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         <div class="xtend_ce"><a id="pl.1.1"></a><var>1.1</var>A bill for an act<br />
            		
         </div><a id="pl.1.2"></a><var>1.2</var>proposing an amendment to the Minnesota Constitution, article VII, section 1; <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.3"></a><var>1.3</var>requiring voters to present photographic identification or equivalent; providing <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.4"></a><var>1.4</var>photographic identification to voters at no charge; requiring substantially <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.5"></a><var>1.5</var>equivalent verification standards for all voters.<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.6"></a><var>1.6</var>BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.1.0"></a><a id="pl.1.7"></a><var>1.7</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Section 1. <b>CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROPOSED.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.1.8"></a><var>1.8</var>An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution is proposed to the people. If the <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.9"></a><var>1.9</var>amendment is adopted, article VII, section 1, will read:<br />
         		<a id="pl.1.10"></a><var>1.10</var>Section 1. (a) Every person 18 years of age or more who has been a citizen of the United <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.11"></a><var>1.11</var>States for three months and who has resided in the precinct for 30 days next preceding <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.12"></a><var>1.12</var>an election; who, at the time of voting in person, shall present government-issued <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.13"></a><var>1.13</var>photographic identification or equivalent as prescribed by law, or who, when not voting in <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.14"></a><var>1.14</var>person, shall provide government-issued proof of identity as prescribed by law; shall be <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.15"></a><var>1.15</var>entitled to vote in that precinct. The state must make photographic identification available <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.16"></a><var>1.16</var>to eligible individuals at no charge as prescribed by law. The place of voting by one <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.17"></a><var>1.17</var>otherwise qualified who has changed his residence within 30 days preceding the election <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.18"></a><var>1.18</var>shall be prescribed by law. The following persons shall not be entitled or permitted to <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.19"></a><var>1.19</var>vote at any election in this state: A person not meeting the above requirements; a person <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.20"></a><var>1.20</var>who has been convicted of treason or felony, unless restored to civil rights; a person <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.21"></a><var>1.21</var>under guardianship, or a person who is insane or not mentally competent. All voters <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.22"></a><var>1.22</var>must be subject to substantially equivalent state eligibility verification prior to a ballot <br />
         		<a id="pl.1.23"></a><var>1.23</var>being cast or counted. <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.1"></a><var>2.1</var>(b) A voter who is unable to present government-issued photographic identification <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.2"></a><var>2.2</var>or equivalent when voting in person must be permitted to submit a provisional ballot <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.3"></a><var>2.3</var>as prescribed by law. Absentee ballots shall be counted if government-issued photo <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.4"></a><var>2.4</var>identification or equivalent or government-issued proof of identity is presented or <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.5"></a><var>2.5</var>provided  as prescribed by law.<br />
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         		<a id="bill.0.2.0"></a><a id="pl.2.6"></a><var>2.6</var>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Sec. 2. <b>SUBMISSION TO VOTERS.</b><br />
         		<a id="pl.2.7"></a><var>2.7</var>The proposed amendment must be submitted to the people at the 2012 general <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.8"></a><var>2.8</var>election. If approved, the amendment is effective for elections on or after December <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.9"></a><var>2.9</var>1, 2013. The question submitted must be:<br />
         		<a id="pl.2.10"></a><var>2.10</var>"Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended effective December 1, 2013, to require <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.11"></a><var>2.11</var>that all in-person voters present an approved form of government-issued photographic <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.12"></a><var>2.12</var>identification or equivalent at the time of voting; that those not voting in person provide <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.13"></a><var>2.13</var>government-issued proof of identity; that all voters be subject to substantially equivalent <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.14"></a><var>2.14</var>eligibility verification before a ballot is cast or counted; and that the state provide at no <br />
         		<a id="pl.2.15"></a><var>2.15</var>charge an approved photographic identification to eligible individuals?<br />
         		
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               <td><a id="pl.2.16"></a><var>2.16</var><br />
                  		
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               <td>Yes <br />
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               <td><a id="pl.2.17"></a><var>2.17</var><br />
                  		
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               <td>No <span>
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