1997 Minnesota Statutes

     204B.146 Duties of secretary of state. 

    Subdivision 1.    Redistricting.  The secretary of state 
 shall conduct conferences with the county auditors, municipal 
 clerks, and school district clerks to instruct them on the 
 procedures for redistricting of election districts and 
 establishment of election precincts in the year ending in one.  

    Subd. 2.    Precinct and election district boundaries.  
 The secretary of state shall maintain a computer database of 
 precinct and election district boundaries.  The secretary of 
 state shall revise the information in the database whenever a 
 precinct or election district boundary is changed.  The 
 secretary of state shall prepare maps illustrating precinct and 
 election district boundaries in either paper or electronic 
 formats and make them available to the public at the cost of 
 production. 

    The secretary of state may authorize municipalities and 
 counties to provide updated precinct and election district 
 boundary information in electronic formats. 

    The secretary of state shall provide periodic updates of 
 precinct and election district boundaries to the legislative 
 coordinating commission, the state demographer, and the land 
 management information center. 

    At least 30 days before the state primary, the secretary of 
 state shall provide the county auditor with maps of each 
 precinct in municipalities with more than one precinct.  The 
 county auditor shall forward the maps to the appropriate 
 municipal clerks, who shall post the map in the polling place on 
 the day of the state primary and the state general election. 

    HIST: 1991 c 349 s 35; 1993 c 208 s 3; 1997 c 147 s 27