Legislative Session number- 89

Bill Name: SF0455

5E Relating to elections

ARTICLE 1 - ELECTION ADMINISTRATION

Modifying
various election administration provisions related to school board
membership;
providing an option for filling school board member vacancies;
requiring political party petitions to have signatures collected in the same
year as petition filing; requiring the secretary of state to prepare county
auditor voter lists monthly; modifying military and overseas voting for military
personnel and persons with indefinite residence outside the United States;
modifying election judge qualifications by prohibiting election judge service
when domiciled with a candidate making technical and clarifying changes;
modifying ballot board duties in regard to absentee ballots; modifying trainee
election judge and ballot requirements; modifying authorization and procedure
for mail balloting and election day activities; requiring election certificate
legislative delivery; authorizing statutory and home rule charter cities to set
candidate filing fees by ordinance; removing the requirement for hospital
questions to be on a separate ballot; establishing the elections emergency
planning task force and prescribing membership and duties; repealing independent
school district boards appointments to fill vacancies, election precinct
boundaries to follow physical features, folding ballots, secretary of
state
summary statements delivery, and the Ramsey county charter election
ballot

ARTICLE 2 - UNIFORM FAITHFUL PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS ACT

"Uniform
Faithful Presidential Electors Act"; enacting certain election provisions to
provide uniformity of law; making conforming changes
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