{"data":{"id":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-204c.18","jurisdiction":"us-mn","citation":"Minn. Stat. § 204C.18","heading":"BALLOTS; SECRECY.","body":"Subdivision 1. Party preferences; protection of secrecy.\nThe election judges shall make no entry or notation in the election register or anywhere else showing the political party to which a voter belongs or for which political party the voter voted. No election judge shall knowingly permit anyone in the polling place to make such an entry or notation.\nSubd. 2. Ballots; identifying marks; penalty.\nNo voter, election judge, or other individual shall place at any time a mark as a means of identification upon any ballot handed to or cast by a voter or upon spoiled or discarded ballots, except the initials authorized by section 204C.09. A violation of this subdivision is a gross misdemeanor.","path":["ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 204C. ELECTION DAY ACTIVITIES","POLLING PLACE ACTIVITIES"],"source_url":"https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/204C.18","current_through":"2025 Minnesota Statutes","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T22:10:36Z","sha256":"7fa8b06e2705d546f2a55738fd7c66f193a26286a5c95859a864380e6948ac73","source_id":"us-mn","stale":false,"prev":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-204c.17","next":"us-mn/minn.-stat.-204c.19"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}