1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to elections; establishing a presidential primary; requiring the party 
1.3 	caucuses to take place on the first Tuesday in February in a general election year; 
1.4 	making technical changes;amending Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 201.091, 
1.5 	subdivision 4; 202A.14, subdivision 1; 202A.15, subdivision 2; 202A.18, 
1.6 	subdivision 2a; 204B.03; 204B.06, subdivision 4; 204B.14, subdivisions 2, 4; 
1.7 	204B.21, subdivision 1; 204C.10; 204D.09, subdivision 1; 204D.24, subdivision 
1.8 	2; 206.82, subdivision 2; Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 204C.04, 
1.9 	subdivision 2; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 207A.
1.10 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.11 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 201.091, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.12 		Subd. 4.Public information lists. The county auditor shall make available for 
1.13 	inspection a public information list which must contain the name, address, year of birth, and 
1.14 	voting history of each registered voter in the county. The voting history of a registered voter 
1.15 	must include information on the voter's political party choice at the most recent presidential 
1.16 	primary, as provided in section 207A.11, subdivision 2. The telephone number must be 
1.17 	included on the list if provided by the voter. The public information list may also include 
1.18 	information on voting districts. The county auditor may adopt reasonable rules governing 
1.19 	access to the list. No individual inspecting the public information list shall tamper with 
1.20 	or alter it in any manner. No individual who inspects the public information list or who 
1.21 	acquires a list of registered voters prepared from the public information list may use any 
1.22 	information contained in the list for purposes unrelated to elections, political activities, or 
1.23 	law enforcement. The secretary of state may provide copies of the public information lists 
1.24 	and other information from the statewide registration system for uses related to elections, 
1.25 	political activities, or in response to a law enforcement inquiry from a public official 
1.26 	concerning a failure to comply with any criminal statute or any state or local tax statute.
2.1 	Before inspecting the public information list or obtaining a list of voters or other 
2.2 	information from the list, the individual shall provide identification to the public official 
2.3 	having custody of the public information list and shall state in writing that any information 
2.4 	obtained from the list will not be used for purposes unrelated to elections, political 
2.5 	activities, or law enforcement. Requests to examine or obtain information from the public 
2.6 	information lists or the statewide registration system must be made and processed in the 
2.7 	manner provided in the rules of the secretary of state.
2.8 	Upon receipt of a statement signed by the voter that withholding the voter's name 
2.9 	from the public information list is required for the safety of the voter or the voter's family, 
2.10 	the secretary of state and county auditor must withhold from the public information list the 
2.11 	name of a registered voter.

2.12 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 202A.14, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.13 		Subdivision 1.Time and manner of holding; postponement. (a) In every state 
2.14 	general election year, beginning at 7:00 p.m. on the date established pursuant to paragraph 
2.15 	(b) first Tuesday in February, there shall be held for every election precinct a party caucus 
2.16 	in the manner provided in sections 202A.14 to 202A.19.
2.17 	(b)(1) The chairs of the two largest major political parties shall jointly submit to 
2.18 	the secretary of state, no later than March 1 of each odd-numbered year, the single date 
2.19 	on which the two parties have agreed to conduct their precinct caucuses in the next 
2.20 	even-numbered year.
2.21 	(2) Within two business days after the parties have agreed on a single date on which 
2.22 	to conduct their precinct caucuses, the secretary of state shall publicly announce the 
2.23 	official state precinct caucus date for the following general election year.
2.24 	(3) If the chairs of the two largest major political parties do not jointly submit a 
2.25 	single date for conducting their precinct caucuses as provided in this paragraph, then 
2.26 	for purposes of the next general election year, the first Tuesday in February shall be 
2.27 	considered the day of a major political party precinct caucus and sections 202A.19 and 
2.28 	202A.192 shall only apply on that date.
2.29 	(4) For purposes of this paragraph, the two largest major political parties shall be the 
2.30 	parties whose candidates for governor received the greatest and second greatest number of 
2.31 	votes at the most recent gubernatorial election.
2.32 	(c) (b) In the event of severe weather a major political party may request the 
2.33 	secretary of state to postpone caucuses. If a major political party makes a request, or upon 
2.34 	the secretary of state's own initiative, after consultation with all major political parties and 
2.35 	on the advice of the federal Weather Bureau and the Department of Transportation, the 
3.1 	secretary of state may declare precinct caucuses to be postponed for a week in counties 
3.2 	where weather makes travel especially dangerous. The secretary of state shall submit a 
3.3 	notice of the postponement to news media covering the affected counties by 6:00 p.m. on 
3.4 	the scheduled day of the caucus. A postponed caucus may also be postponed pursuant 
3.5 	to this subdivision.

3.6 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 202A.15, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
3.7 		Subd. 2.Place. The precinct caucuses shall be held at the regular polling places 
3.8 	for each precinct or other suitable places another suitable place as designated in the call, 
3.9 	as near as practicable to the regular polling place, and no caucus may be adjourned to 
3.10 	any other place or time.
3.11 	In the event that there is only one suitable meeting place in the precinct polling place 
3.12 	and the major political parties cannot agree as to its use, the county auditor shall decide by 
3.13 	lot prior to January 15, 1970, the party which is to receive the use of the meeting place in 
3.14 	years evenly divisible by four and which party shall receive the use of the meeting place in 
3.15 	other years in which a state general election is held. The report of such selections by lot in 
3.16 	the county shall be filed by the auditor with the county board which shall publish the same 
3.17 	as a part of the minutes of the board meeting at which the report is filed.
3.18 	A precinct caucus must be held at a place that meets the accessibility standards for 
3.19 	precinct polling places specified in section 204B.16, subdivision 5. In addition, the place 
3.20 	where a precinct caucus is held must contain restrooms that conform to the standards in 
3.21 	the State Building Code for accessibility by disabled persons. If a precinct caucus is held 
3.22 	on a floor of a building that is either above or below the entrance level for the building, an 
3.23 	elevator must be available. Any elevators used for access to the room where the precinct 
3.24 	caucus is held must conform to the standards in the State Building Code for accessibility 
3.25 	by disabled persons.
3.26 	If there are not enough places within a precinct that are or can be made accessible as 
3.27 	provided by this subdivision and section 204B.16, subdivision 5, for each major party to 
3.28 	hold its precinct caucus, a major party may hold its caucus at a place outside one of the 
3.29 	boundaries of the precinct in order to comply with accessibility requirements.
3.30 	If only one place satisfies the accessibility and location requirements of this 
3.31 	subdivision, the major parties shall alternate use of the place. Prior to January 1, 1990, 
3.32 	the county auditor shall decide by lot which party is to use the accessible place in years 
3.33 	evenly divisible by four and which party is to use the place in other years when a state 
3.34 	general election is held.

4.1 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 202A.18, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
4.2 		Subd. 2a.Preference ballot. Prior to the opening of nominations for the election of 
4.3 	permanent offices and delegates, a ballot must be distributed to permit caucus participants 
4.4 	to indicate their preference for the offices of president of the United States or office of 
4.5 	the governor. The results of preference voting must be reported to the secretary of state 
4.6 	immediately upon conclusion of the voting, in the manner provided by the secretary of 
4.7 	state. The secretary of state shall provide the appropriate forms to the party for reporting 
4.8 	the results.

4.9 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 204B.03, is amended to read:
4.10 	204B.03 MANNER OF NOMINATION.
4.11 	Candidates of a major political party for any partisan office except presidential 
4.12 	elector and all candidates for nonpartisan office shall apply for a place on the primary 
4.13 	ballot by filing an affidavit of candidacy as provided in section 204B.06, and except as 
4.14 	otherwise provided in section 204D.07, subdivision 3, shall be nominated by primary. 
4.15 	A candidate who seeks the nomination of a major political party for the president of 
4.16 	the United States must file an affidavit of candidacy as required under section 204B.06. 
4.17 	Candidates for any partisan office who do not seek the nomination of a major political 
4.18 	party shall be nominated by nominating petition as provided in sections 204B.07 and 
4.19 	204B.08, and, except for presidential elector candidates, shall file an affidavit of candidacy 
4.20 	as provided in section 204B.06.

4.21 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 204B.06, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
4.22 		Subd. 4.Federal offices. Candidates for president or vice president of the United 
4.23 	States are not required to file an affidavit of candidacy for office.(a) Candidates who 
4.24 	seek nomination for the office of United States senator or representative shall state the 
4.25 	following information on the affidavit:
4.26 	(1) for United States senator, that the candidate will be an inhabitant of this state 
4.27 	when elected and will be 30 years of age or older and a citizen of the United States for not 
4.28 	less than nine years on the next January 3 or, in the case of an election to fill a vacancy, 
4.29 	within 21 days after the special election; and
4.30 	(2) for United States representative, that the candidate will be an inhabitant of this 
4.31 	state when elected and will be 25 years of age or older and a citizen of the United States 
4.32 	for not less than seven years on the next January 3 or, in the case of an election to fill a 
4.33 	vacancy, within 21 days after the special election.
5.1 	(b) A candidate who seeks nomination for president of the United States shall state 
5.2 	on the affidavit that the candidate is a natural born citizen of the United States, will have 
5.3 	attained the age of 35 years upon taking office, and will have been a resident of the United 
5.4 	States for 14 years upon taking office.

5.5 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 204B.14, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
5.6 		Subd. 2.Separate precincts; combined polling place. (a) The following shall 
5.7 	constitute at least one election precinct:
5.8 	(1) each city ward; and
5.9 	(2) each town and each statutory city.
5.10 	(b) A single, accessible, combined polling place may be established no later than 
5.11 	November 1 if a presidential primary is scheduled to occur in the following year or May 1 
5.12 	of any other year:
5.13 	(1) for any city of the third or fourth class, any town, or any city having territory in 
5.14 	more than one county, in which all the voters of the city or town shall cast their ballots;
5.15 	(2) for contiguous precincts in the same municipality;
5.16 	(3) for up to four contiguous municipalities located entirely outside the metropolitan 
5.17 	area, as defined by section 200.02, subdivision 24, that are contained in the same county; or
5.18 	(4) for noncontiguous precincts located in one or more counties.
5.19 	A copy of the ordinance or resolution establishing a combined polling place must 
5.20 	be filed with the county auditor within 30 days after approval by the governing body. A 
5.21 	polling place combined under clause (3) must be approved by the governing body of each 
5.22 	participating municipality. A polling place combined under clause (4) must be approved 
5.23 	by the governing body of each participating municipality and the secretary of state and 
5.24 	may be located outside any of the noncontiguous precincts. A municipality withdrawing 
5.25 	from participation in a combined polling place must do so by filing a resolution of 
5.26 	withdrawal with the county auditor no later than October 1 if a presidential primary is 
5.27 	scheduled to occur in the following year or April 1 of any other year.
5.28 	The secretary of state shall provide a separate polling place roster for each precinct 
5.29 	served by the combined polling place, except that in a precinct that uses electronic rosters 
5.30 	the secretary of state shall provide separate data files for each precinct. A single set of 
5.31 	election judges may be appointed to serve at a combined polling place. The number of 
5.32 	election judges required must be based on the total number of persons voting at the last 
5.33 	similar election in all precincts to be voting at the combined polling place. Separate ballot 
5.34 	boxes must be provided for the ballots from each precinct. The results of the election must 
5.35 	be reported separately for each precinct served by the combined polling place, except in a 
6.1 	polling place established under clause (2) where one of the precincts has fewer than ten 
6.2 	registered voters, in which case the results of that precinct must be reported in the manner 
6.3 	specified by the secretary of state.

6.4 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 204B.14, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
6.5 		Subd. 4.Boundary change procedure. Any change in the boundary of an election 
6.6 	precinct must be adopted at least ten weeks before the date of the next election and, for the 
6.7 	state primary and general election or presidential primary, no later than June December 
6.8 	1 in the year ofprior to the state general election. The precinct boundary change shall 
6.9 	not take effect until notice of the change has been posted in the office of the municipal 
6.10 	clerk or county auditor for at least 56 days.
6.11 	The county auditor must publish a notice illustrating or describing the congressional, 
6.12 	legislative, and county commissioner district boundaries in the county in one or more 
6.13 	qualified newspapers in the county at least 14 days before the first day to file affidavits of 
6.14 	candidacy for the state general election in the year ending in two.
6.15 	Alternate dates for adopting changes in precinct boundaries, posting notices 
6.16 	of boundary changes, and notifying voters affected by boundary changes pursuant 
6.17 	to this subdivision, and procedures for coordinating precinct boundary changes with 
6.18 	reestablishing local government election district boundaries may be established in the 
6.19 	manner provided in the rules of the secretary of state.

6.20 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 204B.21, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
6.21 		Subdivision 1.Appointment lists; duties of political parties and secretary of 
6.22 	state. On May 1 in a year in which there is an election for a partisan political office or 
6.23 	on November 1 in a year prior to a year in which a presidential primary is scheduled, 
6.24 	each major political party shall prepare a list of eligible voters to act as election judges 
6.25 	in each election precinct. The political parties shall furnish the lists electronically to the 
6.26 	secretary of state, in a format specified by the secretary of state. The secretary of state 
6.27 	must combine the data received from each political party under this subdivision and must 
6.28 	process the data to locate the precinct in which the address provided for each potential 
6.29 	election judge is located. If the data submitted by a political party is insufficient for the 
6.30 	secretary of state to locate the proper precinct, the associated name must not appear in any 
6.31 	list forwarded to an appointing authority under this subdivision. The secretary of state 
6.32 	shall notify political parties of any proposed election judges with addresses that could not 
6.33 	be located in a precinct.
7.1 	By November 15 in a year prior to a year in which a presidential primary is 
7.2 	scheduled to occur or by May 15 in any other year, the secretary of state shall furnish 
7.3 	electronically to the county auditor a list of the appropriate names for each election 
7.4 	precinct in the jurisdiction of the appointing authority, noting the political party affiliation 
7.5 	of each individual on the list. The county auditor must promptly forward the appropriate 
7.6 	names to the appropriate municipal clerk.

7.7 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 204C.04, subdivision 2, is 
7.8 	amended to read:
7.9 		Subd. 2.Elections covered. For purposes of this section, "election" means a 
7.10 	regularly scheduled election, an election to fill a vacancy in the office of United States 
7.11 	senator or United States representative, an election to fill a vacancy in nomination for a 
7.12 	constitutional office, or an election to fill a vacancy in the office of state senator or state 
7.13 	representative, or a presidential primary under chapter 207A.

7.14 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 204C.10, is amended to read:
7.15 	204C.10 PERMANENT REGISTRATION; VERIFICATION OF 
7.16 	REGISTRATION.
7.17 	(a) An individual seeking to vote shall sign a polling place roster or voter signature 
7.18 	certificate which states that the individual is at least 18 years of age, a citizen of the United 
7.19 	States, has resided in Minnesota for 20 days immediately preceding the election, maintains 
7.20 	residence at the address shown, is not under a guardianship in which the court order 
7.21 	revokes the individual's right to vote, has not been found by a court of law to be legally 
7.22 	incompetent to vote or has the right to vote because, if the individual was convicted of 
7.23 	a felony, the felony sentence has expired or been completed or the individual has been 
7.24 	discharged from the sentence, is registered and has not already voted in the election. For 
7.25 	presidential primaries, the polling place roster must also include a space where the voter 
7.26 	is able to indicate the name of the political party whose ballot the voter is requesting, as 
7.27 	required by section 207A.11, subdivision 2. The roster must also state: "I understand that 
7.28 	deliberately providing false information is a felony punishable by not more than five years 
7.29 	imprisonment and a fine of not more than $10,000, or both."
7.30 	(b) A judge may, before the applicant signs the roster or voter signature certificate, 
7.31 	confirm the applicant's name, address, and date of birth.
7.32 	(c) After the applicant signs the roster or voter signature certificate, the judge shall 
7.33 	give the applicant a voter's receipt. The voter shall deliver the voter's receipt to the judge 
7.34 	in charge of ballots as proof of the voter's right to vote, and thereupon the judge shall 
8.1 	hand to the voter the ballot. The voters' receipts must be maintained during the time for 
8.2 	notice of filing an election contest.

8.3 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 204D.09, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
8.4 		Subdivision 1.Example ballot. (a) No later than November 1 in a year prior 
8.5 	to a year in which there is a presidential election, the secretary of state shall supply 
8.6 	each auditor with a copy of an example ballot to be used for each political party at the 
8.7 	presidential primary under chapter 207A. The example ballot must illustrate the format 
8.8 	required for the ballot used in the presidential primary in the following year.
8.9 	(a) (b) No later than May 1 of each year, the secretary of state shall supply each 
8.10 	auditor with a copy of an example ballot to be used at the state primary and state general 
8.11 	election. The example ballot must illustrate the format required for the ballots used in the 
8.12 	primary and general elections that year. (b) The county auditor shall distribute copies of 
8.13 	the example ballot to municipal and school district clerks in municipalities and school 
8.14 	districts holding elections that year. The official ballot must conform in all respects to 
8.15 	the example ballot.

8.16 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 204D.24, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
8.17 		Subd. 2.Voter registration. An individual may register to vote at a special primary 
8.18 	or special election at any time before the day that the polling place rosters for the special 
8.19 	primary or special election are prepared by the secretary of state. The secretary of state 
8.20 	shall provide the county auditors with notice of this date at least seven days before the 
8.21 	printing of the rosters. This subdivision does not apply to a special election held on the 
8.22 	same day as the presidential primary, state primary, state general election, or the regularly 
8.23 	scheduled primary or general election of a municipality, school district, or special district.

8.24 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 206.82, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
8.25 		Subd. 2.Plan.  The municipal clerk in a municipality where an electronic voting 
8.26 	system is used and the county auditor of a county in which an electronic voting system is 
8.27 	used in more than one municipality and the county auditor of a county in which a counting 
8.28 	center serving more than one municipality is located shall prepare a plan which indicates 
8.29 	acquisition of sufficient facilities, computer time, and professional services and which 
8.30 	describes the proposed manner of complying with section 206.80. The plan must be 
8.31 	signed, notarized, and submitted to the secretary of state more than 60 days before the 
8.32 	first election at which the municipality uses an electronic voting system. Before May 1 of 
8.33 	each subsequent general election year or if a presidential primary is scheduled to occur 
9.1 	before November 1 two calendar years prior to the presidential primary year, the clerk or 
9.2 	auditor shall submit to the secretary of state notification of any changes to the plan on file 
9.3 	with the secretary of state. The secretary of state shall review each plan for its sufficiency 
9.4 	and may request technical assistance from the Office of MN.IT Services or other agency 
9.5 	which may be operating as the central computer authority. The secretary of state shall 
9.6 	notify each reporting authority of the sufficiency or insufficiency of its plan within 20 days 
9.7 	of receipt of the plan. The attorney general, upon request of the secretary of state, may 
9.8 	seek a district court order requiring an election official to fulfill duties imposed by this 
9.9 	subdivision or by rules promulgated pursuant to this section.

9.10 	Sec. 15. [207A.11] PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY.
9.11 		Subdivision 1.Conduct of primary. (a) A presidential primary must be held on the 
9.12 	first Tuesday in February of each year in which a president and vice president of the United 
9.13 	States are to be nominated and elected, at which the voters of this state may express their 
9.14 	preference among the candidates of the major political party of their choice for that party's 
9.15 	nomination to be president of the United States, or may vote for uncommitted delegates to 
9.16 	the national party convention. For the purposes of this chapter, "political party" or "party" 
9.17 	means a major political party as defined in section 200.02, subdivision 7.
9.18 	(b) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the presidential primary must be 
9.19 	conducted and the results canvassed and returned in the manner provided by law for the 
9.20 	state primary.
9.21 		Subd. 2.Voter certification; ballot. An individual seeking to vote at the presidential 
9.22 	primary shall request the ballot of the party for whose candidates the individual wishes to 
9.23 	vote.  A voter may only request the ballot of one political party at the election. Before 
9.24 	receiving a ballot, a voter shall sign the polling place roster as provided in section 204C.10 
9.25 	and shall also indicate the name of the political party whose ballot the voter is requesting. 
9.26 	Notwithstanding section 204C.18, subdivision 1, the name of the political party selected 
9.27 	by a voter at the presidential primary must be recorded on the polling place roster.

9.28 	Sec. 16. [207A.12] CANDIDATES ON BALLOT.
9.29 		Subdivision 1.Required listing. (a) The following individuals must be listed as 
9.30 	candidates on the applicable political party's presidential primary ballot:
9.31 	(1) any individual who files an affidavit of candidacy under section 204B.06 and 
9.32 	submits the appropriate filing fee or petition in place of filing fee under section 204B.11; and
10.1 	(2) any individual nominated as a candidate for the presidential nomination of a 
10.2 	political party by a petition submitted not later than ten weeks before the primary and 
10.3 	bearing the names of 1,000 eligible voters from each congressional district.
10.4 	(b) In addition, the ballot must contain a place for a voter to indicate a preference 
10.5 	for having delegates to the party's national convention remain uncommitted and a blank 
10.6 	line printed below the other choices on the ballot so that a voter may write in the name of 
10.7 	a person who is not listed on the ballot.
10.8 	(c) The candidates must be listed on the ballot in the order that the affidavits of 
10.9 	candidacy or nominating petitions for the candidates are filed with the secretary of state.
10.10 		Subd. 2.Time for filing; fee. The period for filing an affidavit of candidacy for the 
10.11 	presidential primary must begin not more than 84 days nor less than 70 days before the 
10.12 	primary. The filing fee is $500. The period for signing nominating petitions must begin 16 
10.13 	weeks before the primary and end ten weeks before the primary.
10.14 		Subd. 3.Announcing candidates. Candidates who have filed an affidavit of 
10.15 	candidacy under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (1), for each political party on the 
10.16 	primary ballot must be announced by the secretary of state the day after filings close for 
10.17 	the purpose of giving voters sufficient time to nominate other candidates by petition.
10.18 		Subd. 4.Announcement. The determination of which candidates must be listed on 
10.19 	the primary ballot must be made by the secretary of state not later than eight weeks before 
10.20 	the primary. The secretary of state shall certify to the county auditor of each county the 
10.21 	names of all candidates in the presidential primary at least seven weeks before the primary.
10.22 		Subd. 5.Notification. Not later than three days after the last day for filing a 
10.23 	nominating petition under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), the secretary of state 
10.24 	shall notify each individual whose name is to be listed on the primary ballot that the 
10.25 	individual's name will be listed unless the individual submits an affidavit stating that the 
10.26 	individual is not a candidate for the presidential nomination, does not intend to become a 
10.27 	candidate, and would not accept the nomination. The affidavit must be submitted to and 
10.28 	received by the secretary of state no later than eight weeks before the primary.

10.29 	Sec. 17. [207A.13] SELECTION OF DELEGATES; NATIONAL CONVENTION 
10.30 	BALLOTING.
10.31 		Subdivision 1.Apportionment of votes. The delegates to the national convention 
10.32 	of each political party appearing on the primary ballot who are chosen on the basis of their 
10.33 	support for particular presidential candidates must be apportioned among the various 
10.34 	candidates of that party receiving votes in the primary in proportion to a candidate's 
10.35 	respective vote totals.
11.1 	The secretary of state shall certify to the state chair of each political party appearing on 
11.2 	the primary ballot the number of delegates to which each presidential candidate is entitled.
11.3 		Subd. 2.Chosen delegates. Delegates to the national convention of each 
11.4 	political party appearing on the primary ballot must be chosen by the state convention 
11.5 	or congressional district convention of that party, except as otherwise provided in this 
11.6 	subdivision. The secretary of each party's state convention or congressional district 
11.7 	convention shall promptly notify the secretary of state of the names of the delegates to the 
11.8 	national convention chosen as supporters of each presidential candidate.
11.9 		Subd. 3.Delegate votes. At the national convention, delegates chosen because of 
11.10 	their support for a presidential candidate shall vote for that candidate on the first ballot, 
11.11 	unless they have been released from that obligation by the candidate. This subdivision 
11.12 	does not apply to delegates to the extent that it is inconsistent with the rules of the national 
11.13 	party or state party.

11.14 	Sec. 18. [207A.14] AUDITOR FURNISHED INFORMATION BY SECRETARY 
11.15 	OF STATE; BALLOT PREPARATION.
11.16 		Subdivision 1.Notice of filing period. Twenty weeks before a presidential primary 
11.17 	is to be held, the secretary of state shall provide notice to the county auditor of each 
11.18 	county of the date of the presidential primary. Within ten days after notification by the 
11.19 	secretary of state, each county auditor shall provide notice of the date of the presidential 
11.20 	primary to   each municipal clerk in the county.
11.21 		Subd. 2.Notice of primary. At least 15 days before the date of the presidential 
11.22 	primary, each municipal clerk shall post a public notice stating the date of the presidential 
11.23 	primary, the location of each polling place in the municipality, and the hours during which 
11.24 	the polling places in the municipality will be open. The county auditor shall post a similar 
11.25 	notice in the auditor's office with information for any polling places in an unorganized 
11.26 	territory in the county. The governing body of a municipality or county may publish the 
11.27 	notice in addition to posting it. Failure to give notice does not invalidate the election.
11.28 		Subd. 3.Ballot preparation. The secretary of state shall prepare paper ballots, 
11.29 	absentee ballot envelopes, ballot return envelopes, election return envelopes, and summary 
11.30 	statements for use in the presidential primary. A separate paper ballot shall be prepared 
11.31 	for each political party.

11.32 	Sec. 19. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 11.33 	This act is effective the day following final enactment and applies to elections 
11.34 	conducted on or after January 1, 2020.