2005 Minnesota Statutes - 204C.04 — Employees; time off to vote.

     204C.04 Employees; time off to vote. 


    Subdivision 1.    Right to be absent.  Every employee 
 who is eligible to vote in an election has the right to be 
 absent from work for the purpose of voting during the morning of 
 the day of that election, without penalty or deduction from 
 salary or wages because of the absence.  An employer or other 
 person may not directly or indirectly refuse, abridge, or 
 interfere with this right or any other election right of an 
 employee.  


    Subd. 2.    Elections covered.  For purposes of this 
 section, "election" means a regularly scheduled state primary or 
 general election, an election to fill a vacancy in the office of 
 United States senator or United States representative, or an 
 election to fill a vacancy in the office of state senator or 
 state representative. 


    Subd. 3.    Penalty.  A person who violates this section 
 is guilty of a misdemeanor, and the county attorney shall 
 prosecute the violation. 


    HIST: 1981 c 29 art 5 s 4; 1988 c 578 art 1 s 3; 1991 c 245 s 
 1; 1995 c 20 s 1; 2000 c 260 s 27