203B.04 APPLICATION FOR BALLOTS. Subdivision 1. Application procedures. (a) Except as otherwise allowed by subdivision 2 or by section 203B.11, subdivision 4, an application for absentee ballots for any election may be submitted at any time not less than one day before the day of that election. The county auditor shall prepare absentee ballot application […]
203B.05 DESIGNATION OF MUNICIPAL CLERKS TO ADMINISTER ABSENTEE VOTING LAWS. Subdivision 1. Generally. The full-time clerk of any city or town shall administer the provisions of sections 203B.04 to 203B.15 if: (1) the county auditor of that county has designated the clerk to administer them; or (2) the clerk has given the county auditor of […]
203B.06 APPLICATIONS; FILING WITH COUNTY AUDITOR OR MUNICIPAL CLERK; DELIVERY OF BALLOT. Subdivision 1. Printing and delivery of forms. Each county auditor and municipal clerk shall prepare and print a sufficient number of blank application forms for absentee ballots. The county auditor or municipal clerk shall deliver a blank application form to any voter who […]
203B.065 USING THE REGISTRATION SYSTEM. Upon accepting an application for a state primary or state general election, the county auditor or municipal clerk shall record in the statewide voter registration system the voter’s name, date of birth, address of residence in Minnesota, mailing address, Minnesota driver’s license or state identification number, or the last four […]
203B.07 RETURN AND BALLOT ENVELOPES; DIRECTIONS TO VOTERS. Subdivision 1. Delivery of envelopes, directions. The county auditor or the municipal clerk shall prepare, print, and transmit a return envelope, a ballot envelope, and a copy of the directions for casting an absentee ballot to each applicant whose application for absentee ballots is accepted pursuant to […]
203B.08 MARKING AND RETURN OF ABSENTEE BALLOTS. Subdivision 1. Marking and return by voter. (a) An eligible voter who receives absentee ballots as provided in this chapter shall mark them in the manner specified in the directions for casting the absentee ballots. The return envelope containing marked ballots may be mailed as provided in the […]
203B.081 LOCATIONS AND METHODS FOR ABSENTEE VOTING IN PERSON. Subdivision 1. Location; timing. An eligible voter may vote by absentee ballot in the office of the county auditor and at any other polling place designated by the county auditor during the 46 days before the election, except as provided in this section. Subd. 2. Town […]
203B.082 ABSENTEE BALLOT DROP BOXES; SECURITY AND INTEGRITY. Subdivision 1. Definition. As used in this section, “drop box” means a secure receptacle or container established to receive completed absentee ballots 24 hours per day. Drop box does not include a receptacle or container maintained by the United States Postal Service, or a location at which […]
203B.085 COUNTY AUDITOR’S AND MUNICIPAL CLERK’S OFFICES TO REMAIN OPEN DURING CERTAIN HOURS PRECEDING ELECTION. The county auditor’s office in each county and the clerk’s office in each city or town authorized under section 203B.05 to administer absentee balloting must be open for acceptance of absentee ballot applications and casting of absentee ballots from 10:00 […]
203B.09 FORM AND CONTENT OF REQUIRED MATERIALS; RULES OF SECRETARY OF STATE. The secretary of state shall adopt rules establishing the form, content, and type size and style for the printing of blank applications for absentee ballots, absentee voter lists, return envelopes, certificates of eligibility to vote by absentee ballot, ballot envelopes, and directions for […]
203B.11 HOSPITAL PATIENTS AND RESIDENTS OF HEALTH CARE FACILITIES. Subdivision 1. Generally. Each full-time municipal clerk or school district clerk who has authority under section 203B.05 to administer absentee voting laws shall designate election judges to deliver absentee ballots in accordance with this section. The county auditor must also designate election judges to perform the […]
203B.12 ABSENTEE VOTER NAMES. Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 2010 c 194 s 27] Subd. 2. [Repealed, 2010 c 194 s 27] Subd. 3. [Repealed, 2010 c 194 s 27] Subd. 4. [Repealed, 2010 c 194 s 27] Subd. 5. [Repealed, 1999 c 132 s 46] Subd. 6. [Repealed, 2010 c 194 s 27] Subd. 7. Names […]
203B.121 BALLOT BOARDS. Subdivision 1. Establishment; applicable laws. (a) The governing body of each county, municipality, and school district with responsibility to accept and reject absentee ballots must, by ordinance or resolution, establish a ballot board. The board must consist of a sufficient number of election judges appointed as provided in sections 204B.19 to 204B.22. […]
203B.125 SECRETARY OF STATE TO MAKE RULES. The secretary of state shall adopt rules establishing methods and procedures for issuing ballot cards and related absentee forms to be used as provided in section 203B.08, subdivision 1a, and for the reconciliation of voters and ballot cards before tabulation under section 204C.20, subdivision 1. History: 1983 c […]
203B.14 COUNTY AUDITOR OR MUNICIPAL CLERK MAY EMPLOY ADDITIONAL HELP. Each county auditor and each municipal clerk may employ additional clerical assistance as necessary to discharge the responsibilities imposed on the county auditor or municipal clerk as provided in this chapter. History: 1981 c 29 art 3 s 14
203B.15 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES. Each county shall pay the expenses incurred by its county auditor and each municipality or school district shall pay the expenses incurred by its clerk for administering the provisions of sections 203B.04 to 203B.15. History: 1981 c 29 art 3 s 15; 1987 c 266 art 1 s 20
