Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

209A.06 GUARDING AND INSPECTING THE BALLOTS. The provisions of sections 209.05 and 209.06 apply to election contests filed under this section. The chief justice of the supreme court shall appoint any inspectors required under this section. History: 2024 c 112 art 2 s 59

209A.07 PLEADINGS; PROCEDURE. The notice of contest and any answer are the pleadings in the case and may be amended in the discretion of the supreme court. The contest proceedings must be brought as soon as practicable. The court shall proceed in the manner provided for the trial…

209A.08 RESULTS OF CONTEST. § Subdivision 1.Generally. When the court decides an election contest under this chapter, the court may invalidate and revoke any election certificate which has been issued to a presidential elector. If the contest involved an error in the counting of …

211A.01 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Application. The definitions in chapter 200 and this section apply to this chapter. § Subd. 2. MS 2022 [Repealed, 2024 c 112 art 4 s 28] § Subd. 3.Candidate. "Candidate" means an individual who seeks nomination or election to a county, municip…

211A.02 FINANCIAL REPORT. § Subdivision 1.When and where filed by committees or candidates. (a) A committee or a candidate who receives contributions or makes disbursements of more than $750 in a calendar year shall submit an initial report to the filing officer within 14 days af…

211A.03 FINAL REPORT. A candidate or committee may file a final report when all debts have been settled and all assets in excess of $100 in the aggregate are disposed of. The final report may be filed at any time and must include the kinds of information contained in the financia…

211A.04 SECRETARY OF STATE'S DUTIES. § Subdivision 1.Report forms. The secretary of state shall prepare blanks for reports required by section 211A.02. Copies must be furnished through the county auditor or otherwise, as the secretary of state finds expedient, to a committee upon…

211A.05 FAILURE TO FILE STATEMENT. § Subdivision 1.Penalty. A candidate who intentionally fails to file a report required by section 211A.02 or a certification required by this section is guilty of a misdemeanor. The treasurer of a committee who intentionally fails to file a repo…

211A.06 FAILURE TO KEEP ACCOUNT; PENALTY. A candidate, treasurer, or other individual who receives money for a committee is guilty of a misdemeanor if the individual: (1) fails to keep a correct account as required by law; (2) mutilates, defaces, or destroys an account record; or…

211A.07 BILLS WHEN RENDERED AND PAID. A person who has a bill, charge, or claim against a candidate or a committee must render it in writing to the candidate or committee within 60 days after the material or service is provided. A bill, charge, or claim that is not presented with…

211A.08 PROSECUTION. § Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 2004 c 277 s 13] § Subd. 2. [Repealed, 2004 c 277 s 13] § Subd. 3.County attorney authority. A county attorney may prosecute any violation of this chapter. History: 1986 c 444; 1988 c 578 art 2 s 8; 2004 c 277 s 4

211A.09 FORFEITURE OF NOMINATION OR OFFICE. § Subdivision 1.Forfeiture required. Except as provided in subdivision 2, if a candidate is convicted of violating a provision of this chapter or if an offense was committed by another individual with the knowledge, consent, or connivan…

211A.10 DISQUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS NOT TO HOLD VARIOUS POSITIONS. A candidate whose election to office has been set aside for a violation of this chapter may not be appointed, during the period fixed by law as the term of the office, to fill a vacancy that may occur in the office. …

211A.11 PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS. A violation of this chapter for which no other penalty is provided is a misdemeanor. History: 1988 c 578 art 2 s 11

211A.12 CONTRIBUTION LIMITS. (a) A candidate or committee may not accept aggregate contributions made or delivered by an individual or an association, a political committee, political fund, or political party unit in excess of $600 in an election year for the office sought and $2…

211A.13 PROHIBITED TRANSFERS. A candidate for political subdivision office must not accept contributions from the principal campaign committee of a candidate as defined in section 10A.01, subdivision 34. A candidate for political subdivision office must not make contributions to …

211A.14 CONTRIBUTIONS AND SOLICITATIONS DURING LEGISLATIVE SESSION. A legislator or state constitutional officer who is a candidate under this chapter, and the candidate's principal campaign committee, and any other political committee with the candidate's name or title may not s…

211B.01 DEFINITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Application. The definitions in chapter 200 and this section apply to this chapter. § Subd. 2.Campaign material. "Campaign material" means any literature, publication, or material that is disseminated for the purpose of influencing voting at a…

211B.02 FALSE CLAIM OF SUPPORT. A person or candidate may not knowingly make, directly or indirectly, a false claim stating or implying that a candidate or ballot question has the support or endorsement of a major political party or party unit or of an organization. A person or c…

211B.03 USE OF THE TERM REELECT. A person or candidate may not, in the event of redistricting, use the term "reelect" in a campaign for elective office unless the candidate is the incumbent of that office and the office represents any part of the new district. History: 1988 c 578…

211B.04 CAMPAIGN MATERIAL MUST INCLUDE DISCLAIMER. § Subdivision 1.Campaign material. (a) A person who participates in the preparation or dissemination of campaign material other than as provided in section 211B.05, subdivision 1, that does not prominently include the name and ad…

211B.045 NONCOMMERCIAL SIGNS EXEMPTION. All noncommercial signs of any size may be posted in any number beginning 46 days before the state primary in a state general election year until ten days following the state general election. Municipal ordinances may regulate the size and …

211B.05 PAID ADVERTISEMENTS IN NEWS. § Subdivision 1.Acceptance of paid advertisements. A newspaper, periodical, or magazine may not intentionally accept for insertion in the newspaper, magazine, or periodical a political advertisement unless the words "PAID ADVERTISEMENT," and t…

211B.066 DISTRIBUTION OF ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATIONS AND SAMPLE BALLOTS. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the meanings given. (b) "Person or entity" means any individual, committee, or association as defined in section 10A.0…

