their respective populations within the election district to which the complaint relates <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.24"></a><var>40.24</var>according to the most recent decennial federal census paid from appropriations to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.25"></a><var>40.25</var>office for this purpose.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.76.0"></a><a id="pl.40.26"></a><var>40.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 76. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 340A.416, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.40.27"></a><var>40.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Ballot question.</b> The form of the question of the referendum under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.28"></a><var>40.28</var>section must be on a separate ballot and must allow the voters to vote either "for license" <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.29"></a><var>40.29</var>or "against license." either "Shall the city issue ... intoxicating liquor licenses?" or  "Shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.40.30"></a><var>40.30</var>the city discontinue issuing intoxicating liquor licenses?".<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.77.0"></a><a id="pl.40.31"></a><var>40.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 77. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 340A.416, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.1"></a><var>41.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Effect of election results.</b> If a majority of persons voting on the <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.2"></a><var>41.2</var>referendum question vote "against license," to discontinue issuing licenses, the city may <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.3"></a><var>41.3</var>not issue intoxicating liquor licenses until the results of the referendum have been reversed <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.4"></a><var>41.4</var>at a subsequent election where the question has been submitted as provided in this section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.78.0"></a><a id="pl.41.5"></a><var>41.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 78. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 340A.602, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.6"></a><var>41.6</var><b>340A.602 CONTINUATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.41.7"></a><var>41.7</var>In any city in which the report of the operations of a municipal liquor store has <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.8"></a><var>41.8</var>shown a net loss prior to interfund transfer in any two of three consecutive years, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.9"></a><var>41.9</var>city council shall, not more than 45 days prior to the end of the fiscal year following <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.10"></a><var>41.10</var>the three-year period, hold a public hearing on the question of whether the city shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.11"></a><var>41.11</var>continue to operate a municipal liquor store. Two weeks' notice, written in clear and easily <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.12"></a><var>41.12</var>understandable language, of the hearing must be printed in the city's official newspaper. <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.13"></a><var>41.13</var>Following the hearing the city council may on its own motion or shall upon petition of five <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.14"></a><var>41.14</var>percent or more of the registered voters of the city, submit to the voters at a general or <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.15"></a><var>41.15</var>special municipal election the question of whether the city shall continue or discontinue <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.16"></a><var>41.16</var>municipal liquor store operations by a date which the city council shall designate. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.17"></a><var>41.17</var>date designated by the city council must not be more than 30 months following the date <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.18"></a><var>41.18</var>of the election. The form of the question shall be: "Shall the city of (name) discontinue <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.19"></a><var>41.19</var>operating the municipal liquor store on (Month xx, 2xxx)?".<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.79.0"></a><a id="pl.41.20"></a><var>41.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 79. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 375.20, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.41.21"></a><var>41.21</var><b>375.20 BALLOT QUESTIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.41.22"></a><var>41.22</var>If the county board may do an act, incur a debt, appropriate money for a purpose, <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.23"></a><var>41.23</var>or exercise any other power or authority, only if authorized by a vote of the people, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.24"></a><var>41.24</var>question may be submitted at a special or general election, by a resolution specifying the <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.25"></a><var>41.25</var>matter or question to be voted upon. If the question is to authorize the appropriation of <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.26"></a><var>41.26</var>money, creation of a debt, or levy of a tax, it shall state the amount. Notice of the election <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.27"></a><var>41.27</var>shall be given as in the case of special elections. If the question submitted is adopted, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.28"></a><var>41.28</var>board shall pass an appropriate resolution to carry it into effect. In the election the form <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.29"></a><var>41.29</var>of the ballot shall be: "In favor of Shall (here state the substance of the resolution to be <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.30"></a><var>41.30</var>submitted)?, Yes ...... No......," with a square opposite each of the words "yes" and "no," in <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.31"></a><var>41.31</var>one of which the voter shall mark an "X" to indicate a choice. The county board may call <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.32"></a><var>41.32</var>a special county election upon a question to be held within 60 74 days after a resolution to <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.33"></a><var>41.33</var>that effect is adopted by the county board. Upon the adoption of the resolution the county <br />
         		<a id="pl.41.34"></a><var>41.34</var>auditor shall post and publish notices of the election, as required by section 
         <statute_ref>204D.22</statute_ref>, <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.1"></a><var>42.1</var>subdivisions 2 and 3. The election shall be conducted and the returns canvassed in the <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.2"></a><var>42.2</var>manner prescribed by sections 
         <statute_ref>204D.20</statute_ref> to 
         <statute_ref>204D.27</statute_ref>, so far as practicable.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.80.0"></a><a id="pl.42.3"></a><var>42.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 80. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 447.32, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.4"></a><var>42.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Elections.</b> Except as provided in this chapter, the Minnesota Election Law <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.5"></a><var>42.5</var>applies to hospital district elections, as far as practicable. Regular elections must be held <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.6"></a><var>42.6</var>in each hospital district at the same time, in the same election precincts, and at the same <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.7"></a><var>42.7</var>polling places as general elections of state and county officers. It may establish the whole <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.8"></a><var>42.8</var>district as a single election precinct or establish two or more different election precincts and <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.9"></a><var>42.9</var>polling places for the elections. If there is more than one precinct, the boundaries of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.10"></a><var>42.10</var>election precincts and the locations of the polling places must be defined in the notice of <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.11"></a><var>42.11</var>election, either in full or by reference to a description or map on file in the office of the clerk.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.12"></a><var>42.12</var>Special elections may be called by the hospital board to vote on any matter required <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.13"></a><var>42.13</var>by law to be submitted to the voters. A special election may not be conducted either <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.14"></a><var>42.14</var>during the 30 56 days before and the 30 days after the state or the 56 days after a regularly <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.15"></a><var>42.15</var>scheduled primary or state general election, or during the 20 days before and the 20 days <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.16"></a><var>42.16</var>after the regularly scheduled election of any municipality conducted wholly or partially <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.17"></a><var>42.17</var>within the hospital district. Special elections must be held within the election precinct or <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.18"></a><var>42.18</var>precincts and at the polling place or places designated by the board. In the case of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.19"></a><var>42.19</var>first election of officers of a new district, precincts and polling places must be set by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.20"></a><var>42.20</var>governing body of the most populous city or town included in the district.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.21"></a><var>42.21</var>Advisory ballots may be submitted by the hospital board on any question it wishes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.22"></a><var>42.22</var>concerning the affairs of the district, but only at a regular election or at a special election <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.23"></a><var>42.23</var>required for another purpose.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.81.0"></a><a id="pl.42.24"></a><var>42.24</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 81. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 447.32, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.25"></a><var>42.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Election notices.</b> At least two weeks before the first day to file affidavits <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.26"></a><var>42.26</var>of candidacy, the clerk of the district shall publish a notice stating the first and last day <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.27"></a><var>42.27</var>on which affidavits of candidacy may be filed, the places for filing the affidavits and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.28"></a><var>42.28</var>closing time of the last day for filing. The clerk shall post a similar notice in at least one <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.29"></a><var>42.29</var>conspicuous place in each city and town in the district at least ten days before the first <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.30"></a><var>42.30</var>day to file affidavits of candidacy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.42.31"></a><var>42.31</var>At least 53 74 days prior to every hospital district election, the hospital district clerk <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.32"></a><var>42.32</var>shall provide a written notice to the county auditor of each county in which the hospital <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.33"></a><var>42.33</var>district is located. The notice must include the date of the election, the offices to be voted <br />
