2007 Minnesota Statutes

205.075 TOWN GENERAL ELECTION.
    Subdivision 1. Date of election. The general election in a town must be held on the second
Tuesday in March, except as provided in subdivision 2.
    Subd. 2. Alternate date. A town may, by resolution or ordinance, designate the first Tuesday
after the first Monday in November of either the even-numbered or the odd-numbered year as
the date of the town general election. Town supervisors elected at a November town general
election shall serve four-year terms.
The ordinance or resolution changing the date of the town general election must include a
plan to shorten or lengthen the terms of office to provide an orderly transition to the November
election schedule.
The ordinance or resolution changing the date of the town general election may be proposed
by the town board or by a resolution of the electors adopted at the annual town meeting and is
effective upon an affirmative vote of the electors at the next town general election.
    Subd. 3. More than one seat to be filled at any election. A candidate filing for town
supervisor when more than one seat is to be filled at an election held under subdivision 2 must
designate when filing the specific seat which the candidate is seeking.
History: 1994 c 646 s 7; 1997 c 19 s 1; 1999 c 132 s 30; 2004 c 293 art 2 s 34