E Relating to elections; requiring the secretary of state to biennially notify minor political parties of conditions for participation in the income tax form and property tax refund return programs; modifying and clarifying the terms of appointed soil and water conservation district supervisors and of hospital district board members; clarifying the terms for school board members and town officers; eliminating the requirement for county auditor verification of addresses of individuals registering to vote on election day; extending the experimental procedures for absentee voting; modifying or clarifying certain absentee ballot application procedures; specifying procedures for candidates for state or federal office wanting write in votes; modifying the time limit for filing affidavits of withdrawal from primary ballots; requiring contiguous municipalities outside the metropolitan area to be located in the same county to establish combined polling places; clarifying the procedure for filing corrected base maps after precinct boundary changes; requiring precinct boundaries to follow certain physical features; clarifying the procedure for appointing certain high school students as trainee election judges; changing the option of county auditors to retain returned school district election materials to a retention requirement for school district clerks and extending the returned election materials retention time period requirement; requiring the secretary of state to mail notices of nomination to nominees for state or federal office upon completion of county canvasses; modifying the method for sending copies of canvassing board reports and precinct summary statements to the secretary of state; providing for the submission of affidavits of candidacy by absent candidates for municipal or school district office; modifying the time limit for municipal or school district office and hospital district board candidates to file affidavits of withdrawal; expanding the requirement for printing official ballots for municipal general elections; clarifying certain primary ballot voter instruction requirements; repealing the experimental mail balloting authority of Ramsey and Kittson counties (ra, ja)