         		<a id="pl.42.34"></a><var>42.34</var>on at the election, and the title and language for each ballot question to be voted on at the <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.1"></a><var>43.1</var>election. At least 46 days before a hospital district election for which a notice is provided <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.2"></a><var>43.2</var>to the county auditor under this subdivision, The county auditor shall immediately provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.3"></a><var>43.3</var>a notice to the secretary of state in a manner and including information prescribed by <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.4"></a><var>43.4</var>the secretary of state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.5"></a><var>43.5</var>The notice of each election must be posted in at least one public and conspicuous <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.6"></a><var>43.6</var>place within each city and town included in the district at least ten days two weeks before <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.7"></a><var>43.7</var>the election. It must be published in the official newspaper of the district or, if a paper has <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.8"></a><var>43.8</var>not been designated, in a legal newspaper having general circulation within the district, at <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.9"></a><var>43.9</var>least two weeks before the election. Failure to give notice does not invalidate the election <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.10"></a><var>43.10</var>of an officer of the district. A voter may contest a hospital district election in accordance <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.11"></a><var>43.11</var>with chapter 209. Chapter 209 applies to hospital district elections.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.82.0"></a><a id="pl.43.12"></a><var>43.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 82. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 447.32, subdivision 4, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.13"></a><var>43.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Candidates; ballots; certifying election.</b> A person who wants to be a <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.14"></a><var>43.14</var>candidate for the hospital board shall file an affidavit of candidacy for the election either as <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.15"></a><var>43.15</var>member at large or as a member representing the city or town where the candidate resides. <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.16"></a><var>43.16</var>The affidavit of candidacy must be filed with the city or town clerk not more than 91 98 days <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.17"></a><var>43.17</var>nor less than 77 84 days before the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.18"></a><var>43.18</var>year in which the general election is held. The city or town clerk must forward the affidavits <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.19"></a><var>43.19</var>of candidacy to the clerk of the hospital district or, for the first election, the clerk of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.20"></a><var>43.20</var>most populous city or town immediately after the last day of the filing period. A candidate <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.21"></a><var>43.21</var>may withdraw from the election by filing an affidavit of withdrawal with the clerk of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.22"></a><var>43.22</var>district no later than 5:00 p.m. two days after the last day to file affidavits of candidacy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.23"></a><var>43.23</var>Voting must be by secret ballot. The clerk shall prepare, at the expense of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.24"></a><var>43.24</var>district, necessary ballots for the election of officers. Ballots must be printed on tan paper <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.25"></a><var>43.25</var>and prepared as provided in the rules of the secretary of state. The ballots must be marked <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.26"></a><var>43.26</var>and initialed by at least two judges as official ballots and used exclusively at the election. <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.27"></a><var>43.27</var>Any proposition to be voted on may be printed on the ballot provided for the election <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.28"></a><var>43.28</var>of officers. The hospital board may also authorize the use of voting systems subject to <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.29"></a><var>43.29</var>chapter 206. Enough election judges may be appointed to receive the votes at each <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.30"></a><var>43.30</var>polling place. The election judges shall act as clerks of election, count the ballots cast, <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.31"></a><var>43.31</var>and submit them to the board for canvass.<br />
         		<a id="pl.43.32"></a><var>43.32</var>After canvassing the election, the board shall issue a certificate of election to the <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.33"></a><var>43.33</var>candidate who received the largest number of votes cast for each office. The clerk shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.34"></a><var>43.34</var>deliver the certificate to the person entitled to it in person or by certified mail. Each person <br />
         		<a id="pl.43.35"></a><var>43.35</var>certified shall file an acceptance and oath of office in writing with the clerk within 30 <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.1"></a><var>44.1</var>days after the date of delivery or mailing of the certificate. The board may fill any office <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.2"></a><var>44.2</var>as provided in subdivision 1 if the person elected fails to qualify within 30 days, but <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.3"></a><var>44.3</var>qualification is effective if made before the board acts to fill the vacancy.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.83.0"></a><a id="pl.44.4"></a><var>44.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 83. Laws 1963, chapter 276, section 2, subdivision 2, as amended by Laws 1992, <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.5"></a><var>44.5</var>chapter 534, section 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.6"></a><var>44.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. One third of the members of the first hospital board shall be appointed for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.7"></a><var>44.7</var>term to expire one year from December 31 next following such appointment, one third <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.8"></a><var>44.8</var>for a term to expire two years from such date, and one third for a term to expire three <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.9"></a><var>44.9</var>years from such date. Successors to the original board members shall each be elected for <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.10"></a><var>44.10</var>terms of three years, and all members shall hold office until their successors are elected <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.11"></a><var>44.11</var>and qualify. Terms of all members shall expire on December 31. In case of a vacancy <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.12"></a><var>44.12</var>on the hospital board, whether due to death, removal from the district, inability to serve, <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.13"></a><var>44.13</var>resignation, or other cause the majority of the remaining members of the hospital board, <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.14"></a><var>44.14</var>at its next regular or special meeting, shall make an appointment to fill such vacancy for <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.15"></a><var>44.15</var>the then unexpired term. The election of successors to the original board members shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.16"></a><var>44.16</var>be elected by popular vote of the qualified voters in the hospital district. Hospital board <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.17"></a><var>44.17</var>elections shall be conducted as provided in Minnesota Statutes, section 447.32. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.18"></a><var>44.18</var>hospital board shall, by resolution, adopt a plan for the orderly transition to the new <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.19"></a><var>44.19</var>election schedule. The resolution must be approved no later than four weeks before the <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.20"></a><var>44.20</var>first day to file affidavits of candidacy for the general election. The terms of hospital board <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.21"></a><var>44.21</var>members may be lengthened or shortened by one year as a part of the transition process.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.84.0"></a><a id="pl.44.22"></a><var>44.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 84. <b>APPROPRIATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.44.23"></a><var>44.23</var>$60,000 is appropriated from the general fund in fiscal year 2014 to the secretary of <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.24"></a><var>44.24</var>state to develop functionality within the statewide voter registration system to facilitate <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.25"></a><var>44.25</var>the processing and tracking of mail ballots.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.2.85.0"></a><a id="pl.44.26"></a><var>44.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 85. <b>REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.44.27"></a><var>44.27</var>(a) Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 204B.22, subdivision 2; 204B.42; 204D.11, <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.28"></a><var>44.28</var>subdivisions 2 and 3; 205.17, subdivisions 2 and 4; and 205A.08, subdivision 4, are <br />
         		<a id="pl.44.29"></a><var>44.29</var>repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.44.30"></a><var>44.30</var>(b) Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 2.444; and 2.484, are repealed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.45.1"></a><var>45.1</var><b>ARTICLE 3</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.45.2"></a><var>45.2</var><b>VOTING RIGHTS AND VOTING DATA</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.3.1.0"></a><a id="pl.45.3"></a><var>45.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 13.851, subdivision 10, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.4"></a><var>45.4</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 10. <b>Felony </b><b>sentence</b><b> </b><b>offender </b><b>data; voter registration.</b> The use of felony <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.5"></a><var>45.5</var>sentence offender data made available to the secretary of state is governed by section <br />
         		
         <statute_ref><a id="pl.45.6"></a><var>45.6</var>201.157
