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SF 2490

Introduction - 94th Legislature (2025 - 2026)

Posted on 03/14/2025 10:00 a.m.

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
 relating to elections; improving access to voter history in a timely manner;
amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 201.171.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 201.171, is amended to read:


201.171 POSTING VOTING HISTORY; FAILURE TO VOTE; REGISTRATION
REMOVED.

Within deleted text begin six weeksdeleted text end new text begin ten daysnew text end after every election, the county auditor shall post the voting
history for every person who voted in the election. After the close of the calendar year, the
secretary of state shall determine if any registrants have not voted during the preceding four
years. The secretary of state shall perform list maintenance by changing the status of those
registrants to "inactive" in the statewide registration system. The list maintenance performed
must be conducted in a manner that ensures that the name of each registered voter appears
in the official list of eligible voters in the statewide registration system. A voter must not
be removed from the official list of eligible voters unless the voter is not eligible or is not
registered to vote. List maintenance must include procedures for eliminating duplicate names
from the official list of eligible voters.

The secretary of state shall also prepare a report to the county auditor containing the
names of all registrants whose status was changed to "inactive."

Registrants whose status was changed to "inactive" must register in the manner specified
in section 201.054 before voting in any primary, special primary, general, school district,
or special election, as required by section 201.018.

Although not counted in an election, a late or rejected absentee or mail ballot must be
considered a vote for the purpose of continuing registration under this section, but is not
considered voting history for the purpose of public information lists available under section
201.091, subdivision 4.