Minnesota Statutes Elections (Ch. 200-212) § 204C.13. Receiving and marking ballots

Subdivision 1. Handing ballot to voter. When the election judges are satisfied that an individual is eligible to vote in that precinct, the election judge in charge of the ballots shall give the voter only one ballot of each kind that is to be voted upon at that precinct. Each ballot shall be removed separately as needed for each voter from the previously initialed pile of ballots.

Subd. 2. Voting booths. One of the election judges shall explain to the voter the proper method of marking the ballots and, during a primary election, the effect of attempting to vote in more than one party's primary. Except as otherwise provided insection 204C.15, the voter shall retire alone to an unoccupied voting booth or, at the voter's discretion, the voter may choose to use another writing surface. The voter shall mark the ballots without undue delay. The voter may take sample ballots into the booth to assist in voting. The election judges may adopt and enforce reasonable rules governing the amount of time a voter may spend in the voting booth marking ballots.

Subd. 4. Repealed byLaws 2015, c. 70, art. 1, § 63, eff. July 1, 2015.

Subd. 5. Deposit of ballots in ballot box. The voter shall then withdraw from the voting booth with the ballots and immediately deposit each ballot in the ballot box. Ballots that have not been initialed by the election judges as provided insection 204C.09, shall not be deposited in the ballot box.

Subd. 6. Challenge of voter; time limits; disposition of ballots. At any time before the ballots of any voter are deposited in the ballot boxes, the election judges or any individual who was not present at the time the voter procured the ballots, but not otherwise, may challenge the eligibility of that voter and the deposit of any received absentee ballots in the ballot boxes. The election judges shall determine the eligibility of any voter who is present in the polling place in the manner provided insection 204C.12, and if the voter is found to be not eligible to vote, shall place the ballots of that voter unopened among the spoiled ballots. The election judges shall determine whether to receive or reject the ballots of an absent voter and whether to deposit received absentee ballots in the ballot boxes in the manner provided insections 203B.121and203B.24, and shall dispose of any absentee ballots not received or deposited in the manner provided insection 203B.121. A violation of this subdivision by an election judge is a gross misdemeanor.

Subd. 7. Leaving the polling place. An individual who has voted or whose ballot has been rejected shall leave the polling place and shall not return except as provided bysection 204C.06or204C.07.