SF 1103

as introduced - 82nd Legislature (2001 - 2002) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am

  1.1                          A bill for an act 
  1.2             relating to elections; requiring picture 
  1.3             identification before registering on election day or 
  1.4             voting; requiring additional information for 
  1.5             registration; limiting use of certain information; 
  1.6             requiring report of certain felony convictions; 
  1.7             providing for rulemaking; amending Minnesota Statutes 
  1.8             2000, sections 201.061, subdivision 3; 201.071, 
  1.9             subdivisions 1, 3, and by adding subdivisions; 
  1.10            201.091, subdivision 4; 201.155; and 204C.10. 
  1.11  BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.12     Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 201.061, 
  1.13  subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  1.14     Subd. 3.  [ELECTION DAY REGISTRATION.] An individual who is 
  1.15  eligible to vote may register on election day by appearing in 
  1.16  person at the polling place for the precinct in which the 
  1.17  individual maintains residence, by completing a registration 
  1.18  card, making an oath in the form prescribed by the secretary of 
  1.19  state and providing proof of residence.  An individual may prove 
  1.20  residence for purposes of registering by: 
  1.21     (1) showing a driver's license or Minnesota identification 
  1.22  card issued pursuant to section 171.07; 
  1.23     (2) showing any picture identification document approved by 
  1.24  the secretary of state as proper identification; 
  1.25     (3) showing one of the following: 
  1.26     (i) a current valid student picture identification card 
  1.27  from a post-secondary educational institution in Minnesota, if a 
  1.28  list of students from that institution has been prepared under 
  2.1   section 135A.17 and certified to the county auditor in the 
  2.2   manner provided in rules of the secretary of state; or 
  2.3      (ii) a current student fee statement that contains the 
  2.4   student's valid address in the precinct together with a picture 
  2.5   identification card; or 
  2.6      (4) showing a picture identification card or document 
  2.7   listed in clause (1), (2), or (3), and proving current residence 
  2.8   in the precinct by having a voter who is registered to vote in 
  2.9   the precinct sign an oath in the presence of the election judge 
  2.10  vouching that the voter personally knows that the individual is 
  2.11  a resident of the precinct.  A voter who has been vouched for on 
  2.12  election day may not sign a proof of residence oath vouching for 
  2.13  any other individual on that election day. 
  2.14     A county, school district, or municipality may require that 
  2.15  an election judge responsible for election day registration 
  2.16  initial each completed registration card.  
  2.17     Sec. 2.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 201.071, 
  2.18  subdivision 1, is amended to read: 
  2.19     Subdivision 1.  [FORM.] A registration card must be of 
  2.20  suitable size and weight for mailing and contain spaces for the 
  2.21  following required information:  voter's first name, middle 
  2.22  name, and last name; voter's previous name, if any; voter's 
  2.23  current address; voter's previous address, if any; voter's date 
  2.24  of birth; voter's municipality and county of residence; voter's 
  2.25  telephone number, if provided by the voter; the final four 
  2.26  digits of the voter's social security number; date of 
  2.27  registration; and voter's signature.  The card must also contain 
  2.28  a certification of voter eligibility. 
  2.29     The form of the voter registration card and the 
  2.30  certification of voter eligibility must be as provided in the 
  2.31  rules of the secretary of state.  Voter registration forms 
  2.32  authorized by the National Voter Registration Act may also be 
  2.33  accepted as valid. 
  2.34     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective December 31, 
  2.35  2001. 
  2.36     Sec. 3.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 201.071, 
  3.1   subdivision 3, is amended to read: 
  3.2      Subd. 3.  [DEFICIENT REGISTRATION.] No registration is 
  3.3   deficient if it contains the voter's name, address, date of 
  3.4   birth, the final four digits of the voter's social security 
  3.5   number (or the statement "NONE" if the voter has no social 
  3.6   security number), prior registration, if any, and signature.  
  3.7   The absence of a zip code number does not cause the registration 
  3.8   to be deficient.  The election judges shall request an 
  3.9   individual to correct a registration card if it is deficient or 
  3.10  illegible or if the name or number of the voter's school 
  3.11  district is missing or obviously incorrect.  No eligible voter 
  3.12  may be prevented from voting unless the voter's registration 
  3.13  card is deficient or the voter is duly and successfully 
  3.14  challenged in accordance with section 201.195 or 204C.12. 
