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205A.07 MINNESOTA STATUTES 2014 6 Subd. 4. No additional posting requirements. A school district is only required to comply with the election posting requirements specified in the Minnesota Election Law and the education code and is not required to comply with additional posting requirements specified in any other law. History: 1987 c 266 art I s 54; 1989 c 291 art I s 21; 1990 c 453 s 13; 1991 c 227 s 23; ISp1995 c 3 art 16 s 13; 1999 c 132 s 36; 2003 c 130 s 12; 1 Sp2003 c 9 art 1 s 49; 2004 c 293 art 2 s 40,41; 2008 c 244 art I s 18,19; 2010 c 184 s 35-37; 2010 c 201 s 72-74; 2013 c 131 art 2 s 63-65 205A.08 BALLOTS. Subdivision 1. General election ballot. The names of all candidates for offices and all ballot questions to be voted on at a school district general election must be placed on a single ballot. Subd. 2. Primary ballots. The school district primary ballot must conform as far as practicable with the school district general election ballot except that no blank spaces may be provided for writing in the names of candidates. Subd. 3. Vacancies. The names of candidates to fill vacancies at a school district special election held in conjunction with the primary or general election must be placed on the school district primary and general election ballots. The names of candidates to fill a vacancy in the office of school board member in a school district must be listed under the separate heading "Special election for school board member to fill vacancy in term expiring ........," with the date of expiration of the term and any other information necessary to distinguish the office. Subd. 4. [Repealed, 2013 c 131 art 2 s 85] Subd. 5. Form of ballot. The ballots for school district elections must be prepared by the school district clerk in the manner provided in the rules of the secretary of state. History: 1987 c 266 art I s 55; 1997 c 147 s 46; 2013 c 131 art 2 s 66 205A.09 VOTING HOURS. Subdivision 1. Metropolitan area school districts. At a school district election in a school district located in whole or in part within a metropolitan county included in the definition of metropolitan area in section 200.02, subdivision 24, the school board, by resolution adopted before giving notice of the election, may designate the time during which the polling places will remain open for voting at the next succeeding and all later school district elections. The polling places must open no later than 10:00 a.m. and close no earlier than 8:00 p.m. The resolution shall remain in force until it is revoked by the school board. Subd. 2. Other school districts. At a school district election in a school district other than one described in subdivision 1, the school board, by resolution adopted before giving notice of the election, may designate the time during which the polling places will remain open for voting at the next succeeding and all later school district elections. All polling places must be open between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. The resolution must remain in force until it is revoked by the school board or changed because of request by voters as provided in this subdivision. If a petition requesting longer voting hours, signed by a number of voters equal to 20 percent of the votes cast at the last school district election, is presented to the school district clerk no later than 30 days before a school district election, then the polling places for that election must open at 10:00 a.m. and close at 8:00 p.m. The school district clerk must give ten days' published notice and posted notice of the changed voting hours and notify appropriate county auditors of the change. History: 1987 c 266 art I s 56; 1990 c 453 s 14; 1994 c 646 s 21; 2005 c 156 art 6 s 55 Copyright 0 2014 by the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. All Rights Reserved.