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1 <br />MINNESOTA STATUTES 2024 204B.14 <br />204B.14 ELECTION PRECINCTS. <br />Subdivision 1. Boundaries. The governing body of each municipality shall establish the boundaries of <br />the election precincts in the municipality. The governing body of a county shall establish the boundaries of <br />precincts in unorganized territory in the county. Except as provided in subdivision 3, a governing body may <br />change the boundaries of any election precinct which it has established. <br />Subd. la. Legislative policy. It is the intention of the legislature to complete congressional and legislative <br />redistricting activities in time to permit counties and municipalities to begin the process of reestablishing <br />precinct boundaries as soon as possible after the adoption of the congressional and legislative redistricting <br />plans but in no case later than 25 weeks before the state primary election in the year ending in two. <br />Subd. 2. Separate precincts; combined polling place. (a) The following shall constitute at least one <br />election precinct: <br />(1) each city ward; and <br />(2) each town and each statutory city. <br />(b) A single, accessible, combined polling place may be established no later than November 1 if a <br />presidential nomination primary is scheduled to occur in the following year or May 1 of any other year: <br />(1) for any city of the third or fourth class, any town, or any city having territory in more than one county, <br />in which all the voters of the city or town shall cast their ballots; <br />(2) for contiguous precincts in the same municipality; <br />(3) for up to four contiguous municipalities located entirely outside the metropolitan area, as defined <br />by section 200.02, subdivision 24, that are contained in the same county; or <br />(4) for noncontiguous precincts located in one or more counties. <br />Subject to the requirements of paragraph (c), a single, accessible, combined polling place may be <br />established after May 1 of any year in the event of an emergency. <br />A copy of the ordinance or resolution establishing a combined polling place must be filed with the county <br />auditor within 30 days after approval by the governing body, and the county auditor must provide notice <br />within ten days to the secretary of state, in a manner and including information prescribed by the secretary <br />of state. A polling place combined under clause (3) must be approved by the governing body of each <br />participating municipality. A polling place combined under clause (4) must be approved by the governing <br />body of each participating municipality and the secretary of state and may be located outside any of the <br />noncontiguous precincts. A municipality withdrawing from participation in a combined polling place must <br />do so by filing a resolution of withdrawal with the county auditor no later than October 1 if a presidential <br />nomination primary is scheduled to occur in the following year or April 1 of any other year, and the county <br />auditor must provide notice within ten days to the secretary of state, in a manner and including information <br />prescribed by the secretary of state. <br />The secretary of state shall provide a separate polling place roster for each precinct served by the <br />combined polling place, except that in a precinct that uses electronic rosters the secretary of state shall <br />provide separate data files for each precinct. A single set of election judges may be appointed to serve at a <br />combined polling place. The number of election judges required must be based on the total number of persons <br />voting at the last similar election in all precincts to be voting at the combined polling place. Separate ballot <br />boxes must be provided for the ballots from each precinct. The results of the election must be reported <br />Official Publication of the State of Minnesota <br />Revisor of Statutes <br />