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SF 483

1st Engrossment - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) 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; eliminating ten percent requirement for major political party
nomination; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, sections 204B.04, subdivision
2; 204D.10, subdivision 1; 204D.20, subdivision 1; repealing Minnesota Statutes
2006, section 204D.10, subdivision 2.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 204B.04, subdivision 2, is amended to read:


Subd. 2.

Candidates seeking nomination by primary.

No individual who
seeks nomination for any partisan or nonpartisan office at a primary shall be nominated
for the same office by nominating petition, except as otherwise provided deleted text begin for partisan
offices in section 204D.10, subdivision 2, anddeleted text end for nonpartisan offices in section 204B.13,
subdivision 4.

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 204D.10, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Partisan offices; nominees.

The candidate for nomination of a
major political party for a partisan office on the state partisan primary ballot who receives
the highest number of votes shall be the nominee of that political party for that officedeleted text begin ,
except as otherwise provided in subdivision 2deleted text end .

Sec. 3.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 204D.20, subdivision 1, is amended to read:


Subdivision 1.

Special primary.

Except as provided in subdivision 2, the candidates
of the major political parties to fill a vacancy shall be nominated at a special primary. The
candidate of each party who receives the highest number of votes at the special primary
shall be nominated deleted text begin without reference to the ten percent requirement of section 204D.10,
subdivision 2deleted text end .

Sec. 4. new text begin REPEALER.
new text end

new text begin Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 204D.10, subdivision 2, new text end new text begin is repealed.
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Sec. 5. new text begin EFFECTIVE DATE.
new text end

new text begin Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final enactment.
 new text end