4E Relating to elections

ARTICLE 1 - ELECTIONS AND VOTING

Moving the date of state primary election from September to June, making conforming amendments, requiring a primary election be held for the election of soil and water conservation district board of supervisors in certain situations, modifying certain requirements of colleges within Minnesota state colleges and universities system to supply lists of enrolled students to secretary of state for voting purposes, specifying the request of compliance by university of Minnesota, modifying and clarifying residence violation notice requirements, clarifying residency requirements for eligible voter within a redrawn political boundary, modifying registered voter signature requirements, removing requirement for county auditor certification of student lists, requiring secretary of state website to be capable of providing voter registration confirmation to registered voters, providing for precinct house number or street address changes made by a municipality, modifying certain duties of county auditor relating to registration mail verification requirements, modifying requirements for the reporting of deceased voters, requiring a secretary of state legislative report regarding registration notices returned as undeliverable, clarifying application procedures, ongoing absentee status, requiring municipal clerks to receive training from secretary of state before administering early voting, requiring application recording in statewide registration system; modifying the eligibility certificate, return envelopes, placing responsibility for accepting or rejecting ballot with county auditors and municipal clerks, requiring secretary of state to ensure absentee ballot status with inquiring voters, expanding absentee voting conditions and acceptance of absentee ballots, procedures for absentee ballot acceptance, establishing and providing for local ballot boards and prescribing duties, making conforming changes, changing filing times, requiring candidate filing fee payment, modifying withdrawal, in the event of death provisions, special election provisions, providing a procedure for subsequent vacancy in nomination in special elections, providing ward boundary changes restriction, providing a municipal boundary adjustment procedure, requiring voting station availability to other local jurisdictions, modifying election judge requirements, authorizing resolutions for additional election judges, permitting election judges to affirm oath of office, modifying certain dates, changing the regular state primary date, special election timing, notice and filing, providing for federal office special election, permitting town board return to March elections, establishing an election results reporting system, providing review of rejected absentee ballots, a precinct votes election results reporting system, allowing clerks to arrange for rejected absentee ballots review, providing a precinct votes election results reporting system, providing school district candidate filing and precinct votes election results reporting systems, requiring voting system accreditation, prohibiting write-in candidate labels distribution to voters, permitting town supervisor six-year terms, repealing school elections use of voter registration system, ballot application permanent illness or disability, delivery of absentee ballot applications to election judges, election judges to receive and count ballots, absentee ballot boards, election day special procedures and state voting systems contracts escrow of source code

ARTICLE 2 - CAMPAIGN FINANCE

Modifying certain campaign finance and public disclosure provisions; modifying and clarifying the definitions of campaign expenditure, contribution, independent expenditure and noncampaign disbursement; modifying certain late filing provisions relating to lobbyists and certain certified mail notice requirements; modifying certain duties of the
campaign finance and pubic disclosure board; modifying exceptions to the gift prohibition provisions for lobbyists; modifying certain lobbyist representation disclosure requirements; modifying provisions relating to statements of economic interest relating to late filing; modifying certain political organization registration form content requirements; authorizing board to grant exemptions from the e-mail requirement for good cause shown; specifying electronic filing requirements for campaign reports; specifying release procedure of campaign reports and classifying data and clarifying the publication of data in reports of certain political party units; modifying the penalty of failing to file a campaign report within a certain period of time; modifying expenditure or noncampaign disbursement disclosure report requirements for third-party reimbursement; modifying provisions relating to the distribution of party accounts for income tax payments; requiring public subsidy be withheld from a candidate failing to file report of receipts and expenditures before a certain date; modifying date for candidate to sign and submit a spending limit agreement; modifying the affidavit of contribution filing period for a candidate running in a special election; clarifying certain prohibitions for commercial use of campaign reports and statements; classifying campaign report data filed with the board; modifying election campaign contribution and expenditure reporting requirements and expanding report content requirements, clarifying notice of failure to file requirements; providing an exception to the charitable contribution limit for principal campaign committees; requiring the
board to analyze the potential use of funds collected through income tax
designation to the state elections campaign fund for board operation funding purposes; repealing certain independent expenditure notice provisions
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(Ch. 162, 2009 - VETO)