1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to elections; regulating township elections and absentee balloting; 
1.3 	requiring that a town clerk maintain office hours on the day before a town 
1.4 	election;amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 203B.085.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 203B.085, is amended to read:
1.7 	203B.085 COUNTY AUDITOR'S AND MUNICIPAL CLERK'S OFFICES TO 
1.8 	REMAIN OPEN DURING CERTAIN HOURS PRECEDING ELECTION.
1.9 	The county auditor's office in each county and the clerk's office in each city or 
1.10 	town authorized under section  203B.05 to administer absentee balloting must be open for 
1.11 	acceptance of absentee ballot applications and casting of absentee ballots from 10:00 
1.12 	a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Saturday and until 5:00 p.m. on the day immediately preceding a 
1.13 	primary, special, or general election unless that day falls on a Saturday or Sunday. Town 
1.14 	clerks' offices must be open for absentee voting from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon on the 
1.15 	Saturday, and until 5:00 p.m. on the Monday immediately before a town general election 
1.16 	held in March. The school district clerk, when performing the county auditor's election 
1.17 	duties, need not comply with this section.