Minnesota Administrative Rules

8250.0385 FORM OF GREEN BALLOT.

Subpart 1.

General form.

The municipal nonpartisan office ballot must be prepared in the same manner as the white ballot, except as provided in this part. Ballots for electronic voting systems must be prepared in the manner provided for paper ballots to the extent practicable.

Subp. 2.

Ballot order.

The municipal clerk may add the type of election directly above the date on the green ballot. City offices must be listed in the following order and must be identified as follows in upper case letters:

MAYOR

COUNCIL MEMBER

CITY CLERK

CITY TREASURER

Town offices must be listed in the following order and must be identified as follows in upper case letters:

TOWN SUPERVISOR

TOWN CLERK

TOWN TREASURER

The name and/or number of the district that the person elected will represent must be printed in upper case letters or numbers directly under the title of the office.

Municipal offices elected at large must be listed before other offices of the same type elected by district. Where municipal offices are designated by number, those offices must be listed in numerical order. If two of the offices listed in this subpart have been combined into one office, the combined office must take the place of the first office listed in this subpart. Vacant municipal offices being filled by special election must be listed with offices of the same type but after any offices for which candidates will be elected for a full term. The title of a vacant township office being filled at an annual town election may be followed by the number of years remaining in the term. Municipal offices not listed in this subpart must follow the last office listed above and must be listed in the order determined by the municipal clerk.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 205.17

History:

23 SR 459; 25 SR 616

Published Electronically:

October 2, 2007