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211B.06

Statute ID: 16

False political and campaign material; penalty;

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Statute Number:

211B.06

Enactment Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Effective Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

False political and campaign material; penalty;

Statute ID:

Created:

Apr 2, 2007 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Apr 2, 2007 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

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Legal Analyst Comment:

Summary Text:

False political and campaign material; penalty;

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/211B/06.html

Legislative Session:

0 - NA

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Apr 2, 2007

Subdivision 1.  
(a) A person is guilty of a gross misdemeanor who intentionally participates in the preparation, dissemination, or broadcast of paid political advertising or campaign material with respect to the personal or political character or acts of a candidate, or with respect to the effect of a ballot question, that is designed or tends to elect, injure, promote, or defeat a candidate for nomination or election to a public office or to promote or defeat a ballot question, that is false, and that the person knows is false or communicates to others with reckless disregard of whether it is false.
 
(b) A person is guilty of a misdemeanor who intentionally participates in the drafting of a letter to the editor with respect to the personal or political character or acts of a candidate, or with respect to the effect of a ballot question, that is designed or tends to elect, injure, promote, or defeat any candidate for nomination or election to a public office or to promote or defeat a ballot question, that is false, and that the person knows is false or communicates to others with reckless disregard of whether it is false