205A.01 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Scope. The definitions in chapter 200 and in this section apply to this chapter. Subd. 2. School district. “School district” means an independent or special school district, as defined in section 120A.05. History: 1987 c 266 art 1 s 48; 1999 c 86 art 1 s 46
205A.02 ELECTION LAW APPLICABLE. Except as provided by law, the Minnesota Election Law applies to school district elections. Elections in common school districts shall be governed by section 123B.94. History: 1987 c 266 art 1 s 49; 1998 c 397 art 11 s 3; 2004 c 293 art 2 s 39
205A.03 PRIMARIES. Subdivision 1. Resolution requiring primary in certain circumstances. The school board of a school district may, by resolution adopted by April 15 of any year, decide to choose nominees for school board by a primary as provided in this section. The resolution, when adopted, is effective for all ensuing elections of board members […]
205A.04 GENERAL ELECTION. Subdivision 1. School district general election. The general election in each school district must be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of either the odd-numbered or the even-numbered year. A general election held in an odd-numbered year may be postponed for inclement weather as provided in section […]
205A.046 SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER TERM EXPIRATION. The terms of all school board members expire on the first Monday in January of the year in which they expire. History: 2010 c 201 s 69
205A.05 SPECIAL ELECTIONS. Subdivision 1. Questions. Special elections must be held for a school district on a question on which the voters are authorized by law to pass judgment. The school board may on its own motion call a special election to vote on any matter requiring approval of the voters of a district. Upon […]
205A.055 POSTPONEMENT OF ELECTION; INCLEMENT WEATHER. Subdivision 1. Applicability. This section applies to a primary, special, or general election held in a school district that is not held in conjunction with a state or federal election. Subd. 2. Postponement of election. (a) In the event of severe or inclement weather, the school district clerk may […]
205A.06 CANDIDATES, FILING. Subdivision 1. Affidavit of candidacy. An individual who is eligible and desires to become a candidate for an office to be voted on at the election must file an affidavit of candidacy with the school district clerk. The affidavit must be in the form prescribed by section 204B.06. The school district clerk […]
205A.07 NOTICE. Subdivision 1. Publication and posting. The clerk of a school district shall give two weeks’ published notice and give ten days’ posted notice of a school district primary, general, or special election, stating the time of the election, the location of each polling place, the offices to be filled, and all propositions or […]
205A.08 BALLOTS. Subdivision 1. General election ballot. The names of all candidates for offices and all ballot questions to be voted on at a school district general election must be placed on a single ballot. Subd. 2. Primary ballots. The school district primary ballot must conform as far as practicable with the school district general […]
205A.09 VOTING HOURS. Subdivision 1. Metropolitan area school districts. At a school district election in a school district located in whole or in part within a metropolitan county included in the definition of metropolitan area in section 200.02, subdivision 24, the school board, by resolution adopted before giving notice of the election, may designate the […]
205A.10 PROCEDURE. Subdivision 1. Materials, ballots. The school district clerk shall prepare and have printed the necessary election materials, including ballots, for a school district election. The names must be arranged on school district ballots in the manner provided in section 204D.08, subdivision 3, for state elections. Subd. 2. Election, conduct. A school district election […]
205A.11 PRECINCTS; POLLING PLACES. Subdivision 1. Established precincts. School district elections must be conducted in the precincts, or when the school district boundary divides a precinct, parts of precincts that have been established by the county or municipal governing bodies as provided in section 204B.14. If an election other than the school district election is […]
205A.12 SCHOOL BOARD ELECTION DISTRICTS. Subdivision 1. General provisions. Any independent school district may alter its organization into separate election districts for the purpose of election of board members by following the procedures in this section. Subd. 2. Election. Except in a school district located wholly or partly within a city of the first class, […]
205A.13 REQUIREMENTS FOR PETITIONS. Any petition to a school board authorized in this chapter or sections 126C.17, 126C.40, 126C.41 to 126C.48, and 124D.22, or any other law which requires the board to submit an issue to referendum or election, shall meet the requirements provided in section 204B.071. History: 1987 c 266 art 1 s 60; […]
