Agenda - Council Work Session - 11/26/2024

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204B.14 MINNESOTA STATUTES 2024 2 separately for each precinct served by the combined polling place, except in a polling place established under clause (2) where one of the precincts has fewer than ten registered voters, in which case the results of that precinct must be reported in the manner specified by the secretary of state. (c) If a local elections official determines that an emergency situation preventing the safe, secure, and full operation of a polling place on election day has occurred or is imminent, the local elections official may combine two or more polling places for that election pursuant to this subdivision. To the extent possible, the polling places must be combined and the election conducted according to the requirements of paragraph (b), except that: (1) polling places may be combined after May 1 and until the polls close on election day; (2) any city or town, regardless of size or location, may establish a combined polling place under this paragraph; (3) the governing body is not required to adopt an ordinance or resolution to establish the combined polling place; (4) a polling place combined under paragraph (b), clause (3) or (4), must be approved by the local election official of each participating municipality; (5) the local elections official must immediately notify the county auditor and the secretary of state of the combination, including the reason for the emergency combination and the location of the combined polling place. As soon as possible, the local elections official must also post a notice stating the reason for the combination and the location of the combined polling place. The notice must also be posted on the governing board's website, if one exists. The local elections official must also notify the election judges and request that local media outlets publicly announce the reason for the combination and the location of the combined polling place; and (6) on election day, the local elections official must post a notice in large print in a conspicuous place at the polling place where the emergency occurred, if practical, stating the location of the combined polling place. The local election official must also post the notice, if practical, in a location visible by voters who vote from their motor vehicles as provided in section 204C.15, subdivision 2. If polling place hours are extended pursuant to section 204C.05, subdivision 2, paragraph (b), the posted notices required by this paragraph must include a statement that the polling place hours at the combined polling place will be extended until the specified time. Subd. 3. Boundary changes; prohibitions; exception. (a) Notwithstanding other law or charter provisions to the contrary, during the period from January 1 in any year ending in zero to the time when the legislature has been redistricted in a year ending in one or two, no changes may be made in the boundaries of any election precinct except as provided in this subdivision. (b) If a city annexes an unincorporated area located in the same county as the city and adjacent to the corporate boundary, the annexed area maybe included in an election precinct immediately adjacent to it. (c) A municipality or county may establish new election precincts lying entirely within the boundaries of any existing precinct and shall assign names to the new precincts which include the name of the former precinct. (d) Precinct boundaries in a city of the first class electing council members by wards may be reestablished within four weeks of the adoption of ward boundaries in a year ending in one, as provided in section 204B.135, subdivision 1. Ifprecinct boundaries are reestablished in a year ending in one, the city council must designate Official Publication of the State of Minnesota Revisor of Statutes