1.1Senator Utke moved to amend
H.F. No. 4772, as amended pursuant to Rule 45,
1.2adopted by the Senate April 11, 2024, as follows:
1.3(The text of the amended House File is identical to
S.F. No. 4729.)
1.4Page 45, after line 4, insert:
1.5 "Sec. 59. Minnesota Statutes 2022, section 208.03, is amended to read:
1.6208.03 NOMINATION OF PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS AND ALTERNATES.
1.7Presidential electors and alternates for the major political parties of this state
shall be
1.8nominated by delegate conventions called and held under the supervision of the respective
1.9state central committees of the parties of this state.
Each major political party shall nominate
1.10one presidential elector from each congressional district and two presidential electors
from
1.11the state at large. At least 71 days before the general election day the chair of the major
1.12political party shall certify to the secretary of state the names of the persons nominated
as
1.13presidential electors, the names of persons nominated as alternate presidential electors,
and
1.14the names of the party candidates for president and vice president.
For each person nominated
1.15as an elector or alternate elector, the chair shall indicate whether the person is
nominated
1.16as an at-large elector or is nominated to represent a congressional district. If the
person is
1.17nominated to represent a congressional district, the chair must indicate the congressional
1.18district number for each nominee. The chair shall also certify that the party candidates for
1.19president and vice president have no affidavit on file as a candidate for any office
in this
1.20state at the ensuing general election.
1.21 Sec. 60. Minnesota Statutes 2023 Supplement, section 208.05, is amended to read:
1.22208.05 STATE CANVASSING BOARD.
1.23(a) The State Canvassing Board at its meeting on the date provided in section
204C.33
1.24shall open and canvass the returns made to the secretary of state for presidential
electors
1.25and alternates, prepare a statement of the number of votes cast for the persons receiving
1.26votes for these offices,
statewide and within each congressional district, and declare the
1.27person or persons receiving the highest number of votes for each office duly elected,
as
1.28follows:
1.29(1) the statewide vote totals must be used to determine the persons elected to serve
as
1.30electors under the at-large designation; and
1.31(2) the vote totals within each congressional district must be used to determine the
person
1.32elected to serve as an elector representing that district.
2.1except that (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), if the Agreement Among the States to
2.2Elect the President by National Popular Vote governs the appointment of presidential
2.3electors, the State Canvassing Board shall declare duly elected the candidates for
presidential
2.4electors and alternates identified in accordance with the provisions of that agreement.
2.5(c) When it appears that more than the number of persons to be elected as presidential
2.6electors or alternates have the highest and an equal number of votes, the secretary
of state,
2.7in the presence of the board shall decide by lot which of the persons shall be declared
elected,
2.8except that if the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular
2.9Vote governs the appointment of presidential electors, no such drawing of lots shall
be
2.10conducted. The governor shall transmit to each person declared elected a certificate
of
2.11election, signed by the governor, sealed with the state seal, and countersigned by
the secretary
2.12of state."
2.13Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
2.14Amend the title accordingly
2.15The motion prevailed. #did not prevail. So the amendment was #not adopted.