2007 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.
History: 1981 c 29 art 4 s 41; 1986 c 444; 1991 c 320 s 13; 2004 c 293 art 2 s 23