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Minn. Stat. § 202A.12 (2026)

State Convention, Authority Of

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Subdivision 1.Time of convention.

The final authority over the affairs of each major political party is vested in the party's state convention to be held at least once every state general election year at the call of the state central committee.

Subd. 2.State central committee.

Subject to the control of the state convention the general management of the affairs of the state party is vested in the party's state central committee.

Subd. 3.State executive committee.

The state executive committee of the party shall have charge of the administration of the party's affairs, subject to the direction and control of the state convention and the state central committee.

Subd. 4.Constitution, filing.

The chair of the state central committee of each party shall file with the secretary of state a copy of the party's constitution and all amendments to the constitution as they are enacted.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1978–2024 · leading case: Ken Martin v. Steve Simon, Minnesota Sec'y of State, The Legal Marijuana Now Party, ..., 6 N.W.3d 443 (Minn. 2024).
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Ken Martin v. Steve Simon, Minnesota Sec'y of State, The Legal Marijuana Now Party, ..., 6 N.W.3d 443 (Minn. 2024). · cites it 99× “Because the Legal Marijuana Now Party (LMNP) did not maintain a state central committee subject to the state convention’s control, as Minn. Stat. § 202A.12, subd. 2 (2022), requires, and the LMNP’s constitutional challenge to Minn.”
Carlson v. Ritchie, 830 N.W.2d 887 (Minn. 2013). · cites it 4× “Carlson alleges that Secretary of State Rit-chie, by accepting for filing the DFL Party’s constitution, which he is required to do, see Minn.Stat. § 202A.12, subd. 4 (2012), effectively approved that constitution in his role as the state’s chief election officer.”
Matter of Contest of Gen. Election, 264 N.W.2d 401 (Minn. 1978). · cites it 4× “" Section 202A.12 vests "final authority over the affairs of each political party" in "the party's state convention" and, subject to that authority, in the party's "state central committee" and, thereunder, in the "state executive committee of the party.”
Clark v. Growe, 461 N.W.2d 385 (Minn. 1990). · cites it 4× “Minn.Stat. § 202A.12 (1988). This statutory language is replicated exactly in the By-Laws of the Independent Republican Party.”
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