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HF 2271

as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/08/2017 11:34am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
 relating to elections; requiring potential election judge lists to include the names
of individuals willing to travel outside of their home jurisdiction to act as an election
judge; amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 204B.21, subdivision 1.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 204B.21, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Appointment lists; duties of political parties and secretary of state.

On May 1 in a year in which there is an election for a partisan political office, each major
political party shall prepare a list of eligible voters to act as election judges in each election
precinct.new text begin The list provided by the party must indicate which eligible voters are willing to
travel to a precinct outside of their home jurisdiction to act as an election judge in another
jurisdiction, and the distance each eligible voter is willing to travel for that purpose.new text end The
political parties shall furnish the lists electronically to the secretary of state, in a format
specified by the secretary of state. The secretary of state must combine the data received
from each political party under this subdivision and must process the data to locate the
precinct in which the address provided for each potential election judge is located. If the
data submitted by a political party is insufficient for the secretary of state to locate the proper
precinct, the associated name must not appear in any list forwarded to an appointing authority
under this subdivision. The secretary of state shall notify political parties of any proposed
election judges with addresses that could not be located in a precinct.

By May 15, the secretary of state shall furnish electronically to the county auditor a list
of the appropriate names for each election precinct in the jurisdiction of the appointing
authority, new text begin and a list of the names of individuals residing outside of the jurisdiction who
indicated a willingness to travel to that jurisdiction to act as an election judge, new text end noting the
political party affiliation of each individual on the list. The county auditor must promptly
forward the appropriate names to the appropriate municipal clerk.