Minnesota Administrative Rules

8250.0395 FORM OF BUFF BALLOT.

Subpart 1.

General form.

The school district 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 offices.

The words "SCHOOL DISTRICT BALLOT" must be printed at the top of the ballot in upper case letters. The school district clerk must add the name and/or number of the school district and the date of the election directly under the heading of the buff ballot. The school district clerk may add the type of election directly above the date on the buff ballot. School district offices must be identified on the buff ballot as follows in upper case letters:

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER

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

School district offices elected at large must be listed before other offices of the same type elected by district. Where school board offices are designated by number, the offices must be listed in numerical order. Vacant offices being filled by special election must be listed with offices of the same type but after any offices for which a candidate will be elected for a full term.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 205A.08

History:

23 SR 459; 25 SR 616

Published Electronically:

October 2, 2007