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(WA\ <51 ,Ete^rr/cO 4 I <br />MINNESOT ’"LECTION LAWS — |V8T <br />CHAPTER 204C <br />ELECTION DAY ACTIVITIES <br />. " \ <br />i . ...‘ <br />V** • <br />t* <br />,mr j. *. <br />; r« f*• > <br />, • • • <br />• • . <br />304C.01 DEFINITIONS. <br />The definitions in *.^pter 200 apply to this chapter. <br />Histafr ft98l c Z9 art 5 5 IJ <br />204C.02. APPUCATION. <br />This chapter applies to all elections held in this snte except as otherwise provid' <br />ed by law. <br />History: fl98J c 29 art S s 2: I9S7 c 266 art 1 s 34} <br />204C.03 PUBUC MEETINGS PROHIBITED ON ELECTION DAY. <br />Subdivision 1. School districts: counties: municipalities. No school board, county <br />board of oominissioners. city council, or town board of superv isors shall conduct a <br />meeting between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. on the day that an election is held within <br />the boundaries of the school distnct, county, city or town. <br />Subd. 2. State Hhersitics and cwnmunity colleges. Except for regularly sched­ <br />uled classes, no state university or state community college shall schedule an event <br />betwwn 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. on the day that an election is held in any political <br />subdivision in which the universit. or college is located. <br />Subd. 3. Public elementary and secondary schools. Except for regularly sched­ <br />uled classes, no public elementary or secondary school shall schedule a school <br />sponsored event between 6:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. on the day that an election is held <br />in any political subdivision located in that school distnct. <br />Subd 4. Stale gomnment No suie agency, board, commission, department, or <br />committee shall conduct a public meeting on the day of the state pnmarv cr general <br />election. <br />History: (1981 c 29 5 s 3 1983 c 303 s 12} <br />9|e 2MC.M EMPLOYEES: TIME OFF TO VOTE. <br />Every employee who is eligible to vote at a state general eleci ion or at an election to <br />nil a vacancy in the office of United States senator or United States representative has <br />the right to be absent from work for the purpose of voting during the morning of <br />election day. without penalty or deduction from salary or wages because of the <br />absence. An employer or other person may not directly or indirectly refuse, abridge, or <br />interfere with this right or any other election right of an employee. A person who <br />violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor, and the county attorney shall prosecuu <br />the violation. <br />Hlmory: (198! c 29 art 5 s 4: 1988 c 578 s 3] <br />204C3H state ELECTIONS; HOURS FOR VOTING. <br />Subdiv.aon 1. Opeaiag and closing tiiMs. Except as otherwise pro' J-d i*' this <br />••ctioii, at the state nr •■-.jry and the general election the hours foi' vcfing in <br />every precinct in the t ..^e shall begin « .00 a.m. and shall extend continuously <br />until 8K)0 p.m. <br />Subd la. Electiani; otg^ia. 'own. The governing body of a town with less <br />than SOO inhabitants according to tne most recent federal oecennial census, which <br />u iocnted outside the mstropoiitan area as defined m section 473.121. subdiv.. »« <br />2»^^my fi^^a later tune for voting to begin at state primary special, or general <br />elections, if approved by a vote of the town electors at the annual town meeting. The <br />quesuon of shorter voting hou- must be included in the notice of the annual town <br />meci'iig before the questior « be submitted to the **»ctors at the meeting. The <br />la^ ti».v may not be later than 0:00 a.m. fo' special, primary . or general elections. <br />T*m* .<ovn clerk shall either post or publish notice of the changed hours and notify <br />!.• .yjiv auditor of the change 30 days b’tfore ihe election. <br />> * * ' • V ' - . <br />Ef‘,