204B.04 CANDIDACY; PROHIBITIONS.
Subdivision 1.
Major party candidates. No individual shall be named on any ballot as the
candidate of more than one major political party. No individual who has been certified by a
canvassing board as the nominee of any major political party shall be named on any ballot as the
candidate of any other major political party at the next ensuing general election.
Subd. 2.
Candidates seeking nomination by primary. No individual who seeks nomination
for any partisan or nonpartisan office at a primary shall be nominated for the same office by
nominating petition, except as otherwise provided for partisan offices in section
204D.10,
subdivision 2
, and for nonpartisan offices in section
204B.13, subdivision 4.
Subd. 2a.[Expired]
Subd. 3.
Nomination for nonpartisan office. No individual shall be nominated by
nominating petition for any nonpartisan office except in the event of a vacancy in nomination as
provided in section
204B.13.
History: 1981 c 29 art 4 s 4; 1991 c 320 s 4; 1996 c 419 s 4,5,10