Minnesota Administrative Rules

8230.2150 CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION JUDGES.

The election judges shall sign a "certificate of election judges." The certificate must state:

A.

the number of persons voting as shown on the summary statement;

B.

that the order of the offices and questions to be voted on and the candidates' names on the ballots were the same as on the sample ballot;

C.

the number of ballots being submitted for tabulation;

D.

that the ballots have been counted and agree with the number of names as shown on the summary statement;

E.

the number of excess ballots, if any;

F.

that all ballots requiring duplication are in the proper envelope;

G.

that all write-in votes have been properly recorded, if this process was done on election night;

H.

that all ballots used in the election and all ballots that have been or need to be duplicated have been placed in the transfer case and that the case was securely sealed in such a manner as to render it impossible to open the case without breaking the seal; and

I.

the numbers of any seals used to seal the transfer case or cases.

Statutory Authority:

MS s 206.57; 206.81

History:

10 SR 1690; 23 SR 459

Published Electronically:

October 16, 2000