         </statute_ref>.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.2.0"></a><a id="pl.45.7"></a><var>45.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 201.157, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.8"></a><var>45.8</var><b>201.157 USE OF DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS DATA.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.45.9"></a><var>45.9</var>As required by the Help America Vote Act of 2002, Public Law 107-252, (a) The <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.10"></a><var>45.10</var>commissioner of corrections shall make electronic data available to the secretary of state <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.11"></a><var>45.11</var>on individuals 18 years of age or older who are currently:<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.12"></a><var>45.12</var>(1) serving felony sentences under the commissioner's jurisdiction; or <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.13"></a><var>45.13</var>(2) on probation for felony offenses that would result in the loss of civil rights, as <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.14"></a><var>45.14</var>indicated by the statewide supervision system established under section 241.065. <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.15"></a><var>45.15</var>The data must include the name, date of birth, last known residential address that is <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.16"></a><var>45.16</var>not a correctional facility, and, if available, corrections' state identification number, and if <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.17"></a><var>45.17</var>available, and the driver's license or state identification card number, and, if an individual <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.18"></a><var>45.18</var>has completed the sentence, the date of discharge.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.19"></a><var>45.19</var>(b) The secretary of state must determine if any data newly indicates that:<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.20"></a><var>45.20</var>(1) an individual with an active voter registration in the statewide voter registration <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.21"></a><var>45.21</var>system is currently serving a felony sentence under the commissioner's jurisdiction or is on <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.22"></a><var>45.22</var>probation for a felony offense that would result in the loss of civil rights and the individual's <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.23"></a><var>45.23</var>voter record does not already have a challenged status due to a felony conviction;<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.24"></a><var>45.24</var>(2) an individual with an active voter registration in the statewide voter registration <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.25"></a><var>45.25</var>system who is currently serving a felony sentence under the commissioner's jurisdiction or <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.26"></a><var>45.26</var>who is on probation for a felony offense that would result in the loss of civil rights appears <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.27"></a><var>45.27</var>to have registered to vote or to have voted during a period when the individual's civil <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.28"></a><var>45.28</var>rights were revoked; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.29"></a><var>45.29</var>(3) an individual with a voter record that has a challenged status due to a felony <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.30"></a><var>45.30</var>conviction who was serving a felony sentence under the commissioner's jurisdiction<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.31"></a><var>45.31</var> or who has been on probation for a felony offense that would result in the loss of civil <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.32"></a><var>45.32</var>rights has been discharged from a sentence.<br />
         		<a id="pl.45.33"></a><var>45.33</var>The secretary of state shall prepare a list of the registrants included under clause (1), <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.34"></a><var>45.34</var>(2), or (3) for each county auditor. For individuals under clause (1), the county auditor <br />
         		<a id="pl.45.35"></a><var>45.35</var>shall challenge the individual's record in the statewide voter registration system. The <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.1"></a><var>46.1</var>county auditor must provide information to the county attorney about individuals under <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.2"></a><var>46.2</var>clause (2) for the county attorney's investigation. For individuals under clause (3), the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.3"></a><var>46.3</var>county auditor must determine if the challenge status should be removed from the voter <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.4"></a><var>46.4</var>record for the individual, and if so, must remove the challenge.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.5"></a><var>46.5</var>The secretary of state must make the required determinations and provide the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.6"></a><var>46.6</var>required lists to the county auditors at least monthly.<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.7"></a><var>46.7</var>For each state general election that occurs prior to the statewide voter registration <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.8"></a><var>46.8</var>system being programmed to generate lists as required by this section, the secretary of <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.9"></a><var>46.9</var>state must make the determination and provide lists to the county auditors between 30 and <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.10"></a><var>46.10</var>60 days before the election and again between six and ten weeks after the election. In the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.11"></a><var>46.11</var>year following that state election, the secretary of state must make this determination and <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.12"></a><var>46.12</var>provide lists to the county auditors again as part of the annual list maintenance.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.3.0"></a><a id="pl.46.13"></a><var>46.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 201.275, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.14"></a><var>46.14</var><b>201.275 INVESTIGATIONS; PROSECUTIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.46.15"></a><var>46.15</var>A county attorney who law enforcement agency that is notified by affidavit of an <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.16"></a><var>46.16</var>alleged violation of this chapter shall promptly investigate. Upon receiving an affidavit <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.17"></a><var>46.17</var>alleging a violation of this chapter, a county attorney shall promptly forward it to a law <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.18"></a><var>46.18</var>enforcement agency with jurisdiction for investigation. If there is probable cause for <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.19"></a><var>46.19</var>instituting a prosecution, the county attorney shall proceed by complaint or present the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.20"></a><var>46.20</var>charge, with whatever evidence has been found, to the grand jury. A county attorney who <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.21"></a><var>46.21</var>refuses or intentionally fails to faithfully perform this or any other duty imposed by this <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.22"></a><var>46.22</var>chapter is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall forfeit office. The county <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.23"></a><var>46.23</var>attorney, under the penalty of forfeiture of office, shall prosecute all violations of this <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.24"></a><var>46.24</var>chapter except violations of this section; if, however, a complainant withdraws an allegation <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.25"></a><var>46.25</var>under this chapter, the county attorney is not required to proceed with the prosecution.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.4.0"></a><a id="pl.46.26"></a><var>46.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 203B.06, subdivision 3, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.46.27"></a><var>46.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Delivery of ballots.</b> (a)  The commissioner of corrections must provide the <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.28"></a><var>46.28</var>secretary of state with a list of the names and mailing addresses of state adult correctional <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.29"></a><var>46.29</var>facilities. An application for an absentee ballot that provides an address included on the list <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.30"></a><var>46.30</var>provided by the commissioner of corrections must not be accepted and an absentee ballot <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.31"></a><var>46.31</var>must not be provided to the applicant. The county auditor or municipal clerk must promptly <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.32"></a><var>46.32</var>transmit a copy of the application to the county attorney. The Department of Corrections <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.33"></a><var>46.33</var>must implement procedures to ensure that absentee ballots issued under chapter 203B are <br />
         		<a id="pl.46.34"></a><var>46.34</var>not received or mailed by offenders incarcerated at state adult correctional facilities.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.1"></a><var>47.1</var>(b) If an application for absentee ballots is accepted at a time when absentee ballots <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.2"></a><var>47.2</var>are not yet available for distribution, the county auditor, or municipal clerk accepting the <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.3"></a><var>47.3</var>application shall file it and as soon as absentee ballots are available for distribution shall <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.4"></a><var>47.4</var>mail them to the address specified in the application. If an application for absentee ballots <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.5"></a><var>47.5</var>is accepted when absentee ballots are available for distribution, the county auditor or <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.6"></a><var>47.6</var>municipal clerk accepting the application shall promptly:<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.7"></a><var>47.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1) mail the ballots to the voter whose signature appears on the application if the <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.8"></a><var>47.8</var>application is submitted by mail and does not request commercial shipping under clause (2);<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.9"></a><var>47.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(2) ship the ballots to the voter using a commercial shipper requested by the voter at <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.10"></a><var>47.10</var>the voter's expense;<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.11"></a><var>47.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(3) deliver the absentee ballots directly to the voter if the application is submitted in <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.12"></a><var>47.12</var>person; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.13"></a><var>47.13</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(4) deliver the absentee ballots in a sealed transmittal envelope to an agent who has <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.14"></a><var>47.14</var>been designated to bring the ballots, as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>203B.11, subdivision 4</statute_ref>, to a <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.15"></a><var>47.15</var>voter who would have difficulty getting to the polls because of incapacitating health <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.16"></a><var>47.16</var>reasons, or who is disabled, or who is a patient in a health care facility, a resident of <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.17"></a><var>47.17</var>a facility providing assisted living services governed by chapter 144G, a participant in <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.18"></a><var>47.18</var>a residential program for adults licensed under section 
