HF 1532

as introduced - 87th Legislature (2011 - 2012) Posted on 04/18/2011 09:46am

A bill for an act
relating to elections; imposing certain duties; requiring certain lists; proposing
coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 201.

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

Section 1.

new text begin [201.156] USE OF STATE COURT DATA.
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new text begin The state court administrator may make electronic data available to the secretary of
state on individuals 18 years of age or older who are currently serving felony sentences
who are not under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of corrections. The data must
include the name, date of birth, court identification number and, if available, the driver's
license or state identification card number and, if an individual has completed the
sentence, the date of discharge.
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new text begin The secretary of state must determine if that data newly indicates that:
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new text begin (1) an individual with an active voter registration in the statewide voter registration
system is currently serving a felony sentence and the individual's voter record does not
already have a challenged status due to a felony conviction;
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new text begin (2) an individual with an active voter registration in the statewide voter registration
system who is currently serving a felony sentence appears to have registered to vote or to
have voted during a period when the individual's civil rights were revoked; and
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new text begin (3) an individual with a voter record that has a challenged status due to a felony
conviction who was serving a felony sentence has been discharged from a sentence.
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new text begin The secretary of state shall prepare a list of the registrants included under clause (1),
(2), or (3) for each county auditor. For individuals under clause (1), the county auditor
shall challenge the individual's record in the statewide voter registration system. The
county auditory must provide information to the county attorney about individuals under
clause (2) for the county attorney's investigation. For individuals under clause (3), the
county auditor must determine if the challenge status should be removed from the voter
record for the individual and, if so, must remove the challenge.
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new text begin The secretary of state must make the required determinations and provide the
required lists to the county auditors at least monthly.
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new text begin For each state general election that occurs prior to the statewide voter registration
system being programmed to generate lists as required by this section, the secretary of
state must make the determination and provide lists to the county auditors between 30 and
60 days before the election and again between six and ten weeks after the election. In the
year following that state election, the secretary of state must make this determination and
provide lists to the county auditors again as part of the annual list maintenance.
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