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| 1 | 1 | 1.1 A bill for an act | |
| 2 | 2 | 1.2 relating to elections; modifying certain election judge provisions; amending | |
| 3 | 3 | 1.3 Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 204C.09, subdivision 1. | |
| 4 | 4 | 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: | |
| 5 | 5 | 1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 204C.09, subdivision 1, is amended to read: | |
| 6 | 6 | 1.6 Subdivision 1.Counting and initialing.(a) Before the voting begins, at least two election | |
| 7 | 7 | 1.7judges must certify the number of ballots delivered to the precinct. Election judges may | |
| 8 | 8 | 1.8conduct this count, presuming that the total count provided for prepackaged ballots is correct. | |
| 9 | 9 | 1.9As each package is opened, two judges must count the ballots in the package to ensure that | |
| 10 | 10 | 1.10the total count provided for the package is correct. Any discrepancy must be noted on the | |
| 11 | 11 | 1.11incident log. | |
| 12 | 12 | 1.12 (b) Before the voting begins, or as soon as possible after it begins, at least two election | |
| 13 | 13 | 1.13judges shall each initial the backs of all the ballots. The election judges shall not otherwise | |
| 14 | 14 | 1.14mark the ballots. | |
| 15 | 15 | 1Section 1. | |
| 16 | 16 | REVISOR JFK/NS 25-0471903/06/25 | |
| 17 | 17 | State of Minnesota | |
| 18 | 18 | This Document can be made available | |
| 19 | 19 | in alternative formats upon request | |
| 20 | 20 | HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | |
| 21 | 21 | H. F. No. 2595 | |
| 22 | 22 | NINETY-FOURTH SESSION | |
| 23 | 23 | Authored by Freiberg03/20/2025 | |
| 24 | 24 | The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Elections Finance and Government Operations |