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Minnesota Statutes 2000, 205.16 Page 1 S® <br /> Minnesota Statutes 2000, Table of Chapters <br /> Table of contents for Chapter 205 <br /> 205.16 Notice. <br /> Subdivision 1. Publication and posting. In every <br /> municipality, the municipal clerk shall, except as otherwise <br /> provided in this section, give two weeks' published notice, and <br /> may also give ten days' posted notice, of the election, stating <br /> the time of the election, the location of each polling place, <br /> the offices to be filled, and all propositions or questions to <br /> be voted upon at the election. In a city of the fourth class or <br /> a town not located within a metropolitan county as defined in <br /> section 473. 121, the governing body may dispense with <br /> publication of the notice of the municipal general election, in <br /> which case ten days' posted notice shall be given. The <br /> municipal clerk shall also post a copy of the notice in the <br /> clerk's office for public inspection. <br /> Subd. 2. Sample ballot, publication. For every <br /> municipal election, the .municipal clerk shall, at least one week <br /> before the election, publish a sample ballot in the official <br /> newspaper of the municipality, except that the governing body of <br /> a fourth class city or a town not located within a metropolitan <br /> county as defined in section 473. 121 may dispense with <br /> publication. <br /> Subd. 3. Sample ballot, posting. For every municipal <br /> election, the municipal clerk shall at least four days before <br /> the election post a sample ballot in the clerk's office for <br /> public inspection, and post a sample ballot in each polling <br /> place on election day. <br /> Subd. 4 . Notice to auditor. At least 49 days prior <br /> to every municipal election, the municipal clerk shall provide a <br /> written notice to the county auditor, including the date of the <br /> election, the offices to be voted on at the election, and the <br /> title and language for each ballot question to be voted on at <br /> the election. <br /> HIST: 1959 c 675 art 6 s 16; 1976 c 2 s 77,78; 1976 c 44 s 11; <br /> 1978 c 572 s 6, 7; 1981 c 29 art 7 s 38; 1983 c 62 s 6; 1989 c <br /> 291 art 1 s 20; 1991 c 227 s 21; 1994 c 646 s 12, 13; 1999 c 132 <br /> s 33 <br /> Copyright 2000 by the Office of Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota. <br /> � r <br /> http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/205/16.html 9/5/2001 <br />