2004 Minnesota Statutes

     204C.24 Election returns; summary statements. 

    Subdivision 1.    Information requirements.  Precinct 
 summary statements shall be submitted by the election judges in 
 every precinct.  For state elections, the election judges shall 
 complete three or more copies of the summary statements, and 
 each copy shall contain the following information for each kind 
 of ballot:  

    (a) the number of votes each candidate received or the 
 number of yes and no votes on each question, the number of 
 undervotes or partially blank ballots, and the number of 
 overvotes or partially defective ballots with respect to each 
 office or question; 

    (b) the number of totally blank ballots, the number of 
 totally defective ballots, the number of spoiled ballots, and 
 the number of unused ballots; 

    (c) the number of individuals who voted at the election in 
 the precinct; 

    (d) the number of voters registering on election day in 
 that precinct; and 

    (e) the signatures of the election judges who counted the 
 ballots certifying that all of the ballots cast were properly 
 piled, checked, and counted; and that the numbers entered by the 
 election judges on the summary statements correctly show the 
 number of votes cast for each candidate and for and against each 
 question. 

    At least two copies of the summary statement must be 
 prepared for elections not held on the same day as the state 
 elections. 

    Subd. 2.    Sealing in envelopes.  The election judges 
 shall place a full set of completed summary statements in each 
 of three separate envelopes and seal them so that the envelopes 
 cannot be opened without leaving evidence that they have been 
 opened.  The election judges shall then sign each envelope over 
 the sealed part so that no envelope can be opened without 
 disturbing the continuity of the signatures.  Each of the 
 envelopes shall show substantially the following information on 
 its face:  

    "Summary statements of the returns of the ....  election 
 precinct, (Town) or (City) of ....., or (School District Number) 
 ...., in the County of ....., State of Minnesota."  

    HIST: 1981 c 29 art 5 s 24; 1981 c 217 s 7; 1983 c 253 s 15; 
 1984 c 447 s 31; 1987 c 175 s 8; 1987 c 266 art 1 s 40; 1988 c 
 646 s 6; 1999 c 132 s 22