new text begin Subdivision 1. new text end

new text begin Application. new text end

new text begin For the purposes of this chapter, the terms defined in this
section have the meanings given them.
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new text begin Subd. 2. new text end

new text begin Active candidate. new text end

new text begin "Active candidate" means any candidate who has not been
defeated or elected and is not a withdrawn candidate.
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new text begin Subd. 3. new text end

new text begin Batch elimination. new text end

new text begin "Batch elimination" means a simultaneous defeat of multiple
continuing candidates that have no mathematical chance of being elected.
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new text begin Subd. 4. new text end

new text begin Cast vote record. new text end

new text begin "Cast vote record" means the tabulatable record of all
aggregated votes produced by a single voter in one voting session. For ballots on which
voters have indicated a write-in choice, the finalized cast vote record indicates whether the
write-in choice was cast for one of the declared write-in candidates, and if so, which one.
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new text begin Subd. 5. new text end

new text begin Duplicate ranking. new text end

new text begin "Duplicate ranking" means a voter has ranked the same
candidate at multiple rankings for the office being counted.
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new text begin Subd. 6. new text end

new text begin Hand count election. new text end

new text begin "Hand count election" means an election in which all
tabulation of ballots is done by hand, regardless of whether the ballots are cast in a polling
place or as absentee or mail ballots.
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new text begin Subd. 7. new text end

new text begin Highest continuing ranking. new text end

new text begin "Highest continuing ranking" means the ranking
on a voter's ballot with the lowest numerical value for a continuing candidate.
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new text begin Subd. 8. new text end

new text begin Inactive ballot. new text end

new text begin "Inactive ballot" means a ballot that does not count for any
candidate in a given round of tabulation as provided in section 204E.06 or 204E.07.
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new text begin Subd. 9. new text end

new text begin Mathematically impossible to be elected. new text end

new text begin "Mathematically impossible to be
elected" means:
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new text begin (1) the candidate cannot be elected because the candidate's surplus votes and current
vote total plus the surplus votes and votes of all other candidates in the current round with
fewer votes or an equal number of votes would not be enough to surpass the candidate with
the next higher current vote total; or
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new text begin (2) the candidate has a lower current vote total than a candidate who is described by
clause (1).
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new text begin Subd. 10. new text end

new text begin Maximum possible threshold. new text end

new text begin "Maximum possible threshold" means the
number of votes sufficient for a candidate to be elected under a first ranked choice tabulation
under sections 204E.06 and 204E.07. Maximum possible threshold equals:
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new text begin (1) the sum of the total ballots cast that include votes, undervotes, skipped rankings, and
overvotes for the office; divided by
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new text begin (2) the sum of one plus the number of offices to be filled; then
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new text begin (3) adding one to the result; and
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new text begin (4) with any fractions disregarded.
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new text begin Subd. 11. new text end

new text begin Multiple-seat election. new text end

new text begin "Multiple-seat election" means an election in which
two or more seats in an office are to be filled from a single set of candidates on the ballot.
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new text begin Subd. 12. new text end

new text begin Overvote. new text end