207A.02 Candidates on ballot.
Subdivision 1. Required listing. The following individuals must be listed as candidates on the appropriate major political party presidential ballot with a separate ballot for each major political party:
(1) any individual who files an affidavit of candidacy pursuant to section 204B.06 and submits the appropriate filing fee or petition in place of filing fee pursuant to section 204B.11; and
(2) any individual nominated as a candidate for the presidential nomination of a political party by a petition submitted not later than ten weeks before the primary and bearing the names of 1,000 eligible voters from each congressional district.
In addition, each major political party's ballot must contain a place for a voter to indicate a preference for having delegates to the party's national convention remain uncommitted, and a blank line printed below the other choices on the ballot so that a voter may write in the name of a person who is not listed on the ballot.
The candidates must be listed on the appropriate major political party ballot in the order that the affidavits of candidacy or nominating petitions for the candidates are filed with the secretary of state.
Subd. 1a. Time for filing; fee. The period for filing an affidavit of candidacy for the presidential primary must begin 16 weeks before the primary and end 14 weeks before the primary. The filing fee is $500. The period for signing nominating petitions must begin 16 weeks before the primary and end ten weeks before the primary.
Subd. 2. Announcing candidates. Candidates who have filed an affidavit of candidacy pursuant to subdivision 1, clause (1), for each political party on the presidential primary ballot must be announced by the secretary of state the day after filings close for the purpose of giving voters sufficient time to nominate other candidates by petition.
Subd. 3. Announcement. The determination of which candidates must be listed on the presidential primary ballot must be made by the secretary of state not later than eight weeks before the presidential primary. The secretary of state shall certify to the county auditor of each county the names of all candidates in the presidential primary at least seven weeks before the primary.
Subd. 4. Notification. Not later than three days after the last day for filing a nominating petition pursuant to subdivision 1, clause (2), the secretary of state shall notify each individual whose name is to be listed on the presidential primary ballot that the individual's name will be listed unless the individual submits an affidavit stating that the individual is not a candidate for the presidential nomination, does not intend to become a candidate, and would not accept the nomination. The affidavit must be submitted to and received by the secretary of state no later than eight weeks before the presidential primary.
HIST: 1989 c 291 art 2 s 2; 1990 c 603 s 5; 1993 c 223 s 23
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