2000 Minnesota Statutes

     205A.03 Primary elections. 

    Subdivision 1.    Resolution.  The school board of a 
 school district may, by resolution adopted by June 1 of any 
 year, decide to choose nominees for school district elective 
 offices by a primary as provided in subdivisions 1 to 6.  The 
 resolution, when adopted, is effective for all ensuing elections 
 of board members in that school district until it is revoked.  

    Subd. 2.    Date.  The school district primary must be 
 held on the first Tuesday after the second Monday in September 
 in the year when the school district general election is held.  
 The clerk shall give notice of the primary in the manner 
 provided in section 205A.07. 

    Subd. 3.    Candidates, filing.  The clerk shall place 
 upon the primary ballot without partisan designation the names 
 of individuals whose candidacies have been filed and for whom 
 the proper filing fee has been paid.  When not more than twice 
 the number of individuals to be elected to a school district 
 elective office file for nomination for the office, their names 
 must not be placed upon the primary ballot and must be placed on 
 the school district general election ballot as the nominees for 
 that office.  

    Subd. 4.    Results.  The school district primary must 
 be conducted and the returns made in the manner provided for the 
 state primary as far as practicable.  Within two days after the 
 primary, the school board of the school district shall canvass 
 the returns, and the two candidates for each office who receive 
 the highest number of votes, or a number of candidates equal to 
 twice the number of individuals to be elected to the office who 
 receive the highest number of votes, are the nominees for the 
 office named.  Their names must be certified to the school 
 district clerk who shall place them on the school district 
 general election ballot without partisan designation and without 
 payment of an additional fee. 

    Subd. 5.    Recount.  A losing candidate at the school 
 district primary may request a recount of the votes for that 
 nomination subject to section 204C.36. 

    Subd. 6.    Vacancy in nomination.  When a vacancy 
 occurs in a nomination made at a school district primary, the 
 vacancy must be filled in the manner provided in section 204B.13.

    HIST: 1987 c 266 art 1 s 50; 1994 c 646 s 16,17