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203B.08

Statute ID: 15848

Absentee Voting - Marking and Return of Absentee Ballots

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Statute Number:

203B.08

Enactment Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Effective Date:

Aug 1, 1981

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Absentee Voting - Marking and Return of Absentee Ballots

Statute ID:

15848

Created:

Jul 14, 2015 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Jul 14, 2015 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

Enacted 1981 c 29 art 3 s 8; Effective 08/01/1981; Headnote

Summary Text:

Absentee Voting - Marking and Return of Absentee Ballots

Link to MN Statute Text:

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

Legislative Session:

1981 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jun 12, 2025

Subdivision 1.
(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 return envelope containing marked ballots may be mailed as provided in the directions for casting the absentee ballots or, 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 return envelope must be submitted to the county auditor or municipal clerk by 3:00 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.