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204C.15.1
Statute ID:
16850
Statute Function ID:
35305
Election Day Activity - Unlawful assisting a voter
In Effect
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Classifications
Offense Level:
Petty Misdemeanor (PM)
General Offense Code:
Other (9)
Offense Summary Code & Rank:
Crimes Against Govt (Y) (Rank 19)
Detailed Offense Code:
Election & Campaign Regulation (923)
Offense Severity Level:
Function Text:
UCR Code
Description
90Z
All Other Offenses
Flags
Crime of Violence:
No
Targeted Misdemeanor:
No
Predatory Offender Registration Review:
No
Enhanceable:
No
Certify to DPS:
No
Report to DNR:
No
DPS Group:
No
Conditional Release:
No
Payable:
Yes
Petty Misdemeanor Only if Prosecutor Certifies:
No
Third Violation Indicator:
No
Qualified Domestic Violence Related:
No
Nonviolent Controlled Substance Offender Review:
No
Wildlife Restitution:
No
Statute Number:
204C.15.1
Enactment Date:
May 23, 2013
Effective Date:
Aug 1, 2013
Expiration Date:
Repealed?:
No
Summary Text:
Election Day Activity - Unlawful assisting a voter
Statute ID:
16850
Created:
Feb 7, 2018 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Updated:
Feb 7, 2018 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us
Last Update Action:
Added
Legal Analyst Comment:
Last amended 2013 c 131 art 2 s 33; Petty Misd per 645.241
Summary Text:
Election Day Activity - Unlawful assisting a voter
Link to MN Statute Text:
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/204C/15.html
Legislative Session:
2013 - Regular
Session Law Text?:
No
Statute text last updated on:
Feb 7, 2018
A voter who claims a need for assistance because of inability to read English or physical inability to mark a ballot may obtain the aid of two election judges who are members of different major political parties. The election judges shall mark the ballots as directed by the voter and in as secret a manner as circumstances permit. A voter in need of assistance may alternatively obtain the assistance of any individual the voter chooses. Only the following persons may not provide assistance to a voter: the voter's employer, an agent of the voter's employer, an officer or agent of the voter's union, or a candidate for election. The person who assists the voter shall, unaccompanied by an election judge, retire with that voter to a booth and mark the ballot as directed by the voter. No person who assists another voter as provided in the preceding sentence shall mark the ballots of more than three voters at one election. Before the ballots are deposited, the voter may show them privately to an election judge to ascertain that they are marked as the voter directed. An election judge or other individual assisting a voter shall not in any manner request, persuade, induce, or attempt to persuade or induce the voter to vote for any particular political party or candidate. The election judges or other individuals who assist the voter shall not reveal to anyone the name of any candidate for whom the voter has voted or anything that took place while assisting the voter.
