Minnesota Administrative Rules

8250.0398 FORM OF TAN BALLOT.

Subpart 1.

General form.

The hospital district 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 heading.

The words "HOSPITAL DISTRICT BALLOT" must be printed at the top of the ballot in upper case letters. The hospital district clerk must add the name of the hospital district and the date of the election directly under the heading of the tan ballot. The hospital district clerk may add the type of election directly above the date on the tan ballot.

Subp. 3.

Ballot offices.

Hospital district offices must be identified on the tan ballot as follows in upper case letters:

HOSPITAL DISTRICT 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.

Hospital district offices elected at large must be listed before other offices of the same type elected by district. Where hospital district 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. The title of a vacant hospital district office being filled by special election may be followed by the number of years remaining in the term.

Subp. 4.

Ballot questions.

The following instruction must be printed directly under the ballot heading, hospital district identifier, election type, and election date. "To vote for a question, put an (X) in the square next to the word 'YES' for that question. To vote against a question, put an (X) in the square next to the word 'NO' for that question."

When more than one question is on the ballot, each ballot question must be designated by number and must be preceded by the words "HOSPITAL DISTRICT BALLOT QUESTION" in upper case letters and the number assigned to the question. The hospital district clerk or hospital district board shall provide a title for each hospital district question printed on the tan ballot. The title must not contain more than ten words. The hospital district's attorney shall review the title to determine whether it accurately describes the question asked. The title must not be used on the ballot until it has been approved by the hospital district's attorney. The title must be printed in upper case letters and must be printed above the question to which it refers. The body of the question must be printed in upper and lower case letters.

Subp. 5.

Offices and questions on same ballot.

If both hospital district offices and questions will be on the hospital district ballot, the instruction for voting for questions must follow the instruction for voting for offices.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 447.32

History:

25 SR 616

Published Electronically:

October 4, 2013