2005 Minnesota Statutes

     204B.29 Election judges; election supplies; duties. 

    Subdivision 1.    Securing election materials.  Before 
 9:00 p.m. on the day preceding an election, at least one 
 election judge from each precinct in each municipality, or 
 school district if applicable, shall secure voter registration 
 files, ballots, forms, envelopes and other required supplies 
 from the municipal clerk, school district clerk, or other legal 
 custodian.  The election judge shall deliver the materials to 
 the polling place before the time when voting is scheduled to 
 begin on election day.  The county auditor shall send or deliver 
 the election supplies enumerated in this section to the election 
 judges in the precincts in unorganized territory.  The election 
 supplies may be sent by certified mail, parcel post, express 
 mail or any other postal service providing assured delivery by 
 no later than the day before the election.  If the election 
 supplies are delivered by any other means, they shall be 
 delivered by no later than the day before the election. 

    Each precinct shall be furnished with 100 ballots of each 
 kind for every 85 individuals who voted in that precinct at the 
 last election for the same office or on similar questions, or 
 with ballots of each kind in an amount at least ten percent 
 greater than the number of votes which are reasonably expected 
 to be cast in that precinct in that election, whichever supply 
 of ballots is greater.  No precinct shall be furnished with any 
 ballots containing the name of any candidate who cannot properly 
 be voted for in that precinct.  

    The election judges shall be responsible for the 
 preservation of all election materials received by them until 
 returned to the appropriate election officials after the voting 
 has ended.  

    Subd. 2.    Failure of election judges to secure 
 materials.  If no election judge secures the election 
 materials for a precinct in any municipality, or school district 
 if applicable, as provided in subdivision 1, the municipal or 
 school district clerk shall deliver them to an election judge 
 for that precinct not later than the time when voting is 
 scheduled to begin.  The municipal or school district clerk 
 shall require the election judge accepting delivery of the 
 election supplies to sign a receipt for them.  The election 
 judges of that precinct shall pay the expenses of delivery of 
 the materials and shall be liable for the penalty provided by 
 law for neglect of duty.  

    HIST: 1981 c 29 art 4 s 29; 1984 c 560 s 13; 1987 c 266 art 1 
 s 29