1997 Minnesota Statutes

     207A.04 Auditor furnished information by secretary of 
  state; ballot preparation. 

    Subdivision 1.    Notice of filing period.  Twenty weeks 
 before a presidential primary is to be held, the secretary of 
 state shall provide notice to the county auditor of each county 
 of the date of the presidential primary.  Within ten days after 
 notification by the secretary of state, each county auditor 
 shall provide notice of the date of the presidential primary to 
 each municipal clerk in the county. 

    Subd. 2.    Notice of primary.  At least 15 days before 
 the date of the presidential primary, each municipal clerk shall 
 post a public notice stating the date of the presidential 
 primary, the location of each polling place in the municipality, 
 and the hours during which the polling places in the 
 municipality will be open.  The county auditor shall post a 
 similar notice in the auditor's office with information for any 
 polling places in unorganized territory in the county.  The 
 governing body of a municipality or county may publish the 
 notice in addition to posting it.  Failure to give notice does 
 not invalidate the election.  

    Subd. 3.    Ballot preparation.  The secretary of state 
 shall prepare paper ballots, absentee ballot envelopes, ballot 
 return envelopes, election return envelopes, and summary 
 statements for use in the presidential primary.  The ballots 
 must be printed on white paper with a separate ballot for the 
 names of the candidates of each political party.  

    HIST: 1989 c 291 art 2 s 4; 1990 c 603 s 7