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I'm not a lawyer, but we both can read, so
here's a section from Minnesota Statutes: 204B.06 Filing for primary;
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Subd. 2. Major Party Candidates. A candidate who seeks the
nomination of a major political party for a partisan office shall state
on the affidavit of candidacy that the candidate either participated in
that party's most recent precinct caucus or intends to vote for a
majority of that party's candidates at the next ensuing general
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Here's my interpretation from this: If you are willing to mentally
commit yourself to vote for a majority of Republican candidates in
partisan elections this fall, you can file as a Republican in the
primary. If you have a different interpretation or understanding,
please e-mail me, I would be interested to know what you think.
However, I have to tell you that this statute seems pretty clear and
straightforward to me -- you would have a hard time convincing me
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For more information about filing for office, please visit the
Minnesota Secretary
of State web site Note: filing closes July 18th. If you do
not file for a partisan office by that date, you will almost certainly
have no other option than a write-in campaign.
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