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SF 893

2nd Engrossment - 85th Legislature (2007 - 2008) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

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Current Version - 2nd Engrossment

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A bill for an act
relating to elections; moving precinct caucuses from the first Tuesday in March
to the second Tuesday in February; amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section
202A.14, subdivision 1.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 202A.14, subdivision 1, is amended to
read:


Subdivision 1.

Time and manner of holding; postponement.

At 7:00 p.m. on the
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be held for every election precinct a party caucus in the manner provided in sections
202A.14 to 202A.19, except that in the event of severe weather a major political party
may request the secretary of state to postpone caucuses. If a major political party makes a
request, or upon the secretary of state's own initiative, after consultation with all major
political parties and on the advice of the federal Weather Bureau and the Department of
Transportation, the secretary of state may declare precinct caucuses to be postponed
for a week in counties where weather makes travel especially dangerous. The secretary
of state shall submit a notice of the postponement to news media covering the affected
counties by 6:00 p.m. on the scheduled day of the caucus. A postponed caucus may also
be postponed pursuant to this subdivision.

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new text begin This act is effective for the precinct caucuses in 2008 and thereafter.
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