Minnesota Administrative Rules

8230.4385 TRANSFER CASE PROCEDURES.

Subpart 1.

Content.

The election judges shall place in the transfer case for delivery to the official conducting the election all of the following items:

A.

valid voted ballots;

B.

envelope containing spoiled ballots;

C.

envelope containing ballots for which duplicates were made; and

D.

envelopes with notations concerning any other issued ballots contained which are not to be counted.

Subp. 2.

Second transfer case.

If space in the transfer case is inadequate, then a second ballot box, transfer case, or container of a type approved by the election jurisdiction for storage of ballots must be used and the sealing and security handled in the same manner as the transfer case.

Subp. 3.

Other containers.

The summary statement, incident report, write-in vote tally sheet if write-in votes were counted at the polling place, and any materials not listed in subpart 1 that the official conducting the election has designated for return to the official must be placed in a separate container or containers for delivery.

Subp. 4.

Sealing transfer case.

A transfer case must be sealed with a seal so that it is impossible to open the case or to insert or remove ballots without breaking the seal. Within or attached to the transfer case must be a certificate signed by the judges indicating its contents, the precinct name, and the number of any seals used to seal the case or cases.

Subp. 5.

Delivery of transfer case.

The transfer case containing the required items as identified in this part must be delivered by one or more election judges to the official conducting the election or to the collection point for transportation to the official.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 206.57; 206.81

History:

23 SR 459; 38 SR 1368

Published Electronically:

May 1, 2014