2005 Minnesota Statutes

     203B.02 General eligibility requirements. 

    Subdivision 1.    Unable to go to polling place.  Any 
 eligible voter who reasonably expects to be unable to go to the 
 polling place on election day in the precinct where the 
 individual maintains residence because of absence from the 
 precinct, illness, disability, religious discipline, observance 
 of a religious holiday, or service as an election judge in 
 another precinct may vote by absentee ballot as provided in 
 sections 203B.04 to 203B.15. 

    Subd. 1a.    Experimental procedures.  A county board 
 may authorize any eligible voter in the county to vote by 
 absentee ballot without qualification by submitting a written 
 request to the county auditor between August 1, 1991 and 
 November 30, 1992, notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision 
 1.  The county auditor shall notify the secretary of state 
 immediately after the adoption of such a resolution of 
 authorization by the county board. 

    The application for absentee ballots must include the 
 voter's name, residence address in the county, address to which 
 the ballots are to be mailed, the date of the request, and the 
 voter's signature. 

    The county auditor shall maintain a record of the number of 
 applications for absentee ballots submitted under this 
 subdivision.  No later than January 15, 1993, the secretary of 
 state shall prepare a report to the legislature on the 
 implementation of this subdivision. 

    Assistance to voters in marking absentee ballots is subject 
 to section 204C.15, subdivision 1. 

    Subd. 2.    Military service; temporary absence.  An 
 eligible voter who is either in the military, or is a spouse or 
 dependent of an individual serving in the military, or is 
 temporarily outside the territorial limits of the United States 
 may vote by absentee ballot either as provided in sections 
 203B.04 to 203B.15 or as provided in sections 203B.16 to 203B.27.

    Subd. 3.    Permanent residence abroad.  A United States 
 citizen living permanently outside the United States who is 
 eligible under federal law to vote in federal elections in 
 Minnesota may vote by absentee ballot only as provided in 
 sections 203B.16 to 203B.27. 

    HIST: 1981 c 29 art 3 s 2; 1983 c 303 s 2; 1984 c 471 s 3; 
 1986 c 444; 1991 c 227 s 9