SF 43

2nd Engrossment - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to elections; defining certain terms; 
  1.3             changing the name of the state partisan primary to the 
  1.4             state party nominating election; requiring candidates 
  1.5             to demonstrate party support before being listed on a 
  1.6             party's ballot; changing certain procedures, terms, 
  1.7             and deadlines; amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, 
  1.8             sections 10A.255, subdivisions 1 and 3; 10A.31, 
  1.9             subdivision 6; 10A.321; 10A.322, subdivision 1; 
  1.10            10A.323; 200.02, by adding a subdivision; 202A.14, 
  1.11            subdivision 1; 204B.08, subdivisions 1 and 2; 204B.09, 
  1.12            subdivision 1; 204B.10, subdivisions 2, 3, and 4; 
  1.13            204B.11, subdivision 2; 204B.12, subdivision 1; 
  1.14            204B.33; and 204D.08, subdivision 4; proposing coding 
  1.15            for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 204B. 
  1.16  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.17     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 10A.255, 
  1.18  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  1.19     Subdivision 1.  [METHOD OF CALCULATION.] The dollar amounts 
  1.20  provided in section 10A.25, subdivision 2, must be adjusted for 
  1.21  general election years as provided in this section.  By June 1 
  1.22  of the general election year, The executive director of the 
  1.23  board shall determine the percentage increase in the consumer 
  1.24  price index from December of the year preceding the last general 
  1.25  election year to December of the year preceding the year in 
  1.26  which the determination is made.  The dollar amounts used for 
  1.27  the preceding general election year must be multiplied by that 
  1.28  percentage.  The product of the calculation must be added to 
  1.29  each dollar amount to produce the dollar limitations to be in 
  1.30  effect for the next general election.  The product must be 
  2.1   rounded up to the next highest whole dollar.  The index used 
  2.2   must be the revised consumer price index for all urban consumers 
  2.3   for the St. Paul-Minneapolis metropolitan area prepared by the 
  2.4   United States Department of Labor with 1982 as a base year. 
  2.5      Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 10A.255, 
  2.6   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  2.7      Subd. 3.  [PUBLICATION OF EXPENDITURE LIMIT.] By June March 
  2.8   15 of each election year the board shall publish in the State 
  2.9   Register the expenditure limit for each office for that calendar 
  2.10  year under section 10A.25 as adjusted by this section. 
  2.11     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 10A.31, 
  2.12  subdivision 6, is amended to read: 
  2.13     Subd. 6.  As soon as the board has obtained from the 
  2.14  secretary of state the results of the primary state party 
  2.15  nominating election, but in any event no later than one week 
  2.16  after certification by the state canvassing board of the results 
  2.17  of the primary that election, the board shall distribute the 
  2.18  available funds in each party account, as certified by the 
  2.19  commissioner of revenue on September 1 one week before the state 
  2.20  party nominating election, to the candidates of that party who 
  2.21  have signed the agreement as provided in section 10A.322 and 
  2.22  filed the affidavit required by section 10A.323, and whose names 
  2.23  are to appear on the ballot in the general election, according 
  2.24  to the allocations set forth in subdivision 5.  If a candidate 
  2.25  files the affidavit required by section 10A.323 after September 
  2.26  1 of the general election year later than one week before the 
  2.27  state party nominating election, the board shall pay the 
  2.28  candidate's allocation to the candidate at the next regular 
  2.29  payment date for public subsidies for that election cycle that 
  2.30  occurs at least 15 days after the candidate files the affidavit. 
  2.31     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 10A.321, is 
  2.32  amended to read: 
  2.33     10A.321 [ESTIMATES OF MINIMUM AMOUNTS TO BE RECEIVED.] 
