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CHAPTER 200 GENERAL PROVISIONS; DEFINITIONS 200.01 MS 1957 Repealed, 1959 c 675 art 13 s 1 200.01 CITATION, MINNESOTA ELECTION LAW. This chapter and chapters 201, 202A, 203B, 204B, 204C, 204D, 205, 205A, 206, 208, 209, 211A, 211B, and 211C shall be known as the Minnesota election law. History: 1959 c 675 art 1 s 1; 1981 c 29 art 1 s 1; 1987 c 266 art 1 s 1; 1988 c 578 art 1 s 1; 1996 c 469 art 2 s 1 200.015 APPLICATION. The Minnesota election law applies to all elections held in this state unless otherwise specifically provided by law. History: 1981 c 29 art 1 s 2; 1987 c 266 art 1 s 2 NOTES AND DECISIONS 200.015 The statutory canons of construction applicable to general elections, as embodied in these statutes, are also given effect in school district elections. Ganske v. Independent School District No. 84, 271 Minn. 531, 136 N.W.2d 405 (1965). 200.02 MS 1957 Repealed, 1959 c 675 art 13 s 1 200.02 DEFINITIONS. Subdivision 1. Application. The terms defined in this section apply to the Minnesota Election Subd. 2. General election. "General election" means an election held at regular intervals on a day determined by law or charter at which the voters of the state or any of its subdivisions choose by ballot public officials or presidential electors. Subd. 3. Primary. "Primary" means an election at which the voters of the state or any of its subdivisions choose by ballot the nominees for the offices to be filled at a general election. Subd. 4. Special election. "Special election" means: (a) An election held at any time to fill vacancies in public offices; or (b) An election held by a subdivision of the state for a special purpose. Subd. 5. Special primary. "Special primary" means an election held to choose the nominees for vacant public offices to be filled at a special election. Subd. 6. Political party. "Political party" means an association of individuals under whose name a candidate files for partisan office. Subd. 7. Major political party. (a) "Major political party" means a political party that maintains a party organization in the state, political division or precinct in question and that has presented at least one candidate for election to the office of: (1) governor and lieutenant governor, secretary of state, state auditor, or attorney general at the last preceding state general election for those offices; or (2) presidential elector or U.S. senator at the last preceding state general election for presidential electors; and whose candidate received votes in each county in that election and received votes from not less than five percent of the total number of individuals who voted in that election. Law. 1