         <statute_ref>245A.02, subdivision 14</statute_ref>, or a <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.19"></a><var>47.19</var>resident of a shelter for battered women as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>611A.37, subdivision 4</statute_ref>.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.20"></a><var>47.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(b) (c) If an application does not indicate the election for which absentee ballots are <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.21"></a><var>47.21</var>sought, the county auditor or municipal clerk shall mail or deliver only the ballots for <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.22"></a><var>47.22</var>the next election occurring after receipt of the application. Only one set of ballots may <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.23"></a><var>47.23</var>be mailed, shipped, or delivered to an applicant for any election, except as provided in <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.24"></a><var>47.24</var>section 
         <statute_ref>203B.121, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, or when a replacement ballot has been requested by the <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.25"></a><var>47.25</var>voter for a ballot that has been spoiled or lost in transit.<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.26"></a><var>47.26</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective June 15, 2013.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.5.0"></a><a id="pl.47.27"></a><var>47.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204C.14, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.28"></a><var>47.28</var><b>204C.14 UNLAWFUL VOTING; PENALTY.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.47.29"></a><var>47.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Violations; penalty.</b> No individual shall intentionally:<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.30"></a><var>47.30</var>(a) misrepresent the individual's identity in applying for a ballot, depositing a ballot in <br />
         		<a id="pl.47.31"></a><var>47.31</var>a ballot box or attempting to vote by means of a voting machine or electronic voting system;<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.32"></a><var>47.32</var>(b) vote more than once at the same election;<br />
         		<a id="pl.47.33"></a><var>47.33</var>(c) put a ballot in a ballot box for any illegal purpose;<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.1"></a><var>48.1</var>(d) give more than one ballot of the same kind and color to an election judge to <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.2"></a><var>48.2</var>be placed in a ballot box;<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.3"></a><var>48.3</var>(e) aid, abet, counsel or procure another to go into any precinct for the purpose <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.4"></a><var>48.4</var>of voting in that precinct, knowing that the other individual is not eligible to vote in <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.5"></a><var>48.5</var>that precinct; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.6"></a><var>48.6</var>(f) aid, abet, counsel or procure another to do any act in violation of this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.7"></a><var>48.7</var>A violation of this section is a felony.<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.8"></a><var>48.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Signature on roster as evidence of intent.</b> For purposes of proving a <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.9"></a><var>48.9</var>violation of this section, the signature of an individual on a polling place roster is prima <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.10"></a><var>48.10</var>facie evidence of the intent of the individual to vote at that election.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.6.0"></a><a id="pl.48.11"></a><var>48.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 241.065, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.48.12"></a><var>48.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Establishment.</b> The Department of Corrections shall administer and <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.13"></a><var>48.13</var>maintain a computerized data system for the purpose of assisting criminal justice agencies <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.14"></a><var>48.14</var>in monitoring and enforcing the conditions of conditional release imposed on criminal <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.15"></a><var>48.15</var>offenders by a sentencing court or the commissioner of corrections. The adult data and <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.16"></a><var>48.16</var>juvenile data as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>260B.171</statute_ref> in the statewide supervision system are <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.17"></a><var>48.17</var>private data as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>13.02, subdivision 12</statute_ref>, but are accessible to criminal <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.18"></a><var>48.18</var>justice agencies as defined in section 
         <statute_ref>13.02, subdivision 3a</statute_ref>, to the Minnesota sex offender <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.19"></a><var>48.19</var>program as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>246B.04, subdivision 3</statute_ref>, to public defenders as provided in <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.20"></a><var>48.20</var>section 
         <statute_ref>611.272</statute_ref>, to all trial courts and appellate courts, and to criminal justice agencies in <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.21"></a><var>48.21</var>other states in the conduct of their official duties. Adult data in the statewide supervision <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.22"></a><var>48.22</var>system are accessible to the secretary of state for the purposes described in section 201.157.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.3.7.0"></a><a id="pl.48.23"></a><var>48.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. <b>APPROPRIATION.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.48.24"></a><var>48.24</var>$47,000 is appropriated in fiscal year 2014 and $48,000 is appropriated in fiscal year <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.25"></a><var>48.25</var>2015 to the secretary of state to administer this article. Of these amounts, $48,000 is added <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.26"></a><var>48.26</var>to the base budget of the secretary of state. <br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.48.27"></a><var>48.27</var><b>ARTICLE 4</b><br />
            		
         </div>
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.48.28"></a><var>48.28</var><b>ELECTRONIC ROSTERS</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.4.1.0"></a><a id="pl.48.29"></a><var>48.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. <b>ELECTRONIC ROSTER PILOT PROJECT.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.48.30"></a><var>48.30</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Established.</b> A pilot project is established to explore the use of <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.31"></a><var>48.31</var>electronic rosters in conducting elections. Jurisdictions participating in the project may <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.32"></a><var>48.32</var>use electronic rosters to process election day registration, to verify the registration status <br />
         		<a id="pl.48.33"></a><var>48.33</var>of preregistered voters, or both. The pilot project shall apply to general elections for home <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.1"></a><var>49.1</var>rule charter or statutory cities conducted in participating cities in 2013. The standards for <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.2"></a><var>49.2</var>conducting the pilot project are provided in this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.3"></a><var>49.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Participating cities.</b> Precincts located in Dilworth, Minnetonka, <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.4"></a><var>49.4</var>Moorhead, Saint Anthony, and Saint Paul may participate in the project. In participating <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.5"></a><var>49.5</var>cities, the head elections official may designate individual precincts in the jurisdiction to <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.6"></a><var>49.6</var>participate. A city is not required to use electronic rosters in all precincts.<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.7"></a><var>49.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Technology requirements.</b> (a) In participating precincts, an electronic <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.8"></a><var>49.8</var>poll book must:<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.9"></a><var>49.9</var>(1) be able to be loaded with a data file that includes voter registration data in a file <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.10"></a><var>49.10</var>format prescribed by the secretary of state, to the extent feasible;<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.11"></a><var>49.11</var>(2) allow for data to be exported in a file format prescribed by the secretary of state;<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.12"></a><var>49.12</var>(3) allow for data to be entered manually or by scanning a Minnesota driver's license <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.13"></a><var>49.13</var>or identification card to populate a voter registration application that would be printed <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.14"></a><var>49.14</var>and signed and dated by the voter;<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.15"></a><var>49.15</var>(4) provide for a printed voter's signature certificate, containing the voter's name, <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.16"></a><var>49.16</var>address of residence, date of birth, voter identification number, the oath required by <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.17"></a><var>49.17</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 204C.10, and a space for the voter's original signature;<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.18"></a><var>49.18</var>(5) immediately alert the election judge if the electronic poll book indicates that a <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.19"></a><var>49.19</var>voter has already voted, the voter's registration status is challenged, or it appears the <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.20"></a><var>49.20</var>voter resides in a different precinct;<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.21"></a><var>49.21</var>(6) provide immediate instructions on how to resolve a particular type of challenge <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.22"></a><var>49.22</var>when a voter's record is challenged; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.23"></a><var>49.23</var>(7) perform any other functions necessary for the efficient and secure administration <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.24"></a><var>49.24</var>of participating election, as determined by the secretary of state.<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.25"></a><var>49.25</var>(b) In precincts using electronic rosters only for election day registration, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.26"></a><var>49.26</var>technology does not need to comply with paragraph (a), clause (4), (5), or (6).<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.27"></a><var>49.27</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>Minnesota election law; other law.</b> Except as provided in this section, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.28"></a><var>49.28</var>provisions of the Minnesota Election Law apply to this pilot project, so far as practicable. <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.29"></a><var>49.29</var>Voters participating in the safe at home program must be allowed to vote pursuant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.30"></a><var>49.30</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 5B.06. Nothing in this section shall be construed to amend <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.31"></a><var>49.31</var>absentee voting provisions in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 203B.<br />