  2.34     Subdivision 1.  [CALCULATION AND CERTIFICATION OF 
  2.35  ESTIMATES.] The commissioner of revenue shall calculate and 
  2.36  certify to the board one week before July 1 the first day for 
  3.1   filing for office in an election year an estimate of the total 
  3.2   amount in the state general account of the state elections 
  3.3   campaign fund and the amount of money each candidate who 
  3.4   qualifies, as provided in section 10A.31, subdivisions 6 and 7, 
  3.5   may receive from the candidate's party account in the state 
  3.6   elections campaign fund.  This estimate must be based upon the 
  3.7   allocations and formulas in section 10A.31, subdivision 5, any 
  3.8   necessary vote totals provided by the secretary of state to 
  3.9   apply the formulas in section 10A.31, subdivision 5, and the 
  3.10  amount of money expected to be available after 100 percent of 
  3.11  the tax returns have been processed.  
  3.12     Subd. 2.  [PUBLICATION, CERTIFICATION, AND NOTIFICATION 
  3.13  PROCEDURES.] Before the first day of filing for office, the 
  3.14  board shall publish and forward to all filing officers the 
  3.15  estimates calculated and certified under subdivision 1 along 
  3.16  with a copy of section 10A.25, subdivision 10.  Within seven 
  3.17  days one week after the last day for filing for office, the 
  3.18  secretary of state shall certify to the board the name, address, 
  3.19  office sought, and party affiliation of each candidate who has 
  3.20  filed with that office an affidavit of candidacy or petition to 
  3.21  appear on the ballot.  The auditor of each county shall certify 
  3.22  to the board the same information for each candidate who has 
  3.23  filed with that county an affidavit of candidacy or petition to 
  3.24  appear on the ballot.  Within seven days afterward two weeks 
  3.25  after the last day for filing for office, the board shall 
  3.26  estimate the minimum amount to be received by each candidate who 
  3.27  qualifies, as provided in section 10A.31, subdivisions 6 and 7.  
  3.28  By August 15 the board shall, and notify all candidates of their 
  3.29  minimum amount.  The board shall include with the notice a form 
  3.30  for the agreement provided in section 10A.322 along with a copy 
  3.31  of section 10A.25, subdivision 10. 
  3.32     Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 10A.322, 
  3.33  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  3.34     Subdivision 1.  [AGREEMENT BY CANDIDATE.] (a) As a 
  3.35  condition of receiving a public subsidy, a candidate shall sign 
  3.36  and file with the board a written agreement in which the 
  4.1   candidate agrees that the candidate will comply with sections 
  4.2   10A.25 and 10A.324. 
  4.3      (b) Before the first day of filing for office, the board 
  4.4   shall forward agreement forms to all filing officers.  The board 
  4.5   shall also provide agreement forms to candidates on request at 
  4.6   any time.  The candidate may sign an agreement and submit it to 
  4.7   the filing officer on the day of filing an affidavit of 
  4.8   candidacy or petition to appear on the ballot, in which case the 
  4.9   filing officer shall without delay forward signed agreements to 
  4.10  the board.  Alternatively, the candidate may submit the 
  4.11  agreement directly to the board at any time that is at least one 
  4.12  week before September 1 preceding the general the candidate's 
  4.13  state party nominating election.  An agreement may not be filed 
  4.14  after that date.  An agreement once filed may not be rescinded. 
  4.15     (c) The board shall forward a copy of any agreement signed 
  4.16  under this subdivision to the commissioner of revenue.  
  4.17     (d) Notwithstanding any provisions of this section, when a 
  4.18  vacancy occurs that will be filled by means of a special 
  4.19  election and the filing period does not coincide with the filing 
  4.20  period for the general election, a candidate may sign and submit 
  4.21  a spending limit agreement at any time before the deadline for 
  4.22  submission of a signed agreement under section 10A.315. 
  4.23     Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 10A.323, is 
  4.24  amended to read: 
  4.25     10A.323 [MATCHING REQUIREMENTS.] 
  4.26     In addition to the requirements of section 10A.322, to be 
  4.27  eligible to receive a public subsidy under section 10A.31 or 
  4.28  10A.312 a candidate or the candidate's treasurer shall file an 
  4.29  affidavit with the board stating that during that calendar year 
  4.30  the candidate has accumulated contributions from persons 
  4.31  eligible to vote in this state in the amount indicated for the 
  4.32  office sought, counting only the first $50 received from each 
  4.33  contributor: 
  4.34     (1) candidates for governor and lieutenant governor running 
  4.35  together, $35,000; 
  4.36     (2) candidates for attorney general, $15,000; 
  5.1      (3) candidates for secretary of state, state treasurer, and 
  5.2   state auditor, separately, $6,000; 
  5.3      (4) candidates for the senate, $3,000; and 
  5.4      (5) candidates for the house of representatives, $1,500. 
