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205.065 PRIMARIES. <br />Subdivision 1.Establishing primary.A municipal primary for the purpose of nominating elective <br />officers may be held in any city on the second Tuesday in August of any year in which a municipal general <br />election is to be held for the purpose of electing officers.The date of a municipal primary held in an <br />odd-numbered year may be postponed for inclement weather as provided in section 205.105. <br />Subd.2.Resolution or ordinance.The governing body of a city may,by ordinance or resolution adopted <br />by April 15 in the year when a municipal general election is held,elect to choose nominees for municipal <br />offices by a primary as provided in this section.The resolution or ordinance,when adopted,is effective for <br />all ensuing municipal elections until it is revoked.The municipal clerk shall notify the secretary of state and <br />the county auditor within 30 days after the adoption of the resolution or ordinance. <br />Subd.3.[Repealed,1994 c 646 s 28] <br />Subd.4.Candidates,filing.The clerk shall place upon the primary ballot without partisan designation <br />the names of individuals whose candidacies have been filed and for whom the proper filing fee has been <br />paid.When not more than twice the number of individuals to be elected to a municipal office file for <br />nomination for the office,their names shall not be placed upon the primary ballot and shall be placed on the <br />municipal general election ballot as the nominees for that office.When more than one council member is <br />to be elected for full terms at the same election,the candidates'names shall be placed under one office on <br />the ballot with the number to be elected to the office specified directly underneath the title and identification <br />of the office. <br />Subd.5.Results.The municipal primary shall be conducted and the returns made in the manner provided <br />for the state primary so far as practicable.The canvass may be conducted on either the second or third day <br />after the primary. <br />The governing body of the municipality shall canvass the returns,and the two candidates for each office <br />who receive the highest number of votes,or a number of candidates equal to twice the number of individuals <br />to be elected to the office,who receive the highest number of votes,shall be the nominees for the office <br />named.Their names shall be certified to the municipal clerk who shall place them on the municipal general <br />election ballot without partisan designation and without payment of an additional fee. <br />Subd.6.Recount.A losing candidate at the municipal primary may request a recount of the votes for <br />that nomination subject to the requirements of section 204C.36. <br />Subd.7.[Repealed,2011 c 65 s 9] <br />History:1983 c 62 s 2;1987 c 62 s 6,7;1989 c 209 art 1 s 19;1994 c 646 s 4,5;2010 c 184 s 26,27; <br />2010 c 194 s 21;2010 c 201 s 57;2011 c 65 s 5;2016 c 161 art 1 s 13;2017 c 92 art 1 s 22 <br />Copyright ©2017 by the Revisor of Statutes,State of Minnesota.All Rights Reserved. <br />205.065MINNESOTASTATUTES20171