         		<a id="pl.49.32"></a><var>49.32</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Election records retention.</b> All voter's signature certificates and voter <br />
         		<a id="pl.49.33"></a><var>49.33</var>registration applications printed from an electronic poll book shall be retained pursuant to <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.1"></a><var>50.1</var>Minnesota Statutes, section 204B.40. Data on election day registrants must be uploaded to <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.2"></a><var>50.2</var>the statewide voter registration system for processing by county auditors.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.3"></a><var>50.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Election day.</b> Participating precincts may use electronic rosters for <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.4"></a><var>50.4</var>election day registration, to verify registration status of preregistered voters, or both. In <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.5"></a><var>50.5</var>precincts using electronic rosters to verify registration status of preregistered voters, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.6"></a><var>50.6</var>election judges shall also use a paper roster.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.7"></a><var>50.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Evaluation.</b> The secretary of state must evaluate the pilot project and must <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.8"></a><var>50.8</var>report to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over elections by January 31, 2014, <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.9"></a><var>50.9</var>on the results of the evaluation. The report must include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.10"></a><var>50.10</var>(1) a description of the technology that was used and explanation of how that <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.11"></a><var>50.11</var>technology was selected;<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.12"></a><var>50.12</var>(2) the process used for implementing electronic poll books;<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.13"></a><var>50.13</var>(3) a description of training that was conducted for election judges and other election <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.14"></a><var>50.14</var>officials in precincts that used electronic poll books;<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.15"></a><var>50.15</var>(4) the number of voters who voted in each precinct using electronic poll books;<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.16"></a><var>50.16</var>(5) comments, feedback, or recommendations from election judges and others in a <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.17"></a><var>50.17</var>precinct using electronic poll books;<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.18"></a><var>50.18</var>(6) the costs associated with the use of electronic poll books, broken down by precinct; <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.19"></a><var>50.19</var>(7) comments, feedback, or recommendations from the participating cities and <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.20"></a><var>50.20</var>counties regarding data transfers and other exchanges of information; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.21"></a><var>50.21</var>(8) any other feedback or recommendations the secretary of state believes are <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.22"></a><var>50.22</var>relevant to evaluating the pilot project.<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.23"></a><var>50.23</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b> Expiration.</b> The authorization for this pilot project expires upon <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.24"></a><var>50.24</var>submission of the report as provided in subdivision 7.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.2.0"></a><a id="pl.50.25"></a><var>50.25</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. <b>ELECTRONIC ROSTER TASK FORCE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.50.26"></a><var>50.26</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Membership.</b> (a) The Electronic Roster Task Force consists of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.27"></a><var>50.27</var>following 15 members:<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.28"></a><var>50.28</var>(1) the director of the Department of Public Safety, Division of Vehicle Services, or <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.29"></a><var>50.29</var>designee;<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.30"></a><var>50.30</var>(2) the secretary of state, or designee;<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.31"></a><var>50.31</var>(3) an individual designated by the secretary of state, from the elections division in <br />
         		<a id="pl.50.32"></a><var>50.32</var>the Office of the Secretary of State;<br />
         		<a id="pl.50.33"></a><var>50.33</var>(4) the chief information officer of the state of Minnesota, or designee;<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.1"></a><var>51.1</var>(5) one county auditor appointed by the Minnesota Association of County Officers;<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.2"></a><var>51.2</var>(6) one town election official appointed by the Minnesota Association of Townships;<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.3"></a><var>51.3</var>(7) one city election official appointed by the League of Minnesota Cities;<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.4"></a><var>51.4</var>(8) one school district election official appointed by the Minnesota School Boards <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.5"></a><var>51.5</var>Association;<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.6"></a><var>51.6</var>(9) one representative appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives;<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.7"></a><var>51.7</var>(10) one representative appointed by the minority leader of the house of <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.8"></a><var>51.8</var>representatives;<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.9"></a><var>51.9</var>(11) one senator appointed by the senate Subcommittee on the Committee of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.10"></a><var>51.10</var>Committee on Rules and Administration;<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.11"></a><var>51.11</var>(12) one senator appointed by the senate minority leader;<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.12"></a><var>51.12</var>(13) one person appointed by the governor, familiar with electronic roster technology <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.13"></a><var>51.13</var>but who does not represent a specific vendor of the technology; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.14"></a><var>51.14</var>(14) two election judges appointed by the governor.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.15"></a><var>51.15</var>(b) Any vacancy shall be filled by appointment of the appointing authority for the <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.16"></a><var>51.16</var>vacating member.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.17"></a><var>51.17</var>(c) Members shall be appointed by June 1, 2013.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.18"></a><var>51.18</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Conflict of interest.</b> No member of the task force may have a financial <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.19"></a><var>51.19</var>interest in a manufacturer or distributor of electronic roster technology.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.20"></a><var>51.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 3. <b>Duties.</b>  The task force must research the following issues:<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.21"></a><var>51.21</var>(1) electronic roster technology, including different types of electronic rosters; <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.22"></a><var>51.22</var>(2) the ability to use photographs received from the Department of Vehicle Services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.23"></a><var>51.23</var>(3) the ability to add photographs to the roster on election day;<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.24"></a><var>51.24</var>(4) data security in electronic rosters, the statewide voter registration system, and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.25"></a><var>51.25</var>Department of Vehicle Services;<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.26"></a><var>51.26</var>(5) reliability of Department of Vehicle Services data, including the ability to match <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.27"></a><var>51.27</var>names and photographs without duplication;<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.28"></a><var>51.28</var>(6) ability of precincts across the state to connect an electronic roster to a secure <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.29"></a><var>51.29</var>network to access the statewide voter registration system; and<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.30"></a><var>51.30</var>(7) direct and indirect costs associated with using electronic rosters.<br />
         		<a id="pl.51.31"></a><var>51.31</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 4. <b>First meeting.</b> The secretary of state, or the secretary's designee, must <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.32"></a><var>51.32</var>convene the initial meeting of the task force by July 1, 2013. The members of the task force <br />
