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Subdivision 1.Time for signing.
Nominating petitions shall be signed during the period when petitions may be filed as provided in section 204B.09.
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Subd. 2.Qualifications of signers.
A nominating petition may be signed only by individuals who are eligible to vote for the candidate who is nominated. No individual may sign more than one nominating petition for candidates for the same office unless more than one candidate is to be elected to that office. If more than one candidate is to be elected to the office, an individual may sign as many petitions as there are candidates to be elected.
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Subd. 3.Number of signatures.
The number of signatures required on a nominating petition shall be as follows:
(a) for a federal or state office voted on statewide, one percent of the total number of individuals voting in the state at the last preceding state general election, or 2,000, whichever is less;
(b) for a congressional office, five percent of the total number of individuals voting in the district at the last preceding state general election, or 1,000, whichever is less;
(c) for a county or legislative office, ten percent of the total number of individuals voting in the county or legislative district at the last preceding state or county general election, or 500, whichever is less;
(d) for a municipal office in a city of the first class, the number specified in section 205.121; and
(e) for any other municipal or school district office, ten percent of the total number of individuals voting in the municipality, ward, school district, or other election district at the last preceding municipal, or school district if applicable, general election, or 500, whichever is less.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in
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3 in the last 5 years), 1994–2024 · leading case:
Reiter v. Kiffmeyer, 721 N.W.2d 908 (Minn. 2006).
Reiter v. Kiffmeyer, 721 N.W.2d 908 (Minn. 2006).
· cites it 12× “See Minn.Stat. § 204B.08, subd. 1 ("Nominating petitions shall be signed during the period when petitions may be filed as provided in section 204B.”
Paquin v. MacK, 788 N.W.2d 899 (Minn. 2010).
· cites it 8× “See Minn.Stat. § 204B.08, subd. 3 (2008) (requiring signatures on a nominating petition for legislative office to equal “ten percent of the total number of individuals voting in the .”
Timmons v. Twin Cities Area New Party, 520 U.S. 351 (1997).
· cites it 2× “See Minn. Stat. § 204B.08, subd. 3 (1994) (signature requirements for nominating petitions); Rosario, supra, at 761-762 (New York's time limitation for enrollment in a political party was part of an overall scheme aimed at the preservation of the integrity of the State's…”
Beaulieu v. MacK, 788 N.W.2d 892 (Minn. 2010).
· cites it 5× “Respondent Mack rejected 207 of the signatures on the petition, leaving Beaulieu 151 signatures short of the 500 signatures required for a valid nominating petition under Minn.Stat. § 204B.08, subd. 3 (2008). On August 11, 2010, the court received from Beaulieu a nonconforming…”
Idusogie v. Kiffmeyer, 721 N.W.2d 283 (Minn. 2006).
· cites it 11× “” Minn.Stat. § 204B.08, subd. 3(a) (2004). Minnesota Statutes § 204B.”
Twin Cities Area New Party v. McKenna, 863 F. Supp. 988 (D. Minnesota 1994).
· cites it 2× “Minn.Stat. § 204B.08, Subd. 3(c). There is no requirement, as in Anderson, that the new party engage in rigorous and superhuman planning in order to access the ballot.”
Twin Cities Area New Party v. McKenna, 73 F.3d 196 (8th Cir. 1996).
“See Minn.Stat. § 204B.08. The State’s concern with “knowing how the winner will be determined” is not furthered by statutes preventing multiple party nomination in general elections.”
Fosle v. Ritchie, 824 N.W.2d 618 (Minn. 2012).
· cites it 2× “1 (2010), and a petition signed by at least 10 percent of the eligible voters in the legislative district (or 500, whichever is less), Minn.Stat. § 204B.08, subd. 3(c) (2010). Fosle did not file a nominating petition during the filing period for elective office, which closed in…”
Indep.-All. Party of Minnesota v. Simon (D. Minnesota 2022).
“§§ 204B.08, 204B.09. A minor-party candidate has a fourteen-day window to collect signatures on a nominating petition and to submit the petition.”
Indep.-All. Party of Minnesota v. Simon (D. Minnesota 2022).
“§§ 204B.08, 204B.09. A minor-party candidate has a fourteen-day window to collect signatures on a nominating petition and to submit the petition.”
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