Key: (1) language to be deleted (2) new language
Laws of Minnesota 1984 CHAPTER 396-S.F.No. 416 An act relating to town elections; authorizing towns to set the hours for polling places; amending Minnesota Statutes 1983 Supplement, section 205.175, subdivisions 2 and 3. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 1983 Supplement, section 205.175, subdivision 2, is amended to read: Subd. 2. [METROPOLITAN AREA TOWNS.] At any election of town officers, in a town which is located within60 miles of acity of the first class having a population of at least 250,000a metropolitan county as defined by section 473.121, the town board, by resolution adopted prior to giving notice of the election, may designate the time during which the polling places will remain open for voting at the next succeeding and all subsequent town elections, provided that the polling places shall open no later than 10:00 a.m. and shall close no earlier than 8:00 p.m. The resolution shall remain in force until it is revoked by the town board. Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 1983 Supplement, section 205.175, subdivision 3, is amended to read: Subd. 3. [OTHER TOWNS.] In any election of town officers in a town other than a town described in subdivision 2, the town board, by resolution adopted prior to giving notice of the election, may designate the time, in no event less than three hours, during which the polling places will remain open for voting at the next succeeding and all subsequent town elections. The resolution shall remain in force until it is revoked by the town board or changed because of request by voters as provided in this subdivision. If a petition requesting longer voting hours, signed by a number of voters equal to 20 percent of the votes cast at the last town election, is presented to the town clerk no later than 30 days prior to the town election, then the polling places for that election shall open at 10:00 a.m. and close at 8:00 p.m. The town clerk shall give ten days notice of the changed voting hours and notify the county auditor of the change. Approved April 17, 1984
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