2000 Minnesota Statutes

     370.07 Canvass; proclamation; secretary of state; 
  auditor; notice to county commissioners. 

    The state canvassing board shall canvass the returns at the 
 time of canvassing the votes cast for state officers, and in the 
 same manner.  The board may use the returns received from the 
 election judges to correct errors and supply omissions in the 
 returns of the county canvassing board.  When the canvass is 
 completed, the board shall file a certificate declaring the 
 result of the vote with the secretary of state.  If the 
 certificate shows that the proposition has received a majority 
 of the votes cast in each affected county, and has received a 
 majority of the votes cast in the territory forming the proposed 
 new county, if the proposition was for the establishment of a 
 new county, the governor shall issue a proclamation declaring 
 that the proposition has been adopted within ten days after 
 completion of the canvass.  The secretary of state shall record 
 the certificate and proclamation, and transmit a certified copy 
 of the proclamation to the auditor of each county whose 
 territory is affected.  The auditor shall, if the proposition 
 was for the establishment of a new county, serve a certified 
 copy on each of the persons elected as county commissioners of 
 the new county.  The proclamation shall also be published with 
 the general laws enacted at the next session of the legislature. 

    HIST: (608) RL s 386; 1913 c 422 s 2; 1984 c 543 s 33; 1985 c 
 109 s 1