2005 Minnesota Statutes - 208.06 — Electors to meet at State Capitol; filling of vacancies.

  208.06 Electors to meet at State Capitol; filling of 
  vacancies. 


    The presidential electors and alternate presidential 
 electors, before 12:00 M. on the day before that fixed by 
 Congress for the electors to vote for president and vice 
 president of the United States, shall notify the governor that 
 they are at the State Capitol and ready at the proper time to 
 fulfill their duties as electors.  The governor shall deliver to 
 the electors present a certificate of the names of all the 
 electors.  If any elector named therein fails to appear before 
 9:00 a.m. on the day, and at the place, fixed for voting for 
 president and vice president of the United States, an alternate, 
 chosen from among the alternates by lot, shall be appointed to 
 act for that elector.  If more than eight alternates are 
 necessary, the electors present shall, in the presence of the 
 governor, immediately elect by ballot a person to fill the 
 vacancy.  If more than the number of persons required have the 
 highest and an equal number of votes, the governor, in the 
 presence of the electors attending, shall decide by lot which of 
 those persons shall be elected. 


    HIST: 1959 c 675 art 9 s 6; 1979 c 251 s 5; 2005 c 156 art 6 s 
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