2007 Minnesota Statutes

205A.06 CANDIDATES, FILING.
    Subdivision 1. Affidavit of candidacy. An individual who is eligible and desires to become
a candidate for an office to be voted on at the election must file an affidavit of candidacy with
the school district clerk. The affidavit must be in substantially the same form as that in section
204B.06, subdivision 1. The school district clerk shall also accept an application signed by at least
five voters and filed on behalf of an eligible voter in the school district whom they desire to be a
candidate, if service of a copy of the application has been made on the candidate and proof of
service is endorsed on the application being filed. No individual shall be nominated by nominating
petition for a school district elective office except in the event of a vacancy in nomination as
provided in section 205A.03, subdivision 6. Upon receipt of the proper filing fee, the clerk shall
place the name of the candidate on the official ballot without partisan designation.
    Subd. 1a. Filing period. Affidavits of candidacy must be filed with the school district clerk
no earlier than the 70th day and no later than the 56th day before the first Tuesday after the second
Monday in September in the year when the school district general election is held.
    Subd. 1b. Sex offender ineligible as school board candidate. A sex offender who has been
convicted of an offense for which registration is required under section 243.166 is ineligible
to become a candidate for the office of school board member and may not file an affidavit of
candidacy for that office. Ineligibility is determined by the registration requirements in effect at
the time the offender files for office, not by the registration requirements, if any, that were in
effect at the time the offender was convicted.
    Subd. 1c. Absent candidates. A candidate for the office of school board member who will
be absent from the state during the filing period may submit a properly executed affidavit of
candidacy, the appropriate filing fee, and any necessary petitions in person to the filing officer.
The candidate shall state in writing the reason for being unable to submit the affidavit during the
filing period. The affidavit, filing fee, and petitions must be submitted to the filing officer during
the seven days immediately preceding the candidate's absence from the state.
    Subd. 2. Notice of filing dates. At least two weeks before the first day to file affidavits of
candidacy, the school district clerk shall publish a notice in the official newspaper stating the first
and last dates on which affidavits of candidacy may be filed in the clerk's office and the closing
time for filing on the last day for filing. The clerk shall post a similar notice in the administrative
offices of the school district at least ten days before the first day to file affidavits of candidacy.
    Subd. 3. Filing fees. The filing fee for a school district office is $2.
    Subd. 4. Petition in place of fees. A candidate for school district office may file a petition
in place of the filing fees in subdivision 3. The petition must meet the requirements of section
204B.11, subdivision 2.
    Subd. 5. Withdrawal. A candidate for a school district elective office may withdraw from
the election by filing an affidavit of withdrawal with the school district clerk no later than 5:00
p.m. two days after the last day for filing affidavits of candidacy. After that date, no candidate
may file an affidavit of withdrawal.
History: 1987 c 266 art 1 s 53; 1994 c 646 s 19,20; 1999 c 101 s 2; 2000 c 467 s 29,30;
1Sp2003 c 9 art 2 s 46