1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to elections; permitting candidates to serve as an election judge in 
1.3 	precincts where the candidate's name does not appear on the ballot;amending 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 204B.19, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2010, section 204B.19, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Individuals not qualified to be election judges. (a) Except as provided in 
1.8 	paragraph (b), no individual shall be appointed as an election judge for ~~any~~ a precinct if 
1.9 	that individual:
1.10 	(1) is unable to read, write, or speak the English language;
1.11 	(2) is the spouse, parent, child, including a stepchild, or sibling, including a 
1.12 	stepsibling, of any election judge serving in the same precinct or of any candidate
1.13 	appearing on the ballot in that precinct at ~~that~~ the election; or
1.14 	(3) is a candidate whose name appears on the ballot in that precinct at ~~that~~ the
1.15 	election.
1.16 	(b) Individuals who are related to each other as provided in paragraph (a), clause (2), 
1.17 	may serve as election judges in the same precinct, provided that they serve on separate 
1.18 	shifts that do not run concurrently.