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205A.03 PRIMARIES.
    Subdivision 1. Required primary in certain circumstances. In a school district election,
if there are more than two candidates for a specified school board position or more than twice
as many school board candidates as there are at-large school board positions available, a school
district must hold a primary.
    Subd. 2. Date. The school district primary must be held on the first Tuesday after the second
Monday in September in the year when the school district general election is held. The clerk shall
give notice of the primary in the manner provided in section 205A.07.
    Subd. 3. Candidates, filing. The clerk shall place upon the primary ballot without partisan
designation the names of individuals whose candidacies have been filed and for whom the proper
filing fee has been paid. When not more than twice as many school board candidates as there are
at-large school board positions available file for nomination for the office or when not more than
two candidates for a specified school board position file for nomination for that office, their names
must not be placed upon the primary ballot and must be placed on the school district general
election ballot as the nominees for that office.
    Subd. 4. Results. The school district primary must be conducted and the returns made
in the manner provided for the state primary as far as practicable. Within two days after the
primary, the school board of the school district shall canvass the returns, and the two candidates
for each specified school board position who receive the highest number of votes, or a number
of candidates equal to twice the number of individuals to be elected to at-large school board
positions who receive the highest number of votes, are the nominees for the office named. Their
names must be certified to the school district clerk who shall place them on the school district
general election ballot without partisan designation and without payment of an additional fee.
    Subd. 5. Recount. A losing candidate at the school district primary may request a recount of
the votes for that nomination subject to section 204C.36.
    Subd. 6. Vacancy in nomination. When a vacancy occurs in a nomination made at a school
district primary, the vacancy must be filled in the manner provided in section 204B.13.
History: 1987 c 266 art 1 s 50; 1994 c 646 s 16,17; 1Sp2003 c 9 art 2 s 43-45

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