204C.06 CONDUCT IN AND NEAR POLLING PLACES. Subdivision 1. Persons allowed near polling place. An individual shall be allowed to go to and from the polling place for the purpose of voting without unlawful interference. No one except an election official or an individual who is waiting to register or to vote or an individual […]
204C.07 CHALLENGERS. Subdivision 1. Partisan elections. At an election to fill partisan offices, the chair of an authorized committee of each major political party may appoint by written certificate voters from that political party to act as challengers of voters at the polling place for each precinct. Only one challenger from each major political party […]
204C.08 OPENING OF POLLING PLACES. Subdivision 1. [Renumbered subd 1c] Subd. 1a. [Renumbered subd 1d] Subd. 1b. Arrival; ballots. The election judges shall meet at the polling place at least one hour before the time for opening the polls. Before the polls open, the election judges shall compare the ballots used with the sample ballots, […]
204C.09 BALLOT PREPARATION BY ELECTION JUDGES. Subdivision 1. Counting and initialing. (a) Before the voting begins, at least two election judges must certify the number of ballots delivered to the precinct. Election judges may conduct this count, presuming that the total count provided for prepackaged ballots is correct. As each package is opened, two judges […]
204C.10 POLLING PLACE ROSTER; VOTER SIGNATURE CERTIFICATE; VOTER RECEIPT. (a) An individual seeking to vote shall sign a polling place roster or voter signature certificate which states that the individual is at least 18 years of age, a citizen of the United States, has resided in Minnesota for 20 days immediately preceding the election, maintains […]
204C.12 CHALLENGES TO VOTERS; PENALTY. Subdivision 1. Manner of challenging. An election judge shall, and an authorized challenger or other voter may, challenge an individual based on personal knowledge that the individual is not an eligible voter. Subd. 2. Statement of grounds; oath. A challenger must be a resident of this state. The secretary of […]
204C.13 RECEIVING AND MARKING BALLOTS. Subdivision 1. Handing ballot to voter. When the election judges are satisfied that an individual is eligible to vote in that precinct, the election judge in charge of the ballots shall give the voter only one ballot of each kind that is to be voted upon at that precinct. Each […]
204C.14 UNLAWFUL VOTING; PENALTY. Subdivision 1. Violations; penalty. No individual shall intentionally: (a) misrepresent the individual’s identity in applying for a ballot, depositing a ballot in a ballot box or attempting to vote by means of a voting machine or electronic voting system; (b) vote more than once at the same election; (c) put a […]
204C.15 ASSISTANCE TO VOTERS. Subdivision 1. Physical assistance in marking ballots. A voter who claims a need for assistance because of inability to read English or physical inability to mark a ballot may obtain the aid of two election judges who are members of different major political parties. The election judges shall mark the ballots […]
204C.16 MISMARKING BALLOTS; DISCLOSURE OF MARKINGS BY OTHERS; PENALTY. An election judge or other individual who marks the ballot of any voter, except as authorized by law and as directed by the voter, or who informs anyone other than the voter how the ballot was marked, is guilty of a gross misdemeanor. History: 1981 c […]
204C.17 VOTING; SECRECY. Except as authorized by section 204C.15, a voter shall not reveal to anyone in the polling place the name of any candidate for whom the voter intends to vote or has voted. A voter shall not ask for or receive assistance in the marking of a ballot from anyone within the polling […]
204C.18 BALLOTS; SECRECY. Subdivision 1. Party preferences; protection of secrecy. The election judges shall make no entry or notation in the election register or anywhere else showing the political party to which a voter belongs or for which political party the voter voted. No election judge shall knowingly permit anyone in the polling place to […]
