1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to elections; nominating petitions; allowing 
  1.3             a candidate who files for partisan office by 
  1.4             nominating petition to include in the candidate's 
  1.5             political party or principle a part of the name of a 
  1.6             major political party; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.7             1998, section 204B.07, subdivision 1. 
  1.8   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.9      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1998, section 204B.07, 
  1.10  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.11     Subdivision 1.  [FORM OF PETITION.] A nominating petition 
  1.12  may consist of one or more separate pages each of which shall 
  1.13  state:  
  1.14     (a) The office sought; 
  1.15     (b) The candidate's name and residence address, including 
  1.16  street and number if any; and 
  1.17     (c) The candidate's political party or political principle 
  1.18  expressed in not more than three words.  No candidate who files 
  1.19  for a partisan office by nominating petition shall use the term 
  1.20  "nonpartisan" as a statement of political principle or the name 
  1.21  of the candidate's political party.  No part of the name of a 
  1.22  major political party may be used to designate the political 
  1.23  party or principle of a candidate who files for a partisan 
  1.24  office by nominating petition, except that the word 
  1.25  "independent" may be used to designate the party or 
  1.26  principle.  The name of a major political party must not be used 
  2.1   to designate the political party or principle of a candidate who 
  2.2   files for a partisan office by nominating petition, but a part 
  2.3   of the name of a major political party may be used in 
  2.4   designating the political party or principle of such a 
  2.5   candidate.  A candidate who files by nominating petition to fill 
  2.6   a vacancy in nomination for a nonpartisan office pursuant to 
  2.7   section 204B.13, shall not state any political principle or the 
  2.8   name of any political party on the petition.