2004 Minnesota Statutes

     204B.41 Vacancy in nomination; changing ballots. 

    When a vacancy in nomination occurs through the death or 
 catastrophic illness of a candidate after the 16th day before 
 the general election, the officer in charge of preparing the 
 ballots shall prepare and distribute a sufficient number of 
 separate paper ballots which shall be headed with the words 
 "OFFICIAL SUPPLEMENTAL BALLOT."  This ballot shall contain the 
 title of the office for which the vacancy in nomination has been 
 filled and the names of all the candidates nominated for that 
 office.  The ballot shall conform to the provisions governing 
 the printing of other official ballots as far as practicable.  
 The title of the office and the names of the candidates for that 
 office shall be blotted out or stricken from the regular ballots 
 by the election judges.  The official supplemental ballot shall 
 be given to each voter when the voter is given the regular 
 ballot or is directed to the voting machine.  Regular ballots 
 shall not be changed nor shall official supplemental ballots be 
 prepared as provided in this section during the six calendar 
 days before an election.  Absentee ballots that have been mailed 
 prior to the preparation of official supplemental ballots shall 
 be counted in the same manner as if the vacancy had not occurred.
 Both an official supplemental ballot and a replacement regular 
 ballot from which the title of the office and names of the 
 candidates for that office have been blotted out or stricken as 
 provided in this section must be provided to each absentee voter 
 or voter residing in a precinct voting by mail who requests 
 either of them under section 203B.06, subdivision 3.  The 
 election judges conducting absentee voting in health care 
 facilities as provided in section 203B.11, subdivision 1, must 
 deliver official supplemental ballots and replacement regular 
 ballots to those facilities no later than 5:00 p.m. on the day 
 before the election. 

    HIST: 1981 c 29 art 4 s 41; 1986 c 444; 1991 c 320 s 13; 2004 
 c 293 art 2 s 23