Subdivision 1. Meeting with election officials. At least 12 weeks before each regularly scheduled town general election conducted in March, and at least 18 weeks before all other general elections, each county auditor shall conduct a meeting or otherwise communicate with local election officials to review the procedures for the election. The county auditor may require the head election judges in the county to attend this meeting.
Subd. 2. Election supplies; duties of county auditors and clerks. Except as otherwise provided for absentee ballots in section 204B.35, subdivision 4, the county auditor shall complete the preparation of the election materials for which the auditor is responsible at least four days before every state primary and state general election. At any time after all election materials are available from the county auditor but not later than four days before the election each municipal clerk shall secure from the county auditor:
(a) the forms that are required for the conduct of the election;
(b) any printed voter instruction materials furnished by the secretary of state;
(c) any other instructions for election officers; and
(d) a sufficient quantity of the official ballots, registration files, envelopes for ballot returns, and other supplies and materials required for each precinct in order to comply with the provisions of the Minnesota Election Law. The county auditor may furnish the election supplies to the municipal clerks in the same manner as the supplies are furnished to precincts in unorganized territory pursuant to section 204B.29, subdivision 1.
Subd. 3. Certification of number. The county auditor or municipal clerk must certify the number of ballots being provided to each precinct and provide this number to the election judges for inclusion on the summary statement. The auditor or clerk must not open prepackaged ballots, but must count the ballots, presuming that the total count for each package is correct.
1981 c 29 art 4 s 28; 1981 c 217 s 5; 1984 c 560 s 12; 1986 c 444; 1990 c 585 s 25; 1999 c 250 art 1 s 89; 1Sp2001 c 10 art 18 s 25; 2010 c 201 s 31; 2013 c 131 art 2 s 24
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections
Chapter 204B — Election Administration; General Provisions
Section 204B.01 — Definitions.
Section 204B.02 — Application.
Section 204B.03 — Manner Of Nomination.
Section 204B.04 — Candidacy; Prohibitions.
Section 204B.06 — Filing For Primary; Affidavit Of Candidacy.
Section 204B.07 — Nominating Petitions.
Section 204B.071 — Petitions; Rules Of Secretary Of State.
Section 204B.08 — Signing Petitions.
Section 204B.09 — Time And Place Of Filing Affidavits And Petitions.
Section 204B.10 — Affidavits Of Candidacy; Nominating Petitions; Duties.
Section 204B.11 — Candidates; Filing Fees; Petition In Place Of Filing Fee.
Section 204B.12 — Withdrawal Of Candidates.
Section 204B.13 — Vacancy In Nomination; Partisan Office.
Section 204B.131 — Vacancy In Nomination; Nonpartisan Office.
Section 204B.135 — Redistricting Of Election Districts.
Section 204B.14 — Election Precincts.
Section 204B.145 — Duties Of Secretary Of State; Redistricting.
Section 204B.146 — Duties Of Secretary Of State.
Section 204B.15 — Unorganized Territory; Election Precincts.
Section 204B.16 — Polling Places; Designation.
Section 204B.175 — Change Of Polling Place In An Emergency.
Section 204B.18 — Polling Places; Equipment.
Section 204B.181 — Election Emergency Plans.
Section 204B.19 — Election Judges; Qualifications.
Section 204B.195 — Time Off From Work To Serve As Election Judge.
Section 204B.20 — Election Board; Head Election Judge; Duties.
Section 204B.21 — Appointment Of Election Judges.
Section 204B.22 — Election Judges; Number Required.
Section 204B.23 — Vacancies Among Election Judges.
Section 204B.24 — Election Judges; Oath.
Section 204B.25 — Training For Election Judges.
Section 204B.26 — Election Judges; Violations; Penalties.
Section 204B.27 — Duties Of Secretary Of State.
Section 204B.28 — Clerks; Election Supplies; Duties.
Section 204B.29 — Election Judges; Election Supplies; Duties.
Section 204B.30 — Unofficial Ballots.
Section 204B.31 — Compensation For Election Services.
Section 204B.32 — Election Expenses; Payment.
Section 204B.33 — Notice Of Filing.
Section 204B.34 — Notice Of Election.
Section 204B.35 — Preparation Of Ballots.
Section 204B.36 — Ballots; Form.
Section 204B.37 — Back Of Ballot.
Section 204B.38 — Names On Ballots; Identical Descriptive Words.
Section 204B.39 — Substitute Ballots.
Section 204B.40 — Ballots; Election Records And Other Materials; Disposition; Inspection Of Ballots.
Section 204B.43 — Unlawful Printing Or Distribution Of Ballots; Penalty.
Section 204B.44 — Errors And Omissions; Remedy.
Section 204B.45 — Mail Balloting.
Section 204B.46 — Mail Elections; Questions.
Section 204B.47 — Alternative Election Procedures; Duties Of Secretary Of State.