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Chapter 204B
Section 204B.146
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Recent History
- 2016 Subd. 3 Amended 2016 c 161 art 1 s 6
- 1999 Subd. 2 Amended 1999 c 132 s 18
- 1999 Subd. 3 New 1999 c 237 s 2
- 1997 204B.146 Amended 1997 c 147 s 27
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204B.146 DUTIES OF SECRETARY OF STATE.
Subdivision 1. Redistricting. The secretary of state shall conduct conferences with the
county auditors, municipal clerks, and school district clerks to instruct them on the procedures for
redistricting of election districts and establishment of election precincts in the year ending in one.
Subd. 2. Precinct and election district boundaries. The secretary of state shall maintain a
computer database of precinct and election district boundaries. The secretary of state shall revise
the information in the database whenever a precinct or election district boundary is changed. The
secretary of state shall prepare maps illustrating precinct and election district boundaries in either
paper or electronic formats and make them available to the public at the cost of production.
The secretary of state may authorize municipalities and counties to provide updated precinct
and election district boundary information in electronic formats.
The secretary of state shall provide periodic updates of precinct and election district
boundaries to the Legislative Coordinating Commission, the state demographer, and the Land
Management Information Center.
At the request of the county auditor, the secretary of state shall provide the county auditor
with precinct maps. The county auditor shall forward the maps to the appropriate municipal
clerks, who shall post the map in the polling place on the day of the state primary and the state
general election.
Subd. 3. Correction to election district boundaries. When a municipal boundary that is
coterminous with a congressional, legislative, or county commissioner district boundary has
changed and the affected territory contains 50 or fewer registered voters, the secretary of state
may order corrections to move the affected election district boundaries so they again will be
coterminous with the municipal boundary. The election district boundary change is effective
28 days after the date that the order is issued. The secretary of state shall immediately notify
the municipal clerk and county auditor affected by the boundary change and the Legislative
Coordinating Commission. The municipal clerk shall send a nonforwardable notice stating the
location of the polling place to every household containing a registered voter affected by the
boundary change at least 25 days before the next election.
History: 1991 c 349 s 35; 1993 c 208 s 3; 1997 c 147 s 27; 1999 c 132 s 18; 1999 c 237 s 2
Subdivision 1. Redistricting. The secretary of state shall conduct conferences with the
county auditors, municipal clerks, and school district clerks to instruct them on the procedures for
redistricting of election districts and establishment of election precincts in the year ending in one.
Subd. 2. Precinct and election district boundaries. The secretary of state shall maintain a
computer database of precinct and election district boundaries. The secretary of state shall revise
the information in the database whenever a precinct or election district boundary is changed. The
secretary of state shall prepare maps illustrating precinct and election district boundaries in either
paper or electronic formats and make them available to the public at the cost of production.
The secretary of state may authorize municipalities and counties to provide updated precinct
and election district boundary information in electronic formats.
The secretary of state shall provide periodic updates of precinct and election district
boundaries to the Legislative Coordinating Commission, the state demographer, and the Land
Management Information Center.
At the request of the county auditor, the secretary of state shall provide the county auditor
with precinct maps. The county auditor shall forward the maps to the appropriate municipal
clerks, who shall post the map in the polling place on the day of the state primary and the state
general election.
Subd. 3. Correction to election district boundaries. When a municipal boundary that is
coterminous with a congressional, legislative, or county commissioner district boundary has
changed and the affected territory contains 50 or fewer registered voters, the secretary of state
may order corrections to move the affected election district boundaries so they again will be
coterminous with the municipal boundary. The election district boundary change is effective
28 days after the date that the order is issued. The secretary of state shall immediately notify
the municipal clerk and county auditor affected by the boundary change and the Legislative
Coordinating Commission. The municipal clerk shall send a nonforwardable notice stating the
location of the polling place to every household containing a registered voter affected by the
boundary change at least 25 days before the next election.
History: 1991 c 349 s 35; 1993 c 208 s 3; 1997 c 147 s 27; 1999 c 132 s 18; 1999 c 237 s 2
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