Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

206.59 PAYMENT FOR VOTING SYSTEMS. Payment for an electronic voting system may be provided for in the manner deemed in the best interests of the political division adopting and purchasing it. A municipality or county may make payment by appropriating money from the general fund, …

206.61 BALLOTS. § Subdivision 1.Official responsible for providing ballots. (a) The official charged with providing paper ballots when they are used shall provide all ballot cards, sample ballots, precinct summary statements, and other necessary supplies needed for electronic vot…

206.62 SAMPLE BALLOTS. The officials who prepare ballot cards shall provide each polling place with at least two sample ballots which are facsimiles of the card to be voted on in that precinct. The sample ballots may be either in full or reduced size. The sample ballots must be p…

206.64 ACCESSIBILITY; INSTRUCTIONS; ASSISTANCE TO VOTERS. § Subdivision 1.General provisions for electronic system voting. Each electronic voting system booth must be placed and protected so that it is accessible to only one voter at a time and is in full view of all the election…

206.66 VIOLATIONS; PENALTIES. § Subdivision 1.Injuring voting machines. An individual who intentionally injures or attempts to injure or render ineffectual any component of an electronic voting system, or who violates any of the provisions of sections 206.55 to 206.90, is guilty …

206.80 ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEMS. (a) An electronic voting system may not be employed unless it: (1) permits every voter to vote in secret; (2) permits every voter to vote for all candidates and questions for whom or upon which the voter is legally entitled to vote; (3) provides …

206.805 STATE VOTING SYSTEMS CONTRACTS. § Subdivision 1.Contracts required. (a) The secretary of state, with the assistance of the commissioner of administration, must establish one or more state voting systems contracts. The contracts should, if practical, include provisions for…

206.81 ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEMS; EXPERIMENTAL USE. (a) The secretary of state may certify an electronic voting system for experimental use at an election prior to its approval for general use. (b) Experimental use must be observed by the secretary of state or the secretary's des…

206.82 PREPARATION OF ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM PROGRAMS AND PLANS. § Subdivision 1.Program. A program or programs for use in an election conducted by means of an electronic voting system or using an electronic ballot marker shall be prepared at the direction of the county auditor…

206.83 TESTING OF VOTING SYSTEMS. At least three days before voting equipment is used, the official in charge of elections shall have the voting system tested to ascertain that the system will correctly mark ballots using all methods supported by the system, including through ass…

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 electroni…

206.845 BALLOT RECORDING AND COUNTING SECURITY. § Subdivision 1.Prohibited connections. The county auditor and municipal clerk must secure ballot recording and tabulating systems physically and electronically against unauthorized access. Except for wired connections within the po…

206.85 OFFICIALS IN CHARGE OF COUNTING. § Subdivision 1.Duties of responsible official. The official in charge of elections in a municipality where an electronic voting system is used at a counting center must: (1) be present or personally represented throughout the counting cent…

206.86 COUNTING ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEM RESULTS. § Subdivision 1.At the voting location. In precincts where an electronic voting system is used, as soon as the polls are closed the election judges shall secure the voting systems against further voting. They shall then open the b…

206.87 CANVASSING BOARD DUTIES. In a municipality where an electronic voting system is used the canvassing board shall be constituted and shall perform the same duties as provided in sections 204C.32, 204C.33, and 204C.39 on the canvassing of paper ballots. History: 1984 c 447 s …

206.88 PARTIAL RECOUNTS ON ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEMS. The secretary of state may conduct a recount to verify the accuracy of vote counting and recording in one or more precincts in which an electronic voting system was used in the election. The results of the recount must be repo…

206.89 POSTELECTION REVIEW OF VOTING SYSTEMS. § Subdivision 1.Definition. For purposes of this section "postelection review official" means the county auditor, unless the county auditor designates the municipal clerk as the "postelection review official" within 24 hours after the…

206.895 SECRETARY OF STATE MONITOR. The secretary of state must monitor and evaluate election procedures in precincts subject to the audit provided for in section 206.89 in at least four precincts in each congressional district. The precincts must be chosen by lot by the State Ca…

206.90 OPTICAL SCAN VOTING SYSTEMS. § Subdivision 1.Definition. For the purposes of this section, "optical scan voting system" means an electronic voting system approved for use under sections 206.80 to 206.81 in which the voter records votes by marking with a pencil or other dev…