Minnesota SF 1217: Child foster care provisions modifications

Status: Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Judiciary and Public Safety Finance and Policy (as of 2019-03-11)

State: Minnesota · Session: 2019-2020 · Bill: SF 1217

Subjects: Children and Families, Human Services and Human Services Department

Sponsors: Hayden, Abeler, Champion, Hoffman, Mathews

Bill Text

1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to elections; authorizing challengers in absentee and early voting polling
1.3 places; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 204C.07; 204C.12, subdivision
1.4 1.
1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 204C.07, is amended to read:
1.7 204C.07 CHALLENGERS.
1.8 Subdivision 1.Definitions and partisan elections.(a) For purposes of this section,
1.9 "polling place" means a precinct polling place or any location where a voter may vote early
1.10 or cast an in-person absentee ballot during the 18 days before the election as provided in
1.11 section 203B.081.
1.12 (b) At an election to fill partisan offices, the chair of an authorized committee of each
1.13 major political party may appoint by written certificate voters from that political party to
1.14 act as challengers of voters at the a polling place for each precinct. Only one challenger
1.15 from each major political party for each precinct shall be allowed to remain in the a polling
1.16 place at one time.
1.17 Subd. 2.Nonpartisan elections.At an election to fill nonpartisan offices, each
1.18 nonpartisan candidate may appoint by written certificate voters to act as challengers of
1.19 voters at the a polling place for each precinct. Only one challenger for each candidate shall
1.20 be allowed to remain in the a polling place for each precinct at one time.
1.21 Subd. 3.Elections on a question.At an election where a question is to be voted upon
1.22 in an election jurisdiction, the appropriate mayor of a city, school board of a school district,
1Section 1.
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SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
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(SENATE AUTHORS: KORAN, Weber and Mathews)
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Introduction and first reading33702/10/2025
Referred to Elections

2.1 or board of supervisors of a town, upon receiving a written petition signed by at least 25
2.2 eligible voters, shall appoint by written certificate one voter for each precinct polling place
2.3 in the municipality, or school district if applicable, to act as a challenger of voters in the
2.4 polling place for that precinct. The petition must be delivered to the clerk of the municipality
2.5 or school conducting the election.
2.6 Subd. 3a.Residence requirement.A challenger must be a resident of this state.
2.7 Appointed challengers seeking admission to a polling place to serve in that capacity must
2.8 prove their status as a resident of this state by presenting one of the documents listed in
2.9 section 201.061, subdivision 3. Challengers serving in a precinct polling place do not need
2.10 not to prove residence in the precinct in which they seek to act as a challenger.
2.11 Subd. 4.Restrictions on conduct.An election judge must not be appointed as a
2.12 challenger. In a polling place where early voting or absentee voting is conducted, a person
2.13 authorized to perform the election duties required by section 203B.081, subdivision 3, must
2.14 not be appointed as a challenger. The election judges or persons authorized to perform the
2.15 election duties required by section 203B.081, subdivision 3, must permit challengers
2.16 appointed pursuant to this section to be present in the polling place during the hours of
2.17 voting and. On election day, challengers must be allowed to remain there until the votes are
2.18 counted and the results declared. Prior to election day, challengers must be allowed to remain
2.19 in the polling place until the ballots have been secured at the close of voting. A challenger
2.20 must not handle or inspect registration cards, files, or lists. Challengers must not prepare in
2.21 any manner any list of individuals who have or have not voted. They must not attempt to
2.22 influence voting in any manner. In accordance with section 204C.12, challengers must not
2.23 converse with a voter.
2.24 Subd. 5.Prohibited challenges.Challengers and the political parties that appointed
2.25 them must not compile lists of voters to challenge on the basis of mail sent by a political
2.26 party that was returned as undeliverable or if receipt by the intended recipient was not
2.27 acknowledged in the case of registered mail. This subdivision applies to any local, state, or
2.28 national affiliate of a political party that has appointed challengers, as well as any
2.29 subcontractors, vendors, or other individuals acting as agents on behalf of a political party.
2.30 A violation of this subdivision is a gross misdemeanor.
2.31 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 204C.12, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.32 Subdivision 1.Scope; manner of challenging.(a) This section applies to challengers
2.33 in polling places as defined in section 204C.07, subdivision 1. A person authorized to
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3.1 perform the election d

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