Minnesota HF4240: Elections; various changes made related to election administration, absentee voting provisions modified, timelines modified, elected officials and candidates prohibited from betting on elections, technical and clarifying changes made, and money appropriated.

What the bill says

A bill for an act relating to elections; making various changes related to election administration; modifying provisions related to absentee voting; modifying timelines; prohibiting elected officials and candidates from betting on elections; making technical and clarifying changes; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 203B.05, subdivision 1; 203B.06, subdivision 3; 203B.065; 204B.27, subdivision 2; 204C.26, subdivisions 2, 4; 205.185, subdivision 3; 205A.10, subdivision 3; 211B.32, subdivision 1…

From the engrossed text, May 15, 2026:

A bill for an act relating to elections; making various changes related to election administration; modifying provisions related to absentee voting; modifying timelines; prohibiting elected officials and candidates from betting on elections; making technical and clarifying changes; appropriating money; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, sections 203B.05, subdivision 1; 203B.06, subdivision 3; 203B.065; 204B.27, subdivision 2; 204C.26, subdivisions 2, 4; 205.185, subdivision 3; 205A.10, subdivision 3; 211B.32, subdivision 1; Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, sections 203B.30, subdivisions 2, 3; 205A.11, subdivision 2; 375.20; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 211B; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 5.31. Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 203B.05, subdivision 1, is amended to read: Subdivision 1. Generally. new text begin [ADDED: (a) ] new text end The full-time clerk of any city or town shall administer the provisions of sections 203B.04 to 203B.15 and 203B.30 or (2) the clerk has given the county auditor of that county notice of intention to administer them. The designation or notice must specify whether the clerk will be responsible for the administration of a ballot board as provided in section 203B.121new text begin [ADDED: and the municipality must determine whether the municipality's office will be designated to administer voting under section 203B.081 starting on the 46th day before the election or the 18th day before the election] new text …