SF 642

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

A bill for an act
relating to elections; authorizing alternative methods of voting in city elections;
permitting instant runoff voting; requiring a report; proposing coding for new
law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 205.

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

Section 1.

new text begin [205.85] [METHODS OF VOTING IN CITY ELECTIONS.]
new text end

new text begin Nothing in Minnesota Statutes prohibits a city from adopting by ordinance for use in
city elections cumulative voting, ranked-order voting, or another method of voting with a
form of ballot that differs from the form required by section 204B.36, subdivision 2. If
a city conducts a city election using an alternative method described in this section, the
city is requested to report on its experience to the senate and house committees with
jurisdiction over election laws within 30 days after the opening of the first legislative
session after the city first uses the alternative voting method. new text end