2001 Minnesota Statutes

     204C.26 Summary statements and envelopes for ballot 
  returns; election officials to furnish. 

    Subdivision 1.    Summary statements.  For state 
 elections, each official responsible for printing ballots shall 
 furnish three or more blank summary statement forms for the 
 returns of those ballots for each precinct.  At least two copies 
 of the summary statement must be prepared for elections not held 
 on the same day as the state elections.  The blank summary 
 statement forms shall be furnished at the same time and in the 
 same manner as the ballots.  The county auditor shall furnish 
 blank summary statement forms containing separate space for the 
 summary statement of the returns of the white ballot and the 
 summary statement of the returns for the state pink ballot.  

    Subd. 2.    Summary statements; contents.  The blank 
 summary statement forms furnished to each precinct shall 
 identify the precinct, ward number if any, city, school district 
 if applicable, or town, date, and kind of election and, under 
 appropriate headings identifying each color ballot, shall 
 contain spaces for the election judges to enter the information 
 required by section 204C.24, subdivision 1. 

    Each blank summary statement form shall also contain a 
 certificate to be signed by the election judges stating that the 
 national flag was displayed on a suitable staff during voting 
 hours; that all of the ballots cast were properly piled, 
 checked, and counted; and that the numbers entered by the 
 election judges on the summary statements correctly show the 
 number of votes cast for each candidate and for and against each 
 question.  

    Subd. 3.    Secretary of state.  On or before July 1 of 
 each even-numbered year, the secretary of state shall prescribe 
 the form for summary statements of election returns and the 
 methods by which returns for the state primary and state general 
 election shall be recorded by precinct, county, and state 
 election officials.  Each county auditor and municipal or school 
 district clerk required to furnish summary statements shall 
 prepare them in the manner prescribed by the secretary of 
 state.  The summary statement of the primary returns shall be in 
 the same form as the summary statement of the general election 
 returns except that a separate part of the summary statement 
 shall be provided for the partisan primary ballot and a separate 
 part for the nonpartisan primary ballot.  

    Subd. 4.    Envelopes for counted ballots.  Each 
 official responsible for printing ballots shall also furnish 
 envelopes to contain those ballots after they have been 
 counted.  The envelopes shall be made of heavy paper, printed or 
 marked to distinguish the color of the ballots to be contained 
 in them.  They shall be of convenient size to hold the ballots 
 and shall be furnished at the same time and in the same manner 
 as the ballots.  

    HIST: 1981 c 29 art 5 s 26; 1981 c 217 s 8; 1987 c 266 art 1 s 
 42,43; 1999 c 132 s 23