Southern Minnesota District Tournament
2020 — MN/US
Southern Minnesota District Qualifier
for the 2021 National Tournament
Legislation for Southern MN NSDA Congress
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Southern Minnesota District Congressional Debate
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11
Registration/Check-In - 3:30 p.m.
Prelim Session I - 4:15 - 7:00 p.m.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12
Prelim Session II - 8:30 - 11:15 a.m.
Semifinals Posting - 12:15 p.m.
Semifinal House Session / Senate Finals Session OR Senate Prelim Session III - 12:30 - 3:15 p.m.
Finals House Posting - 3:45 p.m.
Finals House Room Check - 4:00 p.m.
Finals House Session - 4:15 - 7:00 p.m.
Legislation: Deadline for submission of legislation is set as Friday November 20th please send different legislation from the legislation you send in for either JV/Novice State or Section Congress. The packet will be sent out on Monday November 23rd to all schools of Southern MN NSDA. Please submit your legislation to DJ at rbrynteson@brynteson.info
Senate: In the senate, as long as we have at least 8 schools participating we will run 3 sessions to arrive at our national qualifiers.
House: In the house we will run 2 preliminary sessions, a semifinal and a super congress final session.
House Qualifiers based on participating entry numbers
Participating Students Qualifiers
16 – 29 2
30 – 58 4
59 – 87 6
88 – 116 7
117 – 145 8
146+ 9
School Entry Numbers based on your school’s strength on or before December 4th
Members and Degrees Senate Entries Allowed House Entries Allowed
1 – 20 2 2
21 – 35 2 3
36 – 55 2 4
56 – 75 2 5
76 – 100 2 6
101 – 150 2 7
151 – 200 2 8
201 – 250 2 9
251 – 300 2 10
301 – 350 2 11
351 – 400 2 12
401+ 2 13