  5.5      To be eligible to receive a public matching subsidy under 
  5.6   section 10A.312, The affidavit must state the total amount of 
  5.7   contributions that have been received from persons eligible to 
  5.8   vote in this state and the total amount of those contributions 
  5.9   received, disregarding the portion of any contribution in excess 
  5.10  of $50.  
  5.11     The candidate or the candidate's treasurer shall submit the 
  5.12  affidavit required by this section to the board in writing by 
  5.13  September 1 of the general election year no later than one week 
  5.14  before the state party nominating election to receive the 
  5.15  payment based on the results of the primary that election, by 
  5.16  September 15 to receive the payment made October 1, by October 1 
  5.17  to receive the payment made October 15, by November 1 to receive 
  5.18  the payment made November 15 following the general election, and 
  5.19  by December 1 to receive the payment made December 15. 
  5.20     Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 200.02, is 
  5.21  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  5.22     Subd. 23.  [CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICE.] "Constitutional office" 
  5.23  means the offices of governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of 
  5.24  state, state auditor, state treasurer, and attorney general. 
  5.25     Sec. 8.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 202A.14, 
  5.26  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  5.27     Subdivision 1.  [TIME AND MANNER OF HOLDING; POSTPONEMENT.] 
  5.28  At 7:00 p.m. on the first Tuesday in March February in every 
  5.29  state general election year there shall be held for every 
  5.30  election precinct a party caucus in the manner provided in 
  5.31  sections 202A.14 to 202A.19, except that in the event of severe 
  5.32  weather a major political party may request the secretary of 
  5.33  state to postpone caucuses.  If a major political party makes a 
  5.34  request, or upon the secretary of state's own initiative, after 
  5.35  consultation with all major political parties and on the advice 
  5.36  of the federal weather bureau and the department of 
  6.1   transportation, the secretary of state may declare precinct 
  6.2   caucuses to be postponed for a week in counties where weather 
  6.3   makes travel especially dangerous.  The secretary of state shall 
  6.4   submit a notice of the postponement to news media covering the 
  6.5   affected counties by 6:00 p.m. on the scheduled day of the 
  6.6   caucus.  A postponed caucus may also be postponed pursuant to 
  6.7   this subdivision. 
  6.8      Sec. 9.  [204B.055] [FILING FOR PRIMARY; MAJOR PARTY 
  6.9   CANDIDATES FOR CONSTITUTIONAL OFFICE.] 
  6.10     Subdivision 1.  [NOTICE OF OFFICES TO BE ELECTED.] By 
  6.11  February 15 of every even-numbered year the secretary of state 
  6.12  shall send a notice of the constitutional offices to be elected 
  6.13  at the state general election to the state chair of each major 
  6.14  political party.  
  6.15     Subd. 2.  [CERTIFICATION OF CANDIDATES.] No later than 
  6.16  eight weeks before the state party nominating election, the 
  6.17  state chair of each major political party shall certify to the 
  6.18  secretary of state the names of every person who received at 
  6.19  least 20 percent of the votes on any ballot at the appropriate 
  6.20  party endorsing convention for a constitutional office according 
  6.21  to the party rules.  Candidates who receive the endorsement of 
  6.22  the party must be designated as such on the certification.  
  6.23     Subd. 3.  [FORM OF CERTIFICATION.] The certification of 
  6.24  candidates must include the name of the candidate as it is to 
  6.25  appear on the ballot and the name of the office sought.  The 
  6.26  certification shall also include a statement that each candidate 
  6.27  meets the qualifications for the office sought.  The 
  6.28  certification must be prepared by the party chair in the manner 
  6.29  provided by the secretary of state.  
