Minnesota SF 2131: Abandoned Williams School building demolishment and remediation appropriation

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act​
1.2 relating to elections; providing for ranked choice voting; authorizing jurisdictions​
1.3 to adopt ranked choice voting for local offices; establishing procedures for adoption,​
1.4 implementation, and use of ranked choice voting for local jurisdictions; allowing​
1.5 local jurisdictions to use electronic voting systems with a reallocation feature;​
1.6 authorizing rulemaking; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024,​
1.7 sections 204B.35, subdivision 1; 204C.21, by adding a subdivision; 204D.07,​
1.8 subdivision 3; 205.13, subdivision 2; 206.57, by adding a subdivision; 206.83;​
1.9 proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 206; proposing coding​
1.10 for new law as Minnesota Statutes, chapter 204E.​
1.11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:​
1.12 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 204B.35, subdivision 1, is amended to read:​
1.13 Subdivision 1.Application.All ballots for every election shall be prepared in accordance​
1.14 with sections 204B.35 to 204B.44 and chapter chapters 204D and 204E, except for voting​
1.15 machine ballots or as otherwise provided by law.​
1.16 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 204C.21, is amended by adding a subdivision to​
1.17 read:​
1.18 Subd. 4.Ranked choice voting election.Notwithstanding the requirements of this​
1.19 section, the votes cast in a ranked choice voting election must be counted according to the​
1.20 procedures established in chapter 204E.​
1.21 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 204D.07, subdivision 3, is amended to read:​
1.22 Subd. 3.Exception; certain nonpartisan candidate.If not more than twice the number​
1.23 of individuals to be elected to a nonpartisan office file for the nomination, their names and​
1.24 the name of the office shall be omitted from the state and county nonpartisan primary ballot​
1​Sec. 3.​
25-03873 as introduced​02/13/25 REVISOR JFK/VJ​
SENATE​
STATE OF MINNESOTA​
S.F. No. 2131​NINETY-FOURTH SESSION​
(SENATE AUTHORS: JOHNSON STEWART, Pappas, Port and Oumou Verbeten)​
OFFICIAL STATUS​D-PG​DATE​
Introduction and first reading​621​03/03/2025​
Referred to Elections​

2.1 and the candidates who filed shall be the nominees. For candidates in a nonpartisan ranked​
2.2 choice voting election, candidates shall be omitted from the state and county primary ballot.​
2.3 Sec. 4. [204E.01] APPLICABILITY; AUTHORIZED LOCAL ADOPTION ONLY.​
2.4 This chapter applies to all elections conducted using ranked choice voting as authorized​
2.5 by section 204E.03. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, Minnesota election law​
2.6 applies to elections conducted using ranked choice voting.​
2.7 Sec. 5. [204E.02] DEFINITIONS.​
2.8 Subdivision 1.Application.For the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this​
2.9 section have the meanings given.​
2.10 Subd. 2.Active candidate."Active candidate" means any candidate who has not been​
2.11 defeated or elected and is not a withdrawn candidate.​
2.12 Subd. 3.Batch elimination."Batch elimination" means a simultaneous defeat of multiple​
2.13 continuing candidates who are mathematically impossible to be elected.​
2.14 Subd. 4.Cast vote record."Cast vote record" means the tabulatable record of all​
2.15 aggregated votes produced by a single voter in one voting session. For ballots on which​
2.16 voters have indicated a write-in choice, the finalized cast vote record indicates whether the​
2.17 write-in choice was cast for one of the declared write-in candidates, and if so, which one.​
2.18 Subd. 5.Hand count election."Hand count election" means an election in which all​
2.19 tabulation of ballots is done by hand, regardless of whether the ballots are cast in a polling​
2.20 place or as absentee or mail ballots.​
2.21 Subd. 6.Highest continuing ranking."Highest continuing ranking" means the ranking​
2.22 on a voter's ballot with the lowest numerical value for a continuing candidate.​
2.23 Subd. 7.Inactive ballot."Inactive ballot" means a ballot that does not count for any​
2.24 candidate in a given round of tabulation as provided in section 204E.06 or 204E.07.​
2.25 Subd. 8.Mathematically impossible to be elected."Mathematically impossible to be​
2.26 elected" means:​
2.27 (1) the candidate cannot be elected because the sum of (i) the candidate's current vote​
2.28 total and (ii) the current vote totals of all other candidates in the current round with fewer​
2.29 votes or an equal number of votes would not be enough to surpass the candidate with the​
2.30 next higher current vote total; or​
2​Sec. 5.​
25-03873 as introduced​02/13/25 REVISOR JFK/VJ​

3.1 (2) the candidate has a lower current vote total than a candidate who is described by​
3.2 clause (1).​
3.3 Subd. 9.Maximum possible threshold."Maximum possible threshold" means the​
3.4 number of votes sufficient for a candidate to be elected under a first ranked choice tabulation​
3.5 under sections 204E.06 and 204E.07. Maximum possible threshold equals