HF 2880

as introduced - 91st Legislature (2019 - 2020) Posted on 05/13/2019 10:17am

A bill for an act
relating to legislative enactments; correcting miscellaneous oversights,
inconsistencies, ambiguities, unintended results, and technical errors; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 204B.07, subdivision 1.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 204B.07, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Form of petition.

A nominating petition may consist of one or more
separate pages each of which shall state:

(a) the office sought;

(b) the candidate's name and residence address, including street and number if any; and

(c) the candidate's political party or political principle expressed in not more than three
words. No candidate who files for a partisan office by nominating petition shall use the term
"nonpartisan" as a statement of political principle or the name of the candidate's political
party. No part of the name of a major political party may be used to designate the political
party or principle of a candidate who files for a partisan office by nominating petition, except
that the word "independent" may be used to designate the party or principle. A candidate
who files an affidavit of candidacy to fill a vacancy in nomination for a nonpartisan office
pursuant to section deleted text begin 204B.13 deleted text end new text begin 204B.131 new text end , shall not state any political principle or the name
of any political party on the petition.

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new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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new text begin Unless otherwise provided, each section of this act is effective at the time the provision
being corrected is effective.
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