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205A.03 MINNESOTA STATUTES 2014 2 Subd. 4. Results. (a) The school district primary must be conducted and the returns made in the manner provided for the state primary as far as practicable. If the primary is conducted: (1) only within that school district, a canvass may be conducted on either the second or third day after the primary; or (2) in conjunction with the state primary, the canvass must be conducted on the third day after the primary, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b). The school board of the school district shall canvass the returns, and the two candidates for each specified school board position who receive the highest number of votes, or a number of candidates equal to twice the number of individuals to be elected to at -large school board positions who receive the highest number of votes, are the nominees for the office named. Their names must be certified to the school district clerk who shall place them on the school district general election ballot without partisan designation and without payment of an additional fee. (b) Following a school district primary as described in paragraph (a), clause (2), a canvass may be conducted on the second day after the primary if the county auditor of each county in which the school district is located agrees to administratively review the school district's primary voting statistics for accuracy and completeness within a time that permits the canvass to be conducted on that day. Subd. 5. Recount. A losing candidate at the school district primary may request a recount of the votes for that nomination subject to section 204C.36. Subd. 6. [Repealed, 2011 c 65 s 9] History: 1987 c 266 art 1 s 50; 1994 c 646 s 16,17; 1 Sp2003 c 9 art 2 s 43-45; 2008 c 295 s 18; 2010 C 184 s 31,32; 2010 c 194 s 23; 2010 c 201 s 67; 2011 c 65 s 7 205A.04 GENERAL ELECTION. Subdivision 1. School district general election. The general election in each school district must be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of either the odd -numbered or the even - numbered year. A general election held in an odd -numbered year may be postponed for inclement weather as provided in section 205A.055. Subd. 2. [Repealed, 1994 c 646 s 28] Subd. 3. Change in year of general election. The school board may, by resolution, change the year in which the school district general election will be held. The resolution must be approved no later than four weeks before the first day to file affidavits of candidacy for the general election. A plan for the orderly transition to the new election year must be included in the resolution. The terms of school board members may be lengthened or shortened by one year as a part of the transition process. History: 1987c 266 art 1 s 51; 1991 c 227s 22; 1994 c 646s 18; 2010 c 201 s 68; 2013 c 131 art 2 s 60 205A.046 SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER TERM EXPIRATION. The terms of all school board members expire on the first Monday in January of the year in which they expire. History: 2010 c 201 s 69 Copyright 0 2014 by the Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. All Rights Reserved.