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MN HF2702

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/25/2019

Primary Sponsor

Raymond Dehn

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Origin

House of Representatives

91st Legislature 2019-2020

AI Summary

  • Requires names of partisan candidates on Minnesota state general election ballots to be rotated using the same method applied to state partisan primary ballots under Minnesota Statutes section 204D.08, subdivision 3.

  • Repeals the existing subdivision 2 of Minnesota Statutes section 204D.13, which previously ordered candidate names based on each party's average vote performance in the last state general election.

  • Replaces the fixed ordering system (where the lowest-performing major party's candidate appeared first) with a rotation system for general election ballots.

  • Authored by Representative Dehn and referred to the Committee on Government Operations on March 25, 2019.

Legislative Description

Partisan candidates names required to be rotated on state general election ballot.

Last Action

Introduction and first reading, referred to Government Operations

3/25/2019

Committee Referrals

Government Operations3/25/2019

Full Bill Text

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