2025 Session Last amended: 2004 session

§ 204C.361 — Rules for Recounts

Plain-Language Summary

The secretary of state must adopt rules establishing uniform procedures for all recounts statewide. Ballots must be kept separated by precinct during recounts, but a recount official may count multiple precincts at the same time in separate physical locations within one room.

204C.361 RULES FOR RECOUNTS.

(a) The secretary of state shall adopt rules according to the Administrative Procedure Act establishing uniform recount procedures. All recounts provided for by sections 204C.35, 204C.36, and 206.88, shall be conducted in accordance with these rules.

(b) Notwithstanding Minnesota Rules, part 8235.0800, the requirement that ballots be recounted by precinct means that a recount official shall maintain the segregation of ballots by precinct but the recount official may recount more than one precinct at a time in physically separate locations within the room in which the recount is administered.

History:

1983 c 253 s 18; 1989 c 291 art 1 s 16; 1990 c 426 art 1 s 25; 2004 c 293 art 2 s 29

History: History: 1983 c 253 s 18; 1989 c 291 art 1 s 16; 1990 c 426 art 1 s 25; 2004 c 293 art 2 s 29

Practical Notes

Uniform rules ensure recounts are conducted consistently regardless of where they occur. The ability to count multiple precincts simultaneously in separate areas of the same room speeds up the recount process.

Source: Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes