1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to elections; requiring the State Canvassing Board to declare the candidates 
1.3 	duly elected who received the highest number of votes for each federal and state 
1.4 	office;amending Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204C.33, subdivision 3.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 204C.33, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 3.State canvass. The State Canvassing Board shall meet at a public meeting 
1.8 	space located in the Capitol complex area on the third Tuesday following the state general 
1.9 	election to canvass the certified copies of the county canvassing board reports received from 
1.10 	the county auditors and shall prepare a report that states:
1.11 	(1) the number of individuals voting in the state and in each county;
1.12 	(2) the number of votes received by each of the candidates, specifying the counties in 
1.13 	which they were cast; and
1.14 	(3) the number of votes counted for and against each constitutional amendment, specifying 
1.15 	the counties in which they were cast.
1.16 	Upon completion of the canvass, the State Canvassing Board shall declare the candidates 
1.17 	duly elected who received the highest number of votes for each federal and state office. All 
1.18 	members of the State Canvassing Board shall sign the report and certify its correctness. The 
1.19 	State Canvassing Board shall declare the result within three days after completing the 
1.20 	canvass.