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HF 3018

1st Engrossment - 84th Legislature (2005 - 2006) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
 relating to elections; allowing eligible voters to vote by absentee ballot under
certain public health circumstances; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section
203B.02, subdivision 1.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 203B.02, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Unable to go to polling place.

Any eligible voter who reasonably
expects to be unable to go to the polling place on election day in the precinct where the
individual maintains residence deleted text begin because of deleted text end new text begin may vote by absentee ballot as provided in
sections 203B.04 to 203B.15 for any of the following reasons: new text end absence from the precinctdeleted text begin ,deleted text end new text begin ;new text end
illnessdeleted text begin ,deleted text end new text begin ;new text end disabilitydeleted text begin ,deleted text end new text begin ;new text end religious disciplinedeleted text begin ,deleted text end new text begin ;new text end observance of a religious holidaydeleted text begin ,deleted text end new text begin ; isolation or
quarantine orders under sections 144.419 to 144.4196; an advisory to avoid polling places
in the precinct due to bioterrorism, the spread of a communicable disease, or other threat
to public health issued by the secretary of state after consultation with the governor,
commissioner of health, and commissioner of public safety; new text end or service as an election
judge in another precinctdeleted text begin may vote by absentee ballot as provided in sections 203B.04 to
203B.15deleted text end .

new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE. new text end

new text begin This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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