         		<a id="pl.51.33"></a><var>51.33</var>must elect a chair and a vice-chair from the members of the task force at the first meeting.<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.1"></a><var>52.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Compensation.</b> Public members of the task force shall be compensated <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.2"></a><var>52.2</var>pursuant to Minnesota Statutes, section 15.059, subdivision 3.<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.3"></a><var>52.3</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Staff.</b> The Legislative Coordinating Commission shall provide staff <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.4"></a><var>52.4</var>support, as needed, to facilitate the task force's work.<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.5"></a><var>52.5</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Report.</b> The task force must submit a report by January 31, 2014, to <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.6"></a><var>52.6</var>the chairs and ranking minority members of the committees in the senate and house of <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.7"></a><var>52.7</var>representatives with primary jurisdiction over elections, summarizing its findings and <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.8"></a><var>52.8</var>listing recommendations on the implementation of electronic rosters statewide. The report <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.9"></a><var>52.9</var>shall include draft legislation to implement the recommendations of the task force. <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.10"></a><var>52.10</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Sunset.</b> The task force shall sunset the day following submission of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.11"></a><var>52.11</var>report under subdivision 7, or January 31, 2014, whichever is earlier.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.3.0"></a><a id="pl.52.12"></a><var>52.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. <b>APPROPRIATIONS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.52.13"></a><var>52.13</var>(a) $67,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the secretary of state in fiscal <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.14"></a><var>52.14</var>year 2014 to implement this article.<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.15"></a><var>52.15</var>(b) $21,000 is appropriated from the general fund to the Legislative Coordinating <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.16"></a><var>52.16</var>Commission in fiscal year 2014 for the purposes of this article.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.4.4.0"></a><a id="pl.52.17"></a><var>52.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. <b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.52.18"></a><var>52.18</var>This article is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.0.0"></a><div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.52.19"></a><var>52.19</var><b>ARTICLE 5</b><br />
            		
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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.52.20"></a><var>52.20</var><b>VACANCIES IN NOMINATION</b><br />
            		
         </div><br />
         		<a id="bill.5.1.0"></a><a id="pl.52.21"></a><var>52.21</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204B.13, subdivision 1, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.22"></a><var>52.22</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Death or withdrawal</b><b> Partisan office</b><b>.</b> (a) A vacancy in nomination <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.23"></a><var>52.23</var>may for a partisan office must be filled in the manner provided by this section. A vacancy <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.24"></a><var>52.24</var>in nomination exists for a partisan office when: (1) a major political party candidate <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.25"></a><var>52.25</var>or nonpartisan candidate who was nominated at a primary dies or files an affidavit of <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.26"></a><var>52.26</var>withdrawal as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>204B.12, subdivision 2a</statute_ref>; or (2) a candidate for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.27"></a><var>52.27</var>nonpartisan office, for which one or two candidates filed, who has been nominated in <br />
         		<a id="pl.52.28"></a><var>52.28</var>accordance with section 204D.03, subdivision 3, or 204D.10, subdivision 1:<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.29"></a><var>52.29</var>(1) dies;<br />
         		<a id="pl.52.30"></a><var>52.30</var>(2) withdraws as provided in section 
         <statute_ref>204B.12, subdivision 1</statute_ref>.; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.1"></a><var>53.1</var>(3) withdraws by filing an affidavit of withdrawal, as provided in paragraph (b), at <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.2"></a><var>53.2</var>least one day prior to the general election with the same official who received the affidavit <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.3"></a><var>53.3</var>of candidacy.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.4"></a><var>53.4</var>(b) An affidavit of withdrawal filed under paragraph (a), clause (3), must state that <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.5"></a><var>53.5</var>the candidate has been diagnosed with a catastrophic illness that will permanently and <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.6"></a><var>53.6</var>continuously incapacitate the candidate and prevent the candidate from performing the <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.7"></a><var>53.7</var>duties of the office sought, if elected. The affidavit must be accompanied by a certificate <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.8"></a><var>53.8</var>verifying the candidate's illness meets the requirements of this paragraph, signed by at <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.9"></a><var>53.9</var>least two licensed physicians. The affidavit and certificate may be filed by the candidate <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.10"></a><var>53.10</var>or the candidate's legal guardian.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.2.0"></a><a id="pl.53.11"></a><var>53.11</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204B.13, subdivision 2, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.12"></a><var>53.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Partisan office; nomination by party</b><b>; special election</b><b>.</b> (a) A vacancy in <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.13"></a><var>53.13</var>nomination for partisan office shall be filled as provided in this subdivision. Except as <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.14"></a><var>53.14</var>provided in subdivision 5, a major political party has the authority to may fill a vacancy <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.15"></a><var>53.15</var>in nomination of that party's candidate as defined in subdivision 1, clause (1) or (3), by <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.16"></a><var>53.16</var>filing a one nomination certificate with the same official who received the affidavits of <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.17"></a><var>53.17</var>candidacy for that office.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.18"></a><var>53.18</var>(b) A major political party may provide in its governing rules a procedure, including <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.19"></a><var>53.19</var>designation of an appropriate committee, to fill vacancies a vacancy in nomination for all <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.20"></a><var>53.20</var>offices elected statewide any federal or state partisan office. The nomination certificate <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.21"></a><var>53.21</var>shall be prepared under the direction of and executed by the chair and secretary of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.22"></a><var>53.22</var>political party and filed within seven days after the vacancy in nomination occurs or <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.23"></a><var>53.23</var>before the 14th day before the general election, whichever is sooner. If the vacancy in <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.24"></a><var>53.24</var>nomination occurs through the candidate's death or catastrophic illness, the nomination <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.25"></a><var>53.25</var>certificate must be filed within seven days after the vacancy in nomination occurs but no <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.26"></a><var>53.26</var>later than four days before the general election the timelines established in this section.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.27"></a><var>53.27</var> When filing the certificate the chair and secretary when filing the certificate shall attach an <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.28"></a><var>53.28</var>affidavit stating that the newly nominated candidate has been selected under the rules of <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.29"></a><var>53.29</var>the party and that the individuals signing the certificate and making the affidavit are the <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.30"></a><var>53.30</var>chair and secretary of the party.<br />
         		<a id="pl.53.31"></a><var>53.31</var>(b) In the case of a vacancy in nomination for partisan office that occurs on or before <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.32"></a><var>53.32</var>the 79th day before the general election, the major political party must file the nomination <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.33"></a><var>53.33</var>certificate no later than 71 days before the general election. The name of the candidate <br />
         		<a id="pl.53.34"></a><var>53.34</var>nominated by the party must appear on the general election ballot.<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.1"></a><var>54.1</var>(c) Except as provided in subdivision 5, in the case of a vacancy in nomination for <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.2"></a><var>54.2</var>a partisan office that occurs after the 79th day before the general election, the general <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.3"></a><var>54.3</var>election ballot shall remain unchanged, but the county and state canvassing boards must <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.4"></a><var>54.4</var>not certify the vote totals for that office from the general election, and the office must be <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.5"></a><var>54.5</var>filled at a special election held in accordance with this section. Except for the vacancy <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.6"></a><var>54.6</var>in nomination, all other candidates whose names appeared on the general election ballot <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.7"></a><var>54.7</var>for the office must appear on the special election ballot for the office. New affidavits of <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.8"></a><var>54.8</var>candidacy or nominating petitions may not be accepted, and there must not be a primary to <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.9"></a><var>54.9</var>fill the vacancy in nomination. The major political party may file a nomination certificate <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.10"></a><var>54.10</var>as provided in paragraph (a), no later than seven days after the general election. On the <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.11"></a><var>54.11</var>date of the general election, the county auditor or municipal clerk shall post a notice in <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.12"></a><var>54.12</var>each precinct affected by a vacancy in nomination under this paragraph, informing voters <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.13"></a><var>54.13</var>of the reason for the vacancy in nomination and the procedures for filling the vacancy in <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.14"></a><var>54.14</var>nomination and conducting a special election as required by this section. The secretary <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.15"></a><var>54.15</var>of state shall prepare and electronically distribute the notice to county auditors in each <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.16"></a><var>54.16</var>county affected by a vacancy in nomination.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.3.0"></a><a id="pl.54.17"></a><var>54.17</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204B.13, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.18"></a><var>54.18</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.19"></a><var>54.