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203B.08.1(a)

Statute ID: 20210

Statute Function ID: 40232

Absentee Voting - Marking and return by voter requirements

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Statute Number:

203B.08.1(a)

Enactment Date:

May 23, 2025

Effective Date:

Jul 1, 2025

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Absentee Voting - Marking and return by voter requirements

Statute ID:

20210

Created:

Jun 12, 2025 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jun 12, 2025 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

Amended 2025 C39 Art8 Sect30

Summary Text:

Absentee Voting - Marking and return by voter requirements

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/203B/08.html

Legislative Session:

2025 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jun 12, 2025

(a) An eligible voter who receives absentee ballots as provided in this chapter shall mark them in the manner specified in the directions for casting the absentee ballots. The signature envelope containing marked ballots may be mailed as provided in the directions for casting the absentee ballots, may be left with the county auditor or municipal clerk who transmitted the absentee ballots to the voter, or may be left in a drop box as provided in section 203B.082. If delivered in person, the signature envelope must be submitted to the county auditor or municipal clerk by 5:00 p.m. on election day.

(b) The voter may designate an agent to deliver in person the sealed absentee ballot return envelope to the county auditor or municipal clerk or to deposit the return envelope in the mail. An agent may deliver or mail the return envelopes of not more than three voters in any election. Any person designated as an agent who tampers with either the return envelope or the voted ballots or does not immediately mail or deliver the return envelope to the county auditor or municipal clerk is guilty of a misdemeanor.