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202A.14 PRECINCT CAUCUS.
    Subdivision 1. Time and manner of holding; postponement. At 7:00 p.m. on the first
Tuesday in March in every state general election year there shall be held for every election
precinct a party caucus in the manner provided in sections 202A.14 to 202A.19, except that in
the event of severe weather a major political party may request the secretary of state to postpone
caucuses. If a major political party makes a request, or upon the secretary of state's own initiative,
after consultation with all major political parties and on the advice of the federal Weather Bureau
and the Department of Transportation, the secretary of state may declare precinct caucuses to be
postponed for a week in counties where weather makes travel especially dangerous. The secretary
of state shall submit a notice of the postponement to news media covering the affected counties
by 6:00 p.m. on the scheduled day of the caucus. A postponed caucus may also be postponed
pursuant to this subdivision.
    Subd. 2. Caucus call. The chair of the county or legislative district executive committee,
whichever is provided for by party rules, shall issue the call for the precinct caucus at least 20
days before the time set for holding the caucus, and the call shall contain the following:
(a) name of party;
(b) precinct number;
(c) date caucus is to be held;
(d) place caucus is to be held;
(e) hours during which caucus shall be held;
(f) statutory rules governing the caucus;
(g) a statement of business to be conducted including the election of a chair and such other
officers as may be provided by party rules, and the election of delegates to county or district
conventions;
(h) number of delegates to be elected;
(i) name of the county or legislative district chair issuing the call;
(j) name of the present precinct chair or other person who will be the convener of the caucus;
(k) a space for entering the names of the officers and delegates elected by the caucus.
    Subd. 3. Notice. The county or legislative district chair shall give at least six days' published
notice of the holding of the precinct caucus, stating the place, date, and time for holding the
caucus, and shall deliver the same information to the municipal clerk and county auditor at least
20 days before the precinct caucus. The county auditor shall make this information available at
least ten days before the date of the caucuses to persons who request it.
History: 1975 c 5 s 5; 1975 c 292 s 1,2; 1981 c 29 art 7 s 38; 1983 c 168 s 1; 1986 c 324 s
1; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 263 s 1; 1991 c 349 s 29; 1993 c 150 s 1; 2004 c 293 art 2 s 12

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