Legislative Session number- 81

Bill Name: SF2673

E Relating to elections; requiring the secretary of state to biennially notify
minor political parties of conditions for participation in the income tax form
and property tax refund return programs; modifying and clarifying the terms of
appointed soil and water conservation district supervisors and of hospital
district board members; clarifying the terms for school board members and town
officers; eliminating the requirement for county auditor verification of
addresses of individuals registering to vote on election day; extending the
experimental procedures for absentee voting; modifying or clarifying certain
absentee ballot application procedures; specifying procedures for candidates for
state or federal office wanting write in votes; modifying the time limit for
filing affidavits of withdrawal from primary ballots; requiring contiguous
municipalities outside the metropolitan area to be located in the same county to
establish combined polling places; clarifying the procedure for filing corrected
base maps after precinct boundary changes; requiring precinct boundaries to
follow certain physical features; clarifying the procedure for appointing
certain high school students as trainee election judges; changing the option of
county auditors to retain returned school district election materials to a
retention requirement for school district clerks and extending the returned
election materials retention time period requirement; requiring the secretary of
state to mail notices of nomination to nominees for state or federal office upon
completion of county canvasses; modifying the method for sending copies of
canvassing board reports and precinct summary statements to the secretary of
state; providing for the submission of affidavits of candidacy by absent
candidates for municipal or school district office; modifying the time limit for
municipal or school district office and hospital district board candidates to
file affidavits of withdrawal; expanding the requirement for printing official
ballots for municipal general elections; clarifying certain primary ballot voter
instruction requirements; repealing the experimental mail balloting authority of
Ramsey and Kittson counties (ra, ja)