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2a. <b>Partisan office; filing period.</b> A vacancy in nomination for a partisan <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.20"></a><var>54.20</var>office due to a withdrawal of a candidate under section 204B.12, subdivision 1, may <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.21"></a><var>54.21</var>be filled in the manner provided in sections 204B.06, 204B.09, and 204B.11, except <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.22"></a><var>54.22</var>that all documents and fees required by those sections must be filed within five days <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.23"></a><var>54.23</var>after the vacancy in nomination occurs. There must be a two-day period for withdrawal <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.24"></a><var>54.24</var>of candidates after the last day for filing.<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.25"></a><var>54.25</var>If there is more than one candidate at the end of the withdrawal period to fill <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.26"></a><var>54.26</var>the vacancy in nomination, the candidates' names must appear on the primary ballot. <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.27"></a><var>54.27</var>Otherwise, the candidate's name must appear on the general election ballot.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.4.0"></a><a id="pl.54.28"></a><var>54.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204B.13, subdivision 5, is amended to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.29"></a><var>54.29</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 5. <b>Candidates for governor and lieutenant governor.</b> (a) If a vacancy in <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.30"></a><var>54.30</var>nomination for a major political party occurs in the race for governor, the political party <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.31"></a><var>54.31</var>must nominate the candidates for both governor and lieutenant governor. If a vacancy <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.32"></a><var>54.32</var>in nomination for a major political party occurs in the race for lieutenant governor,<br />
         		<a id="pl.54.33"></a><var>54.33</var> the candidate for governor determined under this section shall select the candidate for <br />
         		<a id="pl.54.34"></a><var>54.34</var>lieutenant governor. If a vacancy in nomination occurs in the race for lieutenant governor, <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.1"></a><var>55.1</var>due to a vacancy in nomination for governor or due to the withdrawal or death of the <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.2"></a><var>55.2</var>candidate for lieutenant governor, the candidate for governor shall select the candidate for <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.3"></a><var>55.3</var>lieutenant governor as provided in this subdivision.<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.4"></a><var>55.4</var>(b) For a vacancy in nomination for lieutenant governor that occurs on or before the <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.5"></a><var>55.5</var>16th 79th day before the general election, the name of the lieutenant governor candidate <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.6"></a><var>55.6</var>must be submitted by the governor candidate to the filing officer within seven days after <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.7"></a><var>55.7</var>the vacancy occurs, or before the 14th day before the general election, whichever is sooner<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.8"></a><var>55.8</var> no later than 71 days before the general election. If the vacancy in nomination occurs <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.9"></a><var>55.9</var>through the death or catastrophic illness of the candidate for lieutenant governor occurs <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.10"></a><var>55.10</var>after the 79th day before the general election, the candidate for governor shall submit the <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.11"></a><var>55.11</var>name of the new lieutenant governor candidate to the secretary of state within seven days <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.12"></a><var>55.12</var>after the vacancy in nomination occurs but no later than four days before the general <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.13"></a><var>55.13</var>election. If the vacancy in nomination occurs through the death or catastrophic illness <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.14"></a><var>55.14</var>of the candidate for governor, the new candidate for governor shall submit the name of <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.15"></a><var>55.15</var>the lieutenant governor candidate within seven days after the vacancy in nomination for <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.16"></a><var>55.16</var>governor is filled under section 
         <statute_ref>204B.13, subdivision 2</statute_ref>, but no later than four days before <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.17"></a><var>55.17</var>the general election. occurs, but no changes may be made to the general election ballots.<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.18"></a><var>55.18</var>(c) When a vacancy in nomination for lieutenant governor occurs after the 79th day <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.19"></a><var>55.19</var>before the general election, the county auditor or municipal clerk shall post a notice in <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.20"></a><var>55.20</var>each precinct affected by the vacancy in nomination. The secretary of state shall prepare <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.21"></a><var>55.21</var>and electronically distribute the notice to county auditors. The county auditor must ensure <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.22"></a><var>55.22</var>that each precinct in the county receives the notice prior to the opening of the polls on <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.23"></a><var>55.23</var>election day. The notice must include:<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.24"></a><var>55.24</var>(1) a statement that there is a vacancy in nomination for lieutenant governor and the <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.25"></a><var>55.25</var>statutory reason for the vacancy in nomination as provided in subdivision 1, paragraph <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.26"></a><var>55.26</var>(a), clauses (1) and (3);<br />
         		<a id="pl.55.27"></a><var>55.27</var>(2) a statement that the results for the governor and lieutenant governor will be <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.28"></a><var>55.28</var>counted and that no special election will be held for that race; and <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.29"></a><var>55.29</var>(3) a list of all candidates in the governor and lieutenant governor's race, listed in order <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.30"></a><var>55.30</var>of the base rotation. The listing of candidates shall include the name of the candidate to <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.31"></a><var>55.31</var>fill the vacancy in nomination for lieutenant governor. If the name of the candidate has not <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.32"></a><var>55.32</var>yet been named, then the list must include the date by which the candidate will be named.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.5.0"></a><a id="pl.55.33"></a><var>55.33</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204B.13, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.55.34"></a><var>55.34</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.1"></a><var>56.1</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 7. <b>Date of special election.</b> If a special election is required under this section, <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.2"></a><var>56.2</var>the governor shall issue a writ calling for a special election to be conducted on the second <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.3"></a><var>56.3</var>Tuesday in February of the year following the year the vacancy in nomination occurred. <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.4"></a><var>56.4</var>Except where otherwise provided in this section, the writ shall be issued and the special <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.5"></a><var>56.5</var>election conducted according to the requirements of sections 204D.22 to 204D.27.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.6.0"></a><a id="pl.56.6"></a><var>56.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204B.13, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.7"></a><var>56.7</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.8"></a><var>56.8</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 8. <b>Absentee voters.</b> At least 46 days, but no more than 50 days, before a <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.9"></a><var>56.9</var>special election conducted under this section, the county auditor shall transmit an absentee <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.10"></a><var>56.10</var>ballot for the special election to each applicant for an absentee ballot whose application <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.11"></a><var>56.11</var>for an absentee ballot for the preceding general election was recorded under section <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.12"></a><var>56.12</var>203B.04 or 203B.17. New applicants for an absentee ballot may be provided a ballot <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.13"></a><var>56.13</var>in the manner specified in chapter 203B.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.7.0"></a><a id="pl.56.14"></a><var>56.14</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204B.13, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.15"></a><var>56.15</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.16"></a><var>56.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 9. <b>Appropriation.</b> In the case of a statewide special election under this <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.17"></a><var>56.17</var>section, the amount necessary is appropriated to the secretary of state to cover costs <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.18"></a><var>56.18</var>incurred by the state, county, and municipal governments to conduct the special election.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.8.0"></a><a id="pl.56.19"></a><var>56.19</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 8. <b>[204B.131] VACANCY IN NOMINATION; NONPARTISAN OFFICE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.56.20"></a><var>56.20</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subdivision 1. <b>Applicability.</b> A vacancy in nomination for a nonpartisan office <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.21"></a><var>56.21</var>must be filled in the manner provided by this section. A vacancy in nomination for a <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.22"></a><var>56.22</var>nonpartisan office exists when:<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.23"></a><var>56.23</var>(1) a candidate for any nonpartisan office, for which one or two candidates filed, <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.24"></a><var>56.24</var>withdraws as provided in section 204B.12, subdivision 1; or<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.25"></a><var>56.25</var>(2) a candidate for any nonjudicial nonpartisan office, for which only one or two <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.26"></a><var>56.26</var>candidates filed or who was nominated at a primary, dies on or before the 79th day before <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.27"></a><var>56.27</var>the date of the general election.<br />
