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' i I 204B.I6 ELECTIONS;GENERAL PROVISIONS5086' of election judges appointed shall be determined by considering the number of voters -,-1.the entire city as if they were voters in a single precinct. Separate ballot boxes sh. be provided and separate returns made for each precinct in the city. ,, Subd. 3. Designation effective until changed. The designation of a polling placer k pursuant to this section shall remain effective until a different polling place is desig nated for that precinct.No designation of a new or different polling place shall become effective less than 30 days prior to an election. t•. Subd. 4. Prohibited locations. No polling place shall be designated in any place :- .., where intoxicating liquors or nonintoxicating malt beverages are served or in any adjoining room.No polling place shall be designated in any place in which substantial,- :41_,, compliance with the requirements of this chapter cannot be attained. Subd. 5.Access by elderly and handicapped.Each polling place shall be accessible' t ' to and usable by elderly and physically handicapped individuals. A polling place is ,; I deemed to be accessible and usable if it complies with the standards in paragraphs(a) ,„' to (f). d (a) At least one set of doors must have a minimum width of 31 inches if the doors must be used to enter or leave the polling place. 4 : (b) Any curb adjacent to the main entrance to a polling place must have curb cuts ,-- or temporary ramps.Where the main entrance is not the accessible entrance,any curb adjacent to the accessible entrance must also have curb cuts or temporary ramps. ; . (c) Where the main entrance is not the accessible entrance, a sign shall be posted , I. at the main entrance giving directions to the accessible entrance. ,1 . (d) At least one set of stairs must have a temporary handrail and ramp if stairs , must be used to enter or leave the polling place. (e) No baryfer in the polling place may impede the path of the physically handi- ; ' ,. capped to thej�(voting booth. 40).At let one handicapped parking space, which may be temporarily so desig- ' nated by the municipality for the day of the election,must be available near the accessi- ;': bre'entrance.. . The doorway, handrails, ramps, and handicapped parking provided pursuant to this subdivision must conform to the standards specified in the state building code for •, accessibility by handicapped persons. A governing body shall designate as polling places only those places which meet `.;, the standards prescribed in this subdivision unless no available place within a precinct is accessible or can be made accessible. :,1 Subd. 6. Public facilities. Every statutory city, home rule charter city, county, town, school district, and other public agency,including the University of Minnesota '' and other public colleges and universities,shall make their facilities,including parking, available for the holding of city, county, state, and federal elections. A charge for the iI use of the facilities may be imposed in an amount that does not exceed the lowest • , arrrount-charge-d-ta any-public-m-private group. rl History: 1981 c 29 art 4 s 16; 1983 c 124 s 4; 1984 c 471 s 5; 1985 c 307 s 1; 1987 c 266 art 1 s 25 } 204B.17 CHANGE OF POLLING PLACE BY ELECTION JUDGES. , r, When a designated polling place does not comply with the requirements of this chapter the election judges of that precinct,on or before the opening of the polls on elec- tion day and upon approval by the municipal clerk in municipalities or school districts or the county auditor in unorganized territory, shall procure a polling place which is 1 ,-_ as near the designated polling place as possible and which does comply with those " requirements. i-i,t When a new polling place is procured by the election judges, they shall meet on election day at the original polling place where they shall fill any vacancies in their num- i ber, publicly announce the change in polling place to the voters who are present and ill :