HF 1196

as introduced - 80th Legislature (1997 - 1998) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to elections; voter registration public 
  1.3             information lists; allowing certain voters to prevent 
  1.4             public dissemination of their residence addresses; 
  1.5             amending Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 201.091, 
  1.6             subdivision 4. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 1996, section 201.091, 
  1.9   subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 4.  [PUBLIC INFORMATION LISTS.] The county auditor 
  1.11  shall make available for inspection a public information list 
  1.12  which must contain the name, address, year of birth, and voting 
  1.13  history of each registered voter in the county., except as 
  1.14  otherwise provided by this subdivision.  The list must omit the 
  1.15  residence address of a licensed peace officer or a judge who 
  1.16  requests the county auditor to omit the individual's residence 
  1.17  address from the public information list.  The telephone number 
  1.18  must be included on the list if provided by the voter.  The 
  1.19  public information list may also include information on voting 
  1.20  districts.  The county auditor may adopt reasonable rules 
  1.21  governing access to the list.  No individual inspecting the 
  1.22  public information list shall tamper with or alter it in any 
  1.23  manner.  No individual who inspects the public information list 
  1.24  or who acquires a list of registered voters prepared from the 
  1.25  public information list may use any information contained in the 
  1.26  list for purposes unrelated to elections, political activities, 
  2.1   or law enforcement.  The secretary of state may provide copies 
  2.2   of the public information lists and other information from the 
  2.3   statewide registration system for uses related to elections, 
  2.4   political activities, or in response to a law enforcement 
  2.5   inquiry from a public official concerning a failure to comply 
  2.6   with any criminal statute or any state or local tax statute. 
  2.7      Before inspecting the public information list or obtaining 
  2.8   a list of voters or other information from the list, the 
  2.9   individual shall provide identification to the public official 
  2.10  having custody of the public information list and shall state in 
  2.11  writing that any information obtained from the list will not be 
  2.12  used for purposes unrelated to elections, political activities, 
  2.13  or law enforcement.  Requests to examine or obtain information 
  2.14  from the public information lists or the statewide registration 
  2.15  system must be made and processed in the manner provided in the 
  2.16  rules of the secretary of state. 
  2.17     Upon receipt of a written request and a copy of the court 
  2.18  order, the secretary of state may withhold from the public 
  2.19  information list the name of any registered voter placed under 
  2.20  court-ordered protection.