  6.30     Subd. 4.  [ELIGIBILITY OF CANDIDATES.] No candidate shall 
  6.31  be certified by a major political party who does not meet the 
  6.32  constitutional and statutory requirements for the office sought. 
  6.33     Subd. 5.  [FILING BY PETITION.] Any eligible voter whose 
  6.34  name is not certified by a major political party as provided in 
  6.35  this section may obtain access to the state party nomination 
  6.36  ballot for a constitutional office by filing an affidavit of 
  7.1   candidacy and a petition.  
  7.2      The petition must include the signatures of at least five 
  7.3   percent of the number of persons voting for the nomination of 
  7.4   the office sought at the last state party nominating election.  
  7.5   The minimum number of signatures required must be calculated 
  7.6   separately for each congressional district.  By February 15 of 
  7.7   each even-numbered year, the secretary of state shall determine 
  7.8   the minimum number of signatures and the minimum distribution of 
  7.9   signatures by congressional district required for persons 
  7.10  submitting petitions as provided in this subdivision.  
  7.11     Subd. 6.  [FORM OF PETITION.] The petition required by 
  7.12  subdivision 5 must include the following information:  
  7.13  candidate's name, candidate's address, party name, and office 
  7.14  sought.  The petition must include the following oath or 
  7.15  affirmation of the signers:  "I solemnly swear (or affirm) that 
  7.16  I know the contents and purpose of this petition, that I either 
  7.17  participated in the most recent precinct caucus for the party 
  7.18  listed on the petition or intend to vote for a majority of that 
  7.19  party's candidates at the next state general election, and that 
  7.20  I signed this petition of my own free will."  An individual who, 
  7.21  in signing a petition, makes a false oath is guilty of perjury.  
  7.22     Petitions submitted under this subdivision must be in the 
  7.23  form specified by the secretary of state, who shall prepare 
  7.24  samples of the form.  
  7.25     Subd. 7.  [CANDIDATES WITHOUT PARTY CERTIFICATION OR 
  7.26  PETITION.] A candidate may not be placed on the state party 
  7.27  nominating election ballot to seek the nomination of a major 
  7.28  political party for a constitutional office without party 
  7.29  certification under subdivision 2 or a party petition under 
  7.30  subdivisions 5 and 6. 
  7.31     Sec. 10.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 204B.08, 
  7.32  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  7.33     Subdivision 1.  [TIME FOR SIGNING.] Nominating Petitions 
  7.34  shall be signed during the period when petitions may be filed as 
  7.35  provided in section 204B.09.  
  7.36     Sec. 11.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 204B.08, 
  8.1   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  8.2      Subd. 2.  [QUALIFICATIONS OF SIGNERS.] A nominating 
  8.3   petition may be signed only by individuals who are eligible to 
  8.4   vote for the candidate who is nominated named on the petition.  
  8.5   No individual may sign more than one nominating petition for 
  8.6   candidates for the same office unless more than one candidate is 
  8.7   to be elected to that office.  If more than one candidate is to 
  8.8   be elected to the office, an individual may sign as many 
  8.9   petitions as there are candidates to be elected.  
  8.10     Sec. 12.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 204B.09, 
  8.11  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  8.12     Subdivision 1.  [CANDIDATES IN STATE AND COUNTY GENERAL 
  8.13  ELECTIONS.] Except as otherwise provided by this subdivision, 
  8.14  affidavits of candidacy and nominating petitions for county, 
  8.15  state and federal offices filled at the state general election 
  8.16  shall be filed not more than 70 days ten weeks nor less than 56 
  8.17  days eight weeks before the state primary party nominating 
  8.18  election.  The affidavit may be prepared and signed at any time 
  8.19  between 60 days before the filing period opens and the last day 
  8.20  of the filing period.  Notwithstanding other law to the 
  8.21  contrary, the affidavit of candidacy must be signed in the 
  8.22  presence of a notarial officer. 
  8.23     The petitions authorized by section 204B.055 may be signed 
  8.24  no earlier than 18 weeks before the state party nominating 
  8.25  election and must be filed with the secretary of state no later 
  8.26  than eight weeks before the state party nominating election.  
