Subdivision 1. State primary. The state primary shall be held on the second Tuesday in August in each even-numbered year to select the nominees of the major political parties for partisan offices and the nominees for nonpartisan offices to be filled at the state general election, other than presidential electors.
Subd. 2. State general election. The state general election shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in each even-numbered year.
Subd. 3. Exception; certain partisan candidates. (a) If no more than one candidate files for nomination by a major political party for a partisan office, the candidate who filed must be declared the nominee upon the close of filing. If every candidate for a partisan office has been declared the nominee upon the close of filing, the office must be omitted from the state primary ballot. If all offices, both partisan and nonpartisan, have been omitted from the state primary ballot in a municipality or county, the governing body of the municipality or county may decide that the state primary will not be conducted in that municipality or county.
(b) Within 15 days after the close of filing, each municipal clerk or county auditor whose governing body has decided not to conduct the state primary shall post notice that the offices have been so omitted and the state primary canceled and shall send a copy of the notice to the secretary of state.
1981 c 29 art 6 s 3; 2005 c 156 art 6 s 51; 2010 c 184 s 20
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 200 - 212 — Elections
Chapter 204D — Particular Elections
Section 204D.01 — Definitions.
Section 204D.02 — Officers Chosen At State General Election; Terms Of Office.
Section 204D.03 — Time Of State Elections.
Section 204D.04 — Ballot Preparation.
Section 204D.05 — State Primary Ballots; Partisan And Nonpartisan; Official In Charge.
Section 204D.06 — Certification Of Names By Secretary Of State.
Section 204D.07 — Placing Names On Ballots.
Section 204D.08 — State Primary Ballots.
Section 204D.09 — Example Ballots; Sample Primary Ballots.
Section 204D.10 — Primary Results; Nominees.
Section 204D.11 — State General Election Ballots; Candidates; Official In Charge; Rules.
Section 204D.12 — Names Placed On General Election Ballots.
Section 204D.13 — Ballot; Partisan Offices.
Section 204D.14 — Ballots; Nonpartisan Offices.
Section 204D.15 — Ballot; Constitutional Amendment Sample.
Section 204D.16 — Sample General Election Ballots; Posting; Publication.
Section 204D.165 — Sample Ballots To Schools.
Section 204D.17 — State Senator; State Representative; Vacancy In Office; Special Election.
Section 204D.18 — General Election Laws; Application.
Section 204D.19 — Special Elections; When Held.
Section 204D.195 — Date Of Special Election; Certain Times Prohibited.
Section 204D.20 — Nominations; Vacancy.
Section 204D.21 — Time Of Special Primary.
Section 204D.22 — Writ Of Election.
Section 204D.23 — Affidavits Of Candidacy; Nominating Petitions.
Section 204D.24 — Special Elections; Precincts; Election Judges; Voters.
Section 204D.25 — Special Election Ballots.
Section 204D.26 — Congressional Or Legislative Districts; Change In Boundaries.
Section 204D.27 — Special Election Returns.
Section 204D.28 — United States Senate Vacancy; Manner Of Filling.