1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to elections; allowing certain persons access to multiple unit residences 
1.3 	for certain campaign and election purposes;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, 
1.4 	section 211B.20, subdivision 1.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 211B.20, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Prohibition. (a) It is unlawful for a person, either directly or 
1.8 	indirectly, to deny access to an apartment house, dormitory, nursing home, manufactured 
1.9 	home park, other multiple unit facility used as a residence, or an area in which two or 
1.10 	more single-family dwellings are located on private roadways to a candidate who has 
1.11 	filed is currently filed for election to public office or to campaign workers accompanied 
1.12 	by the candidate, if:
1.13 	(1) the candidate and workers seeking admittance to the facility do so solely for the 
1.14 	purpose of campaigning for a candidate, registering voters, or getting out the vote; and
1.15 	(2) the candidate and any campaign workers accompanying the candidate are within 
1.16 	the territory for which the candidate is currently on file for election.
1.17 	(b) A candidate and campaign workers obtaining access under this section must be 
1.18 	permitted to leave campaign materials for residents at their doors, except that the manager 
1.19 	of a nursing home may direct that the campaign materials be left at a central location. The 
1.20 	materials must be left in an orderly manner.
1.21 	(c) A violation of this section is a petty misdemeanor.