  8.27  Candidates for presidential electors may file petitions on or 
  8.28  before the state primary day.  Nominating petitions to fill 
  8.29  vacancies in nominations shall be filed as provided in section 
  8.30  204B.13.  No affidavit or petition shall be accepted later than 
  8.31  5:00 p.m. on the last day for filing.  Affidavits and petitions 
  8.32  for offices to be voted on in only one county shall be filed 
  8.33  with the county auditor of that county.  Affidavits and 
  8.34  petitions for offices to be voted on in more than one county 
  8.35  shall be filed with the secretary of state. 
  8.36     Sec. 13.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 204B.10, 
  9.1   subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  9.2      Subd. 2.  [NOMINATING PETITIONS; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; 
  9.3   NUMBERING.] On the day a nominating petition is filed, the 
  9.4   election official shall deliver or mail an acknowledgment of the 
  9.5   petition to the individual who files it and to the candidate who 
  9.6   is to be nominated.  The election official shall also number the 
  9.7   petitions in the order received.  The petitions shall be 
  9.8   retained as provided in section 204B.40, and shall be available 
  9.9   for public inspection during that period.  
  9.10     Sec. 14.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 204B.10, 
  9.11  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  9.12     Subd. 3.  [INSPECTION.] The official with whom nominating 
  9.13  petitions are filed shall inspect the petitions in the order 
  9.14  filed to verify that there are a sufficient number of signatures 
  9.15  of individuals whose residence address as shown on the petition 
  9.16  is in the district where the candidate is to be nominated.  
  9.17     Sec. 15.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 204B.10, 
  9.18  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  9.19     Subd. 4.  [CERTIFICATION.] The secretary of state shall 
  9.20  certify to the county auditor of each county the names of all 
  9.21  candidates nominated by petitions filed with the secretary of 
  9.22  state.  Certification of candidates filing petitions as provided 
  9.23  in section 204B.055 must be made at the same time that the 
  9.24  secretary of state certifies candidates for the state party 
  9.25  nominating election.  Certification shall of candidates 
  9.26  nominated by petition must be made at the same time as the 
  9.27  secretary of state certifies the names of candidates who are 
  9.28  nominated at the primary.  
  9.29     Sec. 16.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 204B.11, 
  9.30  subdivision 2, is amended to read: 
  9.31     Subd. 2.  [PETITION IN PLACE OF FILING FEE.] At the time of 
  9.32  filing an affidavit of candidacy, a candidate may present a 
  9.33  petition in place of the filing fee.  The petition may be signed 
  9.34  by any individual eligible to vote for the candidate.  A 
  9.35  nominating petition filed pursuant to section 204B.07 or 
  9.36  204B.13, subdivision 4, or a petition submitted to the secretary 
 10.1   of state as provided in section 204B.055 is effective as a 
 10.2   petition in place of a filing fee if the nominating petition 
 10.3   includes a prominent statement informing the signers of the 
 10.4   petition that it will be used for that purpose.  
 10.5      The number of signatures on a petition used solely in place 
 10.6   of a filing fee shall be as follows:  
 10.7      (a) for a state office voted on statewide, or for president 
 10.8   of the United States, or United States senator, 2,000; 
 10.9      (b) for a congressional office, 1,000; 
 10.10     (c) for a county or legislative office, or for the office 
 10.11  of district, county, or county municipal judge, 500; and 
 10.12     (d) for any other office which requires a filing fee as 
 10.13  prescribed by law, municipal charter, or ordinance, the lesser 
 10.14  of 500 signatures or five percent of the total number of votes 
 10.15  cast in the municipality, ward, or other election district at 
 10.16  the preceding general election at which that office was on the 
 10.17  ballot.  
 10.18     An official with whom petitions are filed shall make sample 
 10.19  forms for petitions in place of filing fees available upon 
 10.20  request.  
 10.21     Sec. 17.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 204B.12, 
 10.22  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
 10.23     Subdivision 1.  [BEFORE PRIMARY.] A candidate may withdraw 
 10.24  from the primary ballot by filing an affidavit of withdrawal 
 10.25  with the same official who received the affidavit of candidacy.  
