1997 Minnesota Statutes

     206.83 Testing of voting systems. 

    The official in charge of elections shall have the voting 
 system tested to ascertain that the system will correctly count 
 the votes cast for all candidates and on all questions within 14 
 days prior to election day.  Public notice of the time and place 
 of the test must be given at least two days in advance by 
 publication once in official newspapers.  The test must be 
 observed by at least two election judges, who are not of the 
 same major political party, and must be open to representatives 
 of the political parties, candidates, the press, and the 
 public.  The test must be conducted by processing a preaudited 
 group of ballots punched or marked to record a predetermined 
 number of valid votes for each candidate and on each question, 
 and must include for each office one or more ballot cards which 
 have votes in excess of the number allowed by law in order to 
 test the ability of the voting system to reject those votes.  If 
 any error is detected, the cause must be ascertained and 
 corrected and an errorless count must be made before the voting 
 system may be used in the election.  After the completion of the 
 test, the programs used and ballot cards must be sealed, 
 retained, and disposed of as provided for paper ballots. 

    HIST: 1984 c 447 s 25; 1988 c 424 s 1; 1993 c 223 s 21; 1997 c 
 147 s 64