1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to elections; prohibiting any changes in polling places between primary 
1.3 	and general elections for the same offices; providing an exception;amending 
1.4 	Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 205A.11, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 205A.11, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 2.Combined polling place. When no other election is being held in two or 
1.8 	more precincts on the day of a school district election, the school board may designate one 
1.9 	or more combined polling places at which the voters in those precincts may vote in the 
1.10 	school district election. The polling place used in a primary election for an office must be 
1.11 	the same location used throughout the calendar year for the general election for that office. 
1.12 	In no case may the location of a polling place be changed between the primary election 
1.13 	and the general election for an office, except that a new polling place may be designated to 
1.14 	replace a polling place that has become unavailable for use.