1997 Minnesota Statutes

     207A.02 Candidates on ballot. 

    Subdivision 1.    Required listing.  The following 
 individuals must be listed as candidates on the appropriate 
 major political party presidential ballot with a separate ballot 
 for each major political party:  

    (1) any individual who files an affidavit of candidacy 
 pursuant to section 204B.06 and submits the appropriate filing 
 fee or petition in place of filing fee pursuant to section 
 204B.11; and 

    (2) any individual nominated as a candidate for the 
 presidential nomination of a political party by a petition 
 submitted not later than ten weeks before the primary and 
 bearing the names of 1,000 eligible voters from each 
 congressional district.  

    In addition, each major political party's ballot must 
 contain a place for a voter to indicate a preference for having 
 delegates to the party's national convention remain uncommitted, 
 and a blank line printed below the other choices on the ballot 
 so that a voter may write in the name of a person who is not 
 listed on the ballot. 

    The candidates must be listed on the appropriate major 
 political party ballot in the order that the affidavits of 
 candidacy or nominating petitions for the candidates are filed 
 with the secretary of state. 

    Subd. 1a.    Time for filing; fee.  The period for 
 filing an affidavit of candidacy for the presidential primary 
 must begin 16 weeks before the primary and end 14 weeks before 
 the primary.  The filing fee is $500.  The period for signing 
 nominating petitions must begin 16 weeks before the primary and 
 end ten weeks before the primary. 

    Subd. 2.    Announcing candidates.  Candidates who have 
 filed an affidavit of candidacy pursuant to subdivision 1, 
 clause (1), for each political party on the presidential primary 
 ballot must be announced by the secretary of state the day after 
 filings close for the purpose of giving voters sufficient time 
 to nominate other candidates by petition.  

    Subd. 3.    Announcement.  The determination of which 
 candidates must be listed on the presidential primary ballot 
 must be made by the secretary of state not later than eight 
 weeks before the presidential primary.  The secretary of state 
 shall certify to the county auditor of each county the names of 
 all candidates in the presidential primary at least seven weeks 
 before the primary.  

    Subd. 4.    Notification.  Not later than three days 
 after the last day for filing a nominating petition pursuant to 
 subdivision 1, clause (2), the secretary of state shall notify 
 each individual whose name is to be listed on the presidential 
 primary ballot that the individual's name will be listed unless 
 the individual submits an affidavit stating that the individual 
 is not a candidate for the presidential nomination, does not 
 intend to become a candidate, and would not accept the 
 nomination.  The affidavit must be submitted to and received by 
 the secretary of state no later than eight weeks before the 
 presidential primary.  

    HIST: 1989 c 291 art 2 s 2; 1990 c 603 s 5; 1993 c 223 s 23