         		<a id="pl.56.28"></a><var>56.28</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 2. <b>Procedure for filling vacancy.</b> A vacancy in nomination for a nonpartisan <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.29"></a><var>56.29</var>office may be filled by filing an affidavit of candidacy and paying a filing fee, or by filing <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.30"></a><var>56.30</var>an affidavit of candidacy and filing a petition in place of a filing fee, in the manner <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.31"></a><var>56.31</var>provided in sections 204B.06, 204B.09, and 204B.11. All documents and fees required by <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.32"></a><var>56.32</var>this subdivision must be filed within five days after the vacancy in nomination occurs. <br />
         		<a id="pl.56.33"></a><var>56.33</var>There must be a two-day period for withdrawal of candidates after the last day for filing.   <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.1"></a><var>57.1</var>If the vacancy in nomination resulted from a withdrawal during the withdrawal <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.2"></a><var>57.2</var>period held on the 68th to 69th day before the primary, and if, at the end of the withdrawal <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.3"></a><var>57.3</var>period to fill the vacancy in nomination, there are more than two candidates, the <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.4"></a><var>57.4</var>candidates' names must appear on the primary ballot.  In all other cases, the candidates' <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.5"></a><var>57.5</var>names must appear on the general election ballot.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.6"></a><var>57.6</var><b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b>This section is effective the day following final enactment.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.9.0"></a><a id="pl.57.7"></a><var>57.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204D.19, is amended by adding a subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.8"></a><var>57.8</var>to read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.9"></a><var>57.9</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Subd. 6. <b>Writ when vacancy results from vacancy in nomination.</b> If a vacancy in <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.10"></a><var>57.10</var>office is due to a vacancy in nomination under section 204B.13, the governor shall issue a <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.11"></a><var>57.11</var>writ in the manner provided in that section.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.10.0"></a><a id="pl.57.12"></a><var>57.12</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 10. <b>REPEALER.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.57.13"></a><var>57.13</var>(a) Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 204B.12, subdivision 2a; and 204B.13, <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.14"></a><var>57.14</var>subdivision 6, are repealed.<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.15"></a><var>57.15</var>(b) Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 204B.13, subdivision 4, is repealed.<br />
         		<br />
         		<a id="bill.5.11.0"></a><a id="pl.57.16"></a><var>57.16</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 11. <b>EFFECTIVE DATE.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.57.17"></a><var>57.17</var>This article is effective the day following final enactment and applies to vacancies in <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.18"></a><var>57.18</var>nomination occurring on or after that date."<br />
         		<a id="pl.57.19"></a><var>57.19</var>Delete the title and insert:<br />
         		
         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.57.20"></a><var>57.20</var>"A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.57.21"></a><var>57.21</var>relating to elections; making policy, technical, and clarifying changes to <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.22"></a><var>57.22</var>various provisions related to election law, including provisions related to <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.23"></a><var>57.23</var>absentee voting, redistricting, ballots, registration, voting, caucuses, candidates, <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.24"></a><var>57.24</var>recounts, campaigns, voting rights, voting data, vacancies in nomination, <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.25"></a><var>57.25</var>and election administration; providing an electronic roster pilot project and <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.26"></a><var>57.26</var>task force; requiring reports; appropriating money;amending Minnesota <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.27"></a><var>57.27</var>Statutes 2012, sections 5B.06; 13.851, subdivision 10; 103C.225, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.28"></a><var>57.28</var>3; 103C.305, subdivision 3; 103C.311, subdivision 2; 123A.48, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.29"></a><var>57.29</var>14; 201.061, subdivision 3; 201.071, subdivision 2; 201.091, subdivision 8; <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.30"></a><var>57.30</var>201.12, subdivision 3; 201.13, subdivision 1a; 201.14; 201.157; 201.275; <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.31"></a><var>57.31</var>202A.14, subdivision 1; 203B.02, subdivision 1; 203B.04, subdivisions 1, 5; <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.32"></a><var>57.32</var>203B.05, subdivision 1; 203B.06, subdivisions 1, 3; 203B.08, subdivision 3; <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.33"></a><var>57.33</var>203B.081; 203B.121, subdivisions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 203B.227; 203B.28; 204B.04, <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.34"></a><var>57.34</var>by adding a subdivision; 204B.13, subdivisions 1, 2, 5, by adding subdivisions; <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.35"></a><var>57.35</var>204B.18, subdivision 2; 204B.22, subdivision 1; 204B.28, subdivision 1; <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.36"></a><var>57.36</var>204B.32, subdivision 1; 204B.33; 204B.35, subdivision 4; 204B.36, subdivision <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.37"></a><var>57.37</var>1; 204B.45, subdivisions 1, 2; 204B.46; 204C.14; 204C.15, subdivision 1; <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.38"></a><var>57.38</var>204C.19, subdivision 2; 204C.25; 204C.27; 204C.35, subdivision 1, by adding <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.39"></a><var>57.39</var>a subdivision; 204C.36, subdivision 1; 204D.08, subdivision 6; 204D.09, <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.40"></a><var>57.40</var>subdivision 2; 204D.11, subdivisions 1, 4, 5, 6; 204D.13, subdivision 3; <br />
         		<a id="pl.57.41"></a><var>57.41</var>204D.14, subdivisions 1, 3; 204D.15, subdivision 3; 204D.16; 204D.165; <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.1"></a><var>58.1</var>204D.19, subdivision 2, by adding a subdivision; 205.02, subdivision 2; 205.10, <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.2"></a><var>58.2</var>subdivision 3; 205.13, subdivision 1a; 205.16, subdivisions 4, 5; 205.17, <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.3"></a><var>58.3</var>subdivisions 1, 3; 205A.04, by adding a subdivision; 205A.05, subdivisions <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.4"></a><var>58.4</var>1, 2; 205A.07, subdivisions 3, 3a, 3b; 205A.08, subdivision 1; 206.57, by <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.5"></a><var>58.5</var>adding a subdivision; 206.61, subdivision 4; 206.89, subdivision 2, by adding <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.6"></a><var>58.6</var>a subdivision; 206.90, subdivision 6; 208.04, subdivisions 1, 2; 211B.045; <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.7"></a><var>58.7</var>211B.37; 241.065, subdivision 2; 340A.416, subdivisions 2, 3; 340A.602; <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.8"></a><var>58.8</var>375.20; 447.32, subdivisions 2, 3, 4; Laws 1963, chapter 276, section 2, <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.9"></a><var>58.9</var>subdivision 2, as amended; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.10"></a><var>58.10</var>chapters 2; 204B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections 2.444; 2.484; <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.11"></a><var>58.11</var>203B.04, subdivision 6; 204B.12, subdivision 2a; 204B.13, subdivisions 4, <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.12"></a><var>58.12</var>6; 204B.22, subdivision 2; 204B.42; 204D.11, subdivisions 2, 3; 205.17, <br />
         		<a id="pl.58.13"></a><var>58.13</var>subdivisions 2, 4; 205A.08, subdivision 4."<br />
         		
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               <td><a id="pl.59.1"></a><var>59.1</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td colspan="3">We request the adoption of this report and repassage of the bill.<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.59.2"></a><var>59.2</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>House Conferees:<br />
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               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
               <td><a id="pl.59.3"></a><var>59.3</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
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               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td><span>
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               <td><a id="pl.59.4"></a><var>59.4</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Steve Simon<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Laurie Halverson<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
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               <td><a id="pl.59.5"></a><var>59.5</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
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               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
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               <td><a id="pl.59.6"></a><var>59.6</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Tim Sanders<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
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               <td><a id="pl.59.7"></a><var>59.7</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Senate Conferees:<br />
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               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
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               <td><a id="pl.59.8"></a><var>59.8</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
                     						</span><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td><span>
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               <td><a id="pl.59.9"></a><var>59.9</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Katie Sieben<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td>Scott J.  Newman<br />
                  		
               </td>
            </tr>
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               <td><a id="pl.59.10"></a><var>59.10</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td><span>
                     							.....
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               </td>
               <td></td>
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               <td><a id="pl.59.11"></a><var>59.11</var><br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td>Kent Eken<br />
                  		
               </td>
               <td></td>
               <td></td>
            </tr>
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