1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to elections; eliminating ten percent requirement for major political party 
1.3 	nomination;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 204B.04, subdivision 
1.4 	2; 204D.10, subdivision 1; 204D.20, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes 
1.5 	2006, section 204D.10, subdivision 2.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 204B.04, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.8 		Subd. 2.Candidates seeking nomination by primary. No individual who 
1.9 	seeks nomination for any partisan or nonpartisan office at a primary shall be nominated 
1.10 	for the same office by nominating petition, except as otherwise provided for partisan 
1.11 	offices in section 204D.10, subdivision 2, and for nonpartisan offices in section 204B.13, 
1.12 	subdivision 4. 

1.13 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 204D.10, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.14 		Subdivision 1.Partisan offices; nominees. The candidate for nomination of a 
1.15 	major political party for a partisan office on the state partisan primary ballot who receives 
1.16 	the highest number of votes shall be the nominee of that political party for that office, 
1.17 	except as otherwise provided in subdivision 2.

1.18 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 204D.20, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.19 		Subdivision 1.Special primary. Except as provided in subdivision 2, the candidates 
1.20 	of the major political parties to fill a vacancy shall be nominated at a special primary. The 
1.21 	candidate of each party who receives the highest number of votes at the special primary 
1.22 	shall be nominated without reference to the ten percent requirement of section 204D.10, 
1.23 	subdivision 2. 

2.1 	Sec. 4.  REPEALER.
 2.2 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 204D.10, subdivision 2, is repealed.

2.3 	Sec. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 2.4 	Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final enactment.