HF 3447

as introduced - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 02/13/2024 04:28pm

A bill for an act
relating to elections; allowing postsecondary institutions to request a temporary
polling place on the institution's campus; amending Minnesota Statutes 2023
Supplement, section 203B.081, subdivision 4.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 203B.081, subdivision 4, is
amended to read:

Subd. 4.

Temporary locations.

(a) A county auditor or municipal clerk authorized under
section 203B.05 to administer voting before election day may designate additional polling
places with days and hours that differ from those required by section 203B.085. A designation
authorized by this subdivision must be made at least 47 days before the election. The county
auditor or municipal clerk must provide notice to the secretary of state at the time that the
designations are made.

(b) At the request of a federally recognized Indian Tribe with a reservation in the county,
the county auditor must establish an additional polling place for at least one day on the
Indian reservation on a site agreed upon by the Tribe and the county auditor that is accessible
to the county auditor by a public road.

new text begin (c) At the request of a postsecondary institution in the county, the county auditor must
establish an additional polling place for at least one day on the institution's campus at a
location that is agreed upon by the institution and the county auditor and that is accessible
to the public.
new text end