1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to elections; eliminating ten percent requirement for major political party 
1.3 	nomination;amending Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 204D.10, subdivision 1; 
1.4 	repealing Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 204D.10, subdivision 2.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 204D.10, subdivision 1, is amended to 
1.7 	read:
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Partisan offices; nominees. The candidate for nomination of a 
1.9 	major political party for a partisan office on the state partisan primary ballot who receives 
1.10 	the highest number of votes shall be the nominee of that political party for that office, 
1.11 	except as otherwise provided in subdivision 2.

1.12 	Sec. 2.  REPEALER.
 1.13 	Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 204D.10, subdivision 2, is repealed.

1.14 	Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 1.15 	Sections 1 and 2 are effective the day following final enactment.