HF 3447

1st Engrossment - 93rd Legislature (2023 - 2024) Posted on 02/19/2024 03:49pm

A bill for an act
relating to elections; allowing postsecondary institutions and student governments
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 or the student government organization
of a postsecondary institution in the county or municipality, the county auditor or municipal
clerk 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 or municipal
clerk and that is accessible to the public. The request must be made at least 53 days before
an election, and is valid only for that election. This paragraph applies to postsecondary
institutions with an undergraduate in-person enrollment of at least 1,500, including full-time
and part-time students.
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