Minnesota Statutes

Minn. Stat. § 204D.07 (2026)

Placing Names On Ballots

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Subdivision 1.Duties of county auditor.

Except as provided in subdivisions 2 and 3, the county auditor shall place on the appropriate state primary ballot the name of each candidate who has properly filed an affidavit of candidacy with the auditor and of each candidate certified by the secretary of state pursuant to section 204D.06.

Subd. 2.Exception; petition candidates.

The name of a candidate nominated by petition shall not be placed on any state primary ballot.

Subd. 3.Exception; certain nonpartisan candidate.

If not more than twice the number of individuals to be elected to a nonpartisan office file for the nomination, their names and the name of the office shall be omitted from the state and county nonpartisan primary ballot and the candidates who filed shall be the nominees.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 5 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1984–2024 · leading case: Smith v. Kiffmeyer, 721 N.W.2d 912 (Minn. 2006).

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Smith v. Kiffmeyer, 721 N.W.2d 912 (Minn. 2006). · cites it 2× “Minn.Stat. § 204D.07, subd. 1 (2004). The secretary of state certifies to the county auditors the names of candidates “who have properly filed affidavits of candidacy with the secretary of state.”

Clifford v. Hoppe, 357 N.W.2d 98 (Minn. 1984). · cites it 2× “Minn.Stat. § 204D.07, subd. 1 (1982). This court’s jurisdiction, which is not contested, was duly invoked by the petition of J.”

Joan Growe v. Steve Simon, Minnesota Sec'y of State (Minn. 2024). · cites it 2× “Finally, “[c]andidates for any partisan office who do not seek the nomination of a major political party shall be nominated by nominating petition as provided in sections 204B.”

Matthew Eric Zinda v. Steve Simon, Minnesota Sec'y of State, & Deborah Erickson, Crow Wing Cnty. ... (2024). · cites it 2× “” Minn. Stat. § 204D.07, subd. 1 (2022). The winner of the primary 3 There are currently two major political parties in Minnesota: the Republican Party of Minnesota and the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.”

Moulton v. Simon, 883 N.W.2d 819 (Minn. 2016). “§ 204D.07, subd. 3 (2014) (“If not more than twice-the number of individuals to be elected to a nonpartisan office file for the nomination, their names and the name of the office shall be omitted from the .”

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