 10.26  The affidavit shall request that official to withdraw the 
 10.27  candidate's name from the ballot and shall be filed no later 
 10.28  than three days 5:00 p.m. on the day after the last day for 
 10.29  filing for the office.  
 10.30     Sec. 18.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 204B.33, is 
 10.31  amended to read: 
 10.32     204B.33 [NOTICE OF FILING.] 
 10.33     (a) Between June 1 and July 1 in each even numbered year No 
 10.34  later than 15 weeks before the state party nominating election, 
 10.35  the secretary of state shall notify each county auditor of the 
 10.36  offices to be voted for in that county at the next state general 
 11.1   election for which candidates file with the secretary of state.  
 11.2   The notice shall include the time and place of filing for those 
 11.3   offices.  Within ten days after notification by the secretary of 
 11.4   state, each county auditor shall notify each municipal clerk in 
 11.5   the county of all the offices to be voted for in the county at 
 11.6   that election and the time and place for filing for those 
 11.7   offices.  The county auditors and municipal clerks shall 
 11.8   promptly post a copy of that notice in their offices. 
 11.9      (b) At least two weeks before the first day to file an 
 11.10  affidavit of candidacy, the county auditor shall publish a 
 11.11  notice stating the first and last dates on which affidavits of 
 11.12  candidacy may be filed in the county auditor's office and the 
 11.13  closing time for filing on the last day for filing.  The county 
 11.14  auditor shall post a similar notice at least ten days before the 
 11.15  first day to file affidavits of candidacy. 
 11.16     Sec. 19.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 204D.08, 
 11.17  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
 11.18     Subd. 4.  [STATE PARTISAN PRIMARY PARTY NOMINATING ELECTION 
 11.19  BALLOT; PARTY COLUMNS.] The state partisan primary party 
 11.20  nominating election ballot shall be headed by the words "State 
 11.21  Partisan Primary Party Nominating Election Ballot."  The ballot 
 11.22  shall be printed on white paper.  There must be at least three 
 11.23  vertical columns on the ballot and each major political party 
 11.24  shall have a separate column headed by the words ".......... 
 11.25  Party," giving the party name.  Above the party names, the 
 11.26  following statement shall be printed.  
 11.27     "Minnesota election law permits you to vote for the 
 11.28  candidates of only one political party in a state partisan 
 11.29  primary party nominating election." 
 11.30     If there are only two major political parties to be listed 
 11.31  on the ballot, one party must occupy the left-hand column, the 
 11.32  other party must occupy the right-hand column, and the center 
 11.33  column must contain the following statement:  
 11.34     "Do not vote for candidates of more than one party."  
 11.35     The names of the candidates seeking the nomination of each 
 11.36  major political party shall be listed in that party's 
 12.1   column.  The name of a candidate who was endorsed by a major 
 12.2   political party at the appropriate party endorsing convention 
 12.3   according to the party rules must be followed by the term 
 12.4   "endorsed."  If only one individual files an affidavit of 
 12.5   candidacy seeking the nomination of a major political party for 
 12.6   an office, the name of that individual shall be placed on the 
 12.7   state partisan primary party nominating election ballot at the 
 12.8   appropriate location in that party's column.  
 12.9      In each column, the candidates for senator in Congress 
 12.10  shall be listed first, candidates for representative in Congress 
 12.11  second, candidates for state senator third, candidates for state 
 12.12  representative fourth and then candidates for state office in 
 12.13  the order specified by the secretary of state.  
 12.14     The party columns shall be substantially the same in width, 
 12.15  type, and appearance.  The columns shall be separated by a 
 12.16  12-point solid line. 
 12.17     Sec. 20.  [INSTRUCTION TO REVISOR.] 
 12.18     The revisor of statutes shall change the terms in column A 
 12.19  to the corresponding terms in column B wherever they appear in 
 12.20  Minnesota Statutes or Minnesota Rules. 
 12.21         Column A                       Column B
 12.22    "state primary"              "state party nominating
 12.23                                  election and primary"
 12.24    "state partisan primary"     "state party nominating
 12.25                                  election"