Minnesota Statutes Elections (Ch. 200-212) § 203B.23. Absentee ballot board

Subd. 2. Duties. (a) The absentee ballot board must examine all returned absentee ballot envelopes for ballots issued undersections 203B.16to203B.27and accept or reject the absentee ballots in the manner provided insection 203B.24. If the certificate of voter eligibility is not printed on the signature envelope, the certificate must be attached to the ballot envelope.

(b) The absentee ballot board must immediately examine the signature envelopes or certificates of voter eligibility that are attached to the ballot envelopes and mark them “accepted” or “rejected” during the 45 days before the election. If an envelope has been rejected at least five days before the election, the ballots in the envelope must be considered spoiled ballots and the official in charge of the absentee ballot board must provide the voter with a replacement absentee ballot and envelopes in place of the spoiled ballot.

(c) If a county has delegated the responsibility for administering absentee balloting to a municipality undersection 203B.05, accepted absentee ballots must be delivered to the appropriate municipality's absentee ballot board. The absentee ballot board with the authority to open and count the ballots must do so in accordance withsection 203B.121, subdivisions 4and5.