211B.07 UNDUE INFLUENCE ON VOTERS PROHIBITED. A person may not directly or indirectly use or threaten force, coercion, violence, restraint, damage, harm, loss, including loss of employment or economic reprisal, undue influence, or temporal or spiritual injury against an individua…

211B.075 INTIMIDATION AND INTERFERENCE WITH THE VOTING PROCESS; PENALTIES. § Subdivision 1.Intimidation. (a) A person may not directly or indirectly use or threaten force, coercion, violence, restraint, damage, harm, or loss, including loss of employment or economic reprisal agai…

211B.076 INTERFERENCE RELATED TO THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTIES BY AN ELECTION OFFICIAL; PENALTIES. § Subdivision 1.Definition. For the purposes of this section, "election official" means a member of a canvassing board, the county auditor or municipal clerk charged with duties relatin…

211B.09 PROHIBITED PUBLIC EMPLOYEE ACTIVITIES. An employee or official of the state or of a political subdivision may not use official authority or influence to compel a person to apply for membership in or become a member of a political organization, to pay or promise to pay a p…

211B.10 INDUCING OR REFRAINING CANDIDACY; TIME OFF FOR PUBLIC OFFICE MEETINGS. § Subdivision 1.Inducing or refraining from candidacy. A person may not reward or promise to reward another in any manner to induce the person to be or refrain from or cease being a candidate. A person…

211B.11 ELECTION DAY PROHIBITIONS. § Subdivision 1.Soliciting near polling places. (a) A person must not: (1) ask, solicit, or in any manner try to induce or persuade a voter to vote for or refrain from voting for a candidate or ballot question; or (2) wear, exhibit, or distribut…

211B.12 LEGAL EXPENDITURES. Use of money collected for political purposes is prohibited unless the use is reasonably related to the conduct of election campaigns, or is a noncampaign disbursement as defined in section 10A.01, subdivision 26. The following are permitted expenditur…

211B.13 BRIBERY, TREATING, AND SOLICITATION. § Subdivision 1.Bribery, advancing money, and treating prohibited. A person who willfully, directly or indirectly, advances, pays, gives, promises, or lends any money, food, liquor, clothing, entertainment, or other thing of monetary v…

211B.14 DIGEST OF LAWS. The secretary of state, with the approval of the attorney general, shall prepare and print an easily understandable digest of this chapter and annotations of it. The digest may include other related laws and annotations at the discretion of the secretary o…

211B.15 CORPORATE POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS. § Subdivision 1.Definitions. (a) For purposes of this section, the terms defined in this subdivision have the meanings given. Unless otherwise provided, the definitions in section 10A.01 also apply to this section. (b) "Chief executive o…

211B.16 PROSECUTION. § Subdivision 1. [Repealed, 2004 c 277 s 13] § Subd. 2. [Repealed, 2004 c 277 s 13] § Subd. 3.County attorney authority. A county attorney may prosecute any violation of this chapter. History: 1988 c 578 art 3 s 16; 2004 c 277 s 5

211B.17 FORFEITURE OF NOMINATION OR OFFICE; CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE NOT FORFEITED. § Subdivision 1.Forfeiture of nomination or office. Except as provided in subdivision 2, if a candidate is found guilty of violating this chapter or section 609.771 or an offense was committed by anoth…

211B.18 DISQUALIFIED CANDIDATE NOT TO HOLD VARIOUS POSITIONS. A candidate whose election to office has been set aside for a violation of this chapter or section 609.771 may not be appointed, during the period fixed by law as the term of the office, to fill a vacancy in that offic…

211B.19 PENALTIES FOR VIOLATION. A violation of this chapter for which no other penalty is provided is a misdemeanor. History: 1988 c 578 art 3 s 19

211B.20 DENIAL OF ACCESS BY POLITICAL CANDIDATES TO MULTIPLE UNIT DWELLINGS. § Subdivision 1.Prohibition. (a) It is unlawful for a person, either directly or indirectly, to deny access to an apartment house, dormitory, nursing home, manufactured home park, other multiple unit fac…

211B.205 PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC PARADES. If a public parade allows candidates, a candidate must be allowed to participate for a fee that is not greater than the amount that is charged to other units participating in the parade. History: 1Sp2001 c 10 art 18 s 40

211B.21 APPLICABILITY. Nothing in section 211B.17 or 211B.18 may be construed to limit the ability of each house of the legislature to act as judge of the election returns and eligibility of its own members. History: 1988 c 578 art 3 s 21

211B.31 DEFINITION. As used in sections 211B.32 to 211B.36, "office" means the Office of Administrative Hearings. History: 2004 c 277 s 6

211B.32 COMPLAINTS OF UNFAIR CAMPAIGN PRACTICES. § Subdivision 1.Administrative remedy; exhaustion. (a) Except as provided in paragraphs (b) and (c), a complaint alleging a violation of chapter 211A or 211B must be filed with the office. The complaint must be finally disposed of …

211B.33 PRIMA FACIE REVIEW. § Subdivision 1.Time for review. The chief administrative law judge must randomly assign an administrative law judge to review the complaint. Within one business day after the complaint was filed with the office, when practicable, but never longer than…

211B.34 PROBABLE CAUSE HEARING. § Subdivision 1.Time for review. The assigned administrative law judge must hold a probable cause hearing on the complaint no later than three business days after determining the complaint sets forth a prima facie violation of chapter 211A or 211B,…

211B.35 EVIDENTIARY HEARING BY PANEL. § Subdivision 1.Deadline for hearing. When required by section 211B.33, subdivision 2, paragraph (c), or by section 211B.34, subdivision 2 or 3, the chief administrative law judge must assign the complaint to a panel of three administrative l…