HF 259

as introduced - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

A bill for an act
relating to elections; requiring presidential electors
to vote by public ballot and speak aloud the name of
the candidates for whom they are voting; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 208.08.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 208.08, is
amended to read:

208.08 ELECTORS TO MEET AT STATE CAPITOL.

The original and substituted presidential electors, at
12:00 M., shall meet in the executive chamber at the State
Capitol and shall perform all the duties imposed upon them as
electors by the Constitution and laws of the United States and
this state. new text begin They shall vote by public ballot and speak aloud
the name of the candidate for president and for vice president
for whom they are voting.
new text end