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Campaign Finance Reports

• Initial report is due to the filing officer who accepted your Affidavit of Candidacy within fourteen (14) days of receiving contributions or making disbursements of more than $750.

• Subsequent reports are due to the filing officer who accepted your Affidavit of Candidacy ten days before and thirty (30) days after the election and each year by January 31st until a final report is filed.

• Final report is due to the filing officer who accepted your Affidavit of Candidacy when all debts are settled and all assets are properly disposed of in excess of $100.

Certification of Filing

All candidates or committees must file a Certification of Filing within 7 days of a general or special election in which their name is on the ballot. On this form, the candidate or committee treasurer affirms either all required campaign finance reports have been filed, or the candidate or committee did not raise or spend more than $750 in that calendar year.

Please visit the Minnesota Secretary of State's website for more information.

It is permissible for a candidate or their representative to distribute campaign literature on sidewalks, in public parks and in public right-of-ways. However, campaign activities cannot pose a safety hazard or block a roadway or walkway.

A permit is not needed to distribute campaign / political material door-to-door, including inside multifamily housing. However, please be respectful on property owner's wishes by leaving a property if you are asked to leave a property.

Campaign Signs cannot be staked or posted on City property. This includes but is not limited to tacking, pasting, taping, gluing of campaign signs or literature on City buildings, facilities or structures including trees, poles, posts, booths, tables, chairs, tents, toilets, etc.

View the Campaign Sign Rules Illustration (PDF).

Campaign signs cannot be posted or erected in street right-of-ways.

Restrictions on placing signs on property owned by corporations are outlined in Minnesota Statutes, Chapter 211B.15 on Prohibited Contributions.

Automatic dialing devices may not be used without the permission of the person receiving the call. Read more about this from the State of MN Attorney General's Office.

State law regulates the solicitation of campaign contributions as well as the types and amounts of campaign contributions. In addition, state law prohibits candidates and committees from giving away (or promising to give away) anything of monetary value for the purpose of inducing a voter to refrain from voting or to vote in a particular way.

There is an exception for refreshments of food and nonalcoholic beverages having a value up to $5 that is consumed on the premises at a private gathering or public meeting. Campaign Finance laws do not permit candidates to give alcohol away and alcohol sales are prohibited unless the proper liquor license has been acquired.

The MN Secretary of State's Office offers detailed information for candidates on their Campaigning website and publishes a comprehensive Campaign Manual for candidates. Individuals who file for office in New Brighton will receive a copy of this manual; however, the manual is also available for download on the aforementioned Campaigning website.

In response to the emphasis on secure elections, candidates and campaigns are encouraged to consider campaign cybersecurity safeguards. Information on campaign cybersecurity can be found on the Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State's Campaign Cybersecurity webpage.

The precinct boundaries and polling places for City of New Brighton voters have changed. Please visit our Redistricting Information page to learn about the City's redistricting work and download the City's complete redistricting plans.

• NEW Precinct 1: St. John the Baptist Catholic Church; 835 2nd Avenue NW
• NEW Precinct 2: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; 100 Silver Lake Road
• NEW Precinct 3: Salem Covenant Church; 2655 5th Street NW
• NEW Precinct 4: Christ the King Church; 1900 7th Street NW
• NEW Precinct 5: Faith Church; 1600 Silver Lake Road
• NEW Precinct 6: New Brighton Community Center; 400 10th Street NW
• NEW Precinct 7: The United Church of Christ located at 1000 Long Lake Road
• NEW Precinct 8: GracePoint Church located at 2351 Rice Creek Road

Candidates for the municipal office in New Brighton will receive one detailed 2 inches by 3 inches copy of this map. Additional 2 inches by 3 inches copies can be ordered by using the Data Request Form for $19 each or you may send the Precinct Map (PDF) to the printer of your choice. Please note that it should be printed at 500% or more to read individual addresses.

Campaigning is not allowed in the polling place or within 100 feet of the building. If the polling place is on public property, campaigning is not allowed in the polling place or within 100 feet of the property. This prohibition includes displaying campaign materials in the polling place, including literature or buttons. Campaign materials are defined as anything related to a candidate, issue or question on the ballot at that election.

Voters may take sample ballots or campaign flyers into the voting booth, but they should not display these materials outside the booth. No one in the polling place should be discussing candidates or issues. This includes voters waiting in line and election judges.

Polling Place Conduct

During voting hours, law allows only election judges, people directly engaged in voting and authorized persons to be present. Unauthorized people will be asked to leave immediately. Authorized persons are: 

• Persons helping a voter.
• Children accompanying voters.
• Vouchers.
• Observers with written authorization from the office of the secretary of state, county auditor or clerk.
• Peace officers if judges request their presence to keep order.
• Challengers appointed in writing by a political party or nonpartisan candidate.
• Teachers & elementary & high school students, if participating in a mock election that has been authorized by the secretary of state.
• Persons making a written complaint.
• Media may enter the polling place to observe the voting process so long as they:
• Show photo identification to the Head Judge upon arrival along with either a recognized media credential or written statement from a local election official attesting to their credentials.
• Stay at least six feet from voters.
• Do not converse with voters or interfere with the voting process.
• Do not make a list of those voting or not voting.
• People conducting exit polls can be on the premises, but not in the room where voting occurs. Depending on the building layout, this may mean the pollster must remain outdoors. An individual conducting an exit poll may only approach voters after they have voted and may only speak with a voter to the extent necessary to ask the voter to take an anonymous written questionnaire.

People may not gather or linger in the polling place or within 100 feet of the building.

• Intoxicated persons and/or liquor are not allowed.
• Individuals to leave if they will not or cannot cease the following: 
  1. Disorderly conduct
  2. Smoking
  3. Lingering

Related State Statutes: M.S. 204C.06; M.S. 204C.13, subd. 2; M.S. 211B.11

Polling Place Maps Showing 100' buffer

Precinct 1 St. John's

Precinct 2 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints

Precinct 3 Salem

Precinct 4 Christ the King 

Precinct 5 Faith Church

Precinct 6 New Brighton Community Center

Precinct 7 United Church

Precinct 8 GracePoint Church