2007 Minnesota Statutes

206.84 METHODS OF USING ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEMS.
    Subdivision 1. Instruction of judges, voters. The officials in charge of elections shall
determine procedures to instruct election judges and voters in the use of electronic voting system
manual marking devices and the electronic ballot marker, including assistive voting technology.
    Subd. 2.[Repealed, 1997 c 147 s 79]
    Subd. 3. Ballots. The ballot information must be in the same order provided for paper
ballots, except that the information may be in vertical or horizontal rows, or on a number of
separate pages. The secretary of state shall provide by rule for standard ballot formats for
electronic voting systems. Electronic ballot displays and audio ballot readers shall be in the
order provided for on the optical scan ballot. Electronic ballot displays may employ zooms or
other devices as assistive voting technology. Audio ballot readers may employ rewinds or audio
cues as assistive voting technology.
Ballot cards may contain special printed marks as required for proper positioning and reading
of the ballots by electronic vote counting equipment. Ballot cards must contain an identification
of the precinct for which they have been prepared which can be read visually and which can be
tabulated by the automatic tabulating equipment.
    Subd. 4.[Repealed, 1997 c 147 s 79]
    Subd. 5.[Repealed, 1997 c 147 s 79]
    Subd. 6. Duties of official in charge. The official in charge of elections in each municipality
where an electronic voting system is used shall have the voting systems put in order, set, adjusted,
and made ready for voting when delivered to the election precincts. The official shall also provide
each precinct with a container for transporting ballot cards to the counting location after the
polls close. The container shall be of sturdy material to protect the ballots from all reasonably
foreseeable hazards including auto collisions. The election judges shall meet at the polling place at
least one hour before the time for opening the polls. Before the polls open the election judges shall
compare the ballot cards used with the sample ballots, electronic ballot displays, and audio ballot
reader furnished to see that the names, numbers, and letters on both agree and shall certify to that
fact on forms provided for the purpose. The certification must be filed with the election returns.
    Subd. 7. Spoiled ballot cards. A voter who spoils a ballot card or makes an error may return
it to the election judges and obtain another. Except as otherwise provided in sections 206.55 to
206.90, the election judges shall conduct the election in the manner prescribed for precincts
using paper ballots in chapters 204C and 204D.
History: 1984 c 447 s 26; 1986 c 362 s 10; 1986 c 444; 1987 c 222 s 5; 1997 c 147 s
65-67; 2005 c 162 s 24-26