Minnesota Administrative Rules

8250.0800 NAMES OF CANDIDATES.

The full name of each candidate shall be printed in uppercase letters and at right angles to the length of the white ballot. At least 32 days before a general election, the secretary of state shall certify to each county auditor the nominations that are required by law to be certified by the secretary and that are required by law to appear on the ballot in the county. Below the name of the last candidate for each office shall be placed as many blank lines as there are offices of that kind to be filled, and on the blank lines the voter may write the names of persons not printed on the ballot for whom the voter desires to vote. When no person has filed for an office to be filled, the title and identification of the office shall be printed on the ballot with as many blank lines below as there are offices to be filled; the voter's choice may be written in the blanks. On the left side of the ballot and on a line with the names of the candidates and the blank lines, there shall be placed squares, each square to be of the same size, in which the voter may designate the choice by a mark (X). The name of a candidate may not appear on a ballot in any way which gives the candidate an advantage over an opponent except as provided by law.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 204D.11

History:

17 SR 1279

Published Electronically:

October 2, 2007