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1 <br />MINNESOTA STATUTES 2018 204B.22 <br />204B.22 ELECTION JUDGES; NUMBER REQUIRED. <br />Subdivision 1. Minimum number required. (a) A minimum of four election judges shall be appointed <br />for each precinct in the state general election, provided that a minimum of three election judges shall be <br />appointed for each precinct with fewer than 500 registered voters as of 14 weeks before the state primary. <br />In all other elections, a minimum of three election judges shall be appointed for each precinct. In a combined <br />polling place under section 204B.14, subdivision 2, at least one judge must be appointed from each <br />municipality in the combined polling place, provided that not less than three judges shall be appointed for <br />each combined polling place. The appointing authorities may appoint election judges for any precinct in <br />addition to the number required by this subdivision including additional election judges to count ballots <br />after voting has ended. <br />(b) An election judge may serve for all or part of election day, at the discretion of the appointing authority, <br />as long as the minimum number of judges required is always present. The head election judge designated <br />under section 204B.20 must serve for all of election day and be present in the polling place unless another <br />election judge has been designated by the head election judge to perform the functions of the head election <br />judge during any absence. <br />Subd. 2. [Repealed, 2013 c 131 art 2 s 85] <br />Subd. 3. Repealed, 2010 c 201 s 82] <br />Subd. 4. Election judge trainees not counted toward minimum number of election judges. The <br />presence or participation of election judge trainees must not be counted toward satisfying any of the required <br />numbers of election judges in this chapter. <br />History: 1981 c 29 art 4 s 22; 1986 c 362 s 3; 1987 c 212 s 6; 1994 c 607 s 5; 1997 c 147 s 31; 1 5p2001 <br />c 10 art 18 s 21,22; 2004 c 293 art 2 s 21; 2010 c 201 s 26,27; 2013 c 131 art 2 s 23 <br />Copyright CO 2018 by the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. All Rights Reserved. <br />