1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to elections; right to be absent from work to vote; expanding eligible 
1.3 	elections;amending Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 204C.04, subdivision 2.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 204C.04, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 2.Elections covered. For purposes of this section, "election" means a 
1.7 	regularly scheduled ~~state~~ primary or general election~~, an election to fill a vacancy in the~~ 
1.8 	~~office of United States senator or United States representative, or an election to fill a~~ 
1.9 	~~vacancy in the office of state senator or state representative~~ at which the voters of the state 
1.10 	or any of its subdivisions choose public officials by ballot.