VOTING PRECINCTS

See also VOTING; VOTING MACHINES AND SYSTEMS

Absentee voting

Election judges, duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 203B.23

Records, Minn. Statutes 2025 203B.26

Address changes, Minn. Statutes 2025 201.11

Annexation of territory, Minn. Statutes 2025 204B.14

Boundaries, see Redistricting under this topic

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 204B.14, 204B.146

Municipal boundary changes, effect on voting precincts, Minn. Statutes 2025 204B.14

School boards, duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 123A.48

Colleges and universities, voter information, Minn. Statutes 2025 201.1611

Combined polling places, Minn. Statutes 2025 204B.14

Combined precincts

Election judges, Minn. Statutes 2025 204B.21, 205A.11

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 205A.11

Polling places, location, Minn. Statutes 2025 204B.16

Definitions

Election law, Minn. Statutes 2025 200.02

Legislative districts, Minn. Statutes 2025 2.031

Election boards, see under ELECTION JUDGES

Election emergency, combined polling place, Minn. Statutes 2025 204B.14

Election judges, see ELECTION JUDGES

Election judges, number of trainees, Minn. Rules 8240.1655

Election returns, see Returns under VOTING

Electronic voting systems

Candidate names, base rotation, Minn. Rules 8220.0825

Public accuracy test, Minn. Rules 8220.1550

Fort Snelling, regulations, Minn. Statutes 2025 383B.063

Help America Vote Act, complaint procedures, Minn. Statutes 2025 200.04

Hennepin County, Minn. Statutes 2025 383B.063

Hospital district elections, Minn. Statutes 2025 447.32

House number and street address changes, Minn. Statutes 2025 201.11

Instructions, election day operations, Minn. Rules 8230.0580

Local government election districts, Minn. Statutes 2025 204B.135, 204B.146

Local government election districts, redistricting, Minn. Rules 8255.0010 to 8255.0050

Mail balloting, designation for precincts with fewer than 50 voters, Minn. Statutes 2025 204B.45

Maps, Minn. Rules 8255.0010, 8255.0015, 8255.0030

Copies, format, Minn. Statutes 2025 204B.146

County auditors, duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 201.061, 204B.14

Municipal clerks, duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 201.061

Secretary of state, duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 204B.14, 204B.146

State demographer, duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 4A.02

Unorganized territories, Minn. Statutes 2025 204B.14

New precincts

Establishment, Minn. Statutes 2025 204B.14, 204B.15

Statutory cities, separation from town, Minn. Statutes 2025 412.081

Optical scan voting systems

General rules, see OPTICAL SCAN VOTING SYSTEMS

Precinct supplies, Minn. Rules 8230.0580

Posting (notices), mail balloting, Minn. Rules 8210.3000

Precinct count voting system, see under OPTICAL SCAN VOTING SYSTEMS

Precinct, defined, Minn. Statutes 2025 2.031, 200.02

Precinct election lists, see Rosters under POLLING PLACES

Precinct finders, Minn. Rules 8200.9315

Publications and instructions, copies to, Minn. Statutes 2025 204B.27

Records and record keeping, absentee ballots, voters in military or abroad, Minn. Statutes 2025 203B.26

Redistricting

Boundaries, Minn. Statutes 2025 204B.14, 204B.146

Census, Minn. Statutes 2025 205.84, 205A.12

Cities (wards), Minn. Statutes 2025 204B.135, 205.84

City councils, duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 204B.14, 205.84

Completion dates, Minn. Rules 8255.0010

Coordination with school district boundaries, Minn. Rules 8255.0015

County auditors, duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 201.11

County commissioner districts, Minn. Statutes 2025 375.025, 375.056

Generally, Minn. Statutes 2025 204B.135, 204B.14, Minn. Rules 8255.0010 to 8255.0050

Hearings, notice, Minn. Statutes 2025 205.84, 205A.12

Information exchange, computerized data, Minn. Statutes 2025 204B.145

Maps, Minn. Statutes 2025 4A.02, 201.061, 204B.14, 204B.146, Minn. Rules 8255.0010, 8255.0015, 8255.0030

Notice requirements, Minn. Rules 8255.0030 to 8255.0050

Petitions to school districts, Minn. Statutes 2025 205A.12

School board election districts, Minn. Statutes 2025 205A.12

School boards, duties, failure to perform, compensation prohibited, Minn. Statutes 2025 205A.12

Secretary of state, duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 204B.14 to 204B.146

Training for county auditors and municipal clerks, Minn. Statutes 2025 204B.146

Voter registration, Minn. Statutes 2025 201.11

Voters, duties, Minn. Statutes 2025 205A.12

Voting Rights Act, Minn. Statutes 2025 200.54

Residence

Dwellings in more than one precinct, determination of, Minn. Statutes 2025 200.031

Election judges, qualifications, Minn. Statutes 2025 204B.19

Fire or natural disaster, exceptions for loss due to, Minn. Statutes 2025 200.031

Requirements, see Voters under RESIDENCE

Special elections, Minn. Statutes 2025 204D.24

Street address changes, Minn. Statutes 2025 201.11

Summary statements, see under OPTICAL SCAN VOTING SYSTEMS

Town elections

Fire protection districts, Minn. Statutes 2025 368.85

Separation from statutory cities, Minn. Statutes 2025 365.44

Special elections, Minn. Statutes 2025 365.52

Town meetings, Minn. Statutes 2025 365.51

Unorganized territories, Minn. Statutes 2025 204B.14, 204B.15, 204B.20

Violations and penalties

Nonresidents, Minn. Statutes 2025 201.054

Redistricting, failure to perform duties, compensation prohibited, Minn. Statutes 2025 205.84, 205A.12

Voter registration

Precinct identification and assignment, Minn. Statutes 2025 201.022

Public information lists, Minn. Statutes 2025 201.091

Voter registration at, see Election day registration under VOTER REGISTRATION

Voters

Assistance to, see Voters under VOTING

Reports about, Minn. Statutes 2025 204C.24, 204C.32, 204C.33

Voting systems, postelection review, Minn. Statutes 2025 206.89, 206.895