Minnesota Bill Signed that Limits Circulation of the Petition for a New Party to One-Year Period

On May 22, Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton signed SF 455, which says that the petition to create a new ballot-qualified party must be completed within one year. Previously the group circulating such a petition could take as long as it wishes. The petition for a new party requires the signatures of 5% of the last vote cast. It was created in 1913 and has never been used statewide. Minor parties in Minnesota instead use the independent candidate petitions, which permit a party label other than just “independent.”


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