  3.15     A registration card accepted prior to August 1, 1983, is 
  3.16  not deficient for lack of date of birth.  The county or 
  3.17  municipality may attempt to obtain the date of birth for a 
  3.18  registration card accepted prior to August 1, 1983, by a request 
  3.19  to the voter at any time except at the polling place.  Failure 
  3.20  by the voter to comply with this request does not make the 
  3.21  registration deficient. 
  3.22     A registration card accepted before January 1, 2002, is not 
  3.23  deficient for lack of the final four digits of the voter's 
  3.24  social security number.  A county or municipality may attempt to 
  3.25  obtain this information for a registration card accepted before 
  3.26  January 1, 2002, by a request to the voter at any time except at 
  3.27  the polling place.  Failure by the voter to comply with this 
  3.28  request does not make the registration deficient. 
  3.29     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective December 31, 
  3.30  2001. 
  3.31     Sec. 4.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 201.071, is 
  3.32  amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  3.33     Subd. 9.  [EXISTING CARDS.] Existing stocks of registration 
  3.34  cards printed before January 1, 2002, that do not contain the 
  3.35  social security information required under this section may 
  3.36  continue to be used until the stock is exhausted.  All 
  4.1   registration cards printed after December 31, 2001, must conform 
  4.2   with this section. 
  4.3      [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective December 31, 
  4.4   2001. 
  4.5      Sec. 5.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 201.071, is 
  4.6   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  4.7      Subd. 10.  [RULES.] The secretary of state shall adopt 
  4.8   rules to provide for registration cards that conform with this 
  4.9   section. 
  4.10     Sec. 6.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 201.091, 
  4.11  subdivision 4, is amended to read: 
  4.12     Subd. 4.  [PUBLIC INFORMATION LISTS.] (a) The county 
  4.13  auditor shall make available for inspection a public information 
  4.14  list which must contain the name, address, year of birth, and 
  4.15  voting history of each registered voter in the county.  The 
  4.16  telephone number must be included on the list if provided by the 
  4.17  voter.  The public information list may also include information 
  4.18  on voting districts.  The list must not contain the final four 
  4.19  digits of the social security number of any voter.  The county 
  4.20  auditor may adopt reasonable rules governing access to the list. 
  4.21     (b) No individual inspecting the public information list 
  4.22  shall tamper with or alter it in any manner.  No individual who 
  4.23  inspects the public information list or who acquires a list of 
  4.24  registered voters prepared from the public information list may 
  4.25  use any information contained in the list for purposes unrelated 
  4.26  to elections, political activities, or law enforcement.  The 
  4.27  secretary of state may provide copies of the public information 
  4.28  lists and other information from the statewide registration 
  4.29  system for uses related to elections, political activities, or 
  4.30  in response to a law enforcement inquiry from a public official 
  4.31  concerning a failure to comply with any criminal statute or any 
  4.32  state or local tax statute. 
  4.33     (c) Before inspecting the public information list or 
  4.34  obtaining a list of voters or other information from the list, 
  4.35  the individual shall provide identification to the public 
  4.36  official having custody of the public information list and shall 
  5.1   state in writing that any information obtained from the list 
  5.2   will not be used for purposes unrelated to elections, political 
  5.3   activities, or law enforcement.  Requests to examine or obtain 
  5.4   information from the public information lists or the statewide 
  5.5   registration system must be made and processed in the manner 
  5.6   provided in the rules of the secretary of state. 
  5.7      (d) Upon receipt of a written request and a copy of the 
  5.8   court order, the secretary of state may withhold from the public 
  5.9   information list the name of any registered voter placed under 
  5.10  court-ordered protection. 
  5.11     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective December 31, 
  5.12  2001. 
  5.13     Sec. 7.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 201.155, is 
  5.14  amended to read: 
  5.15     201.155 [REPORT ON FELONY CONVICTIONS.] 
  5.16     The state court administrator department of corrections 
  5.17  shall report at least monthly to the secretary of state the 
  5.18  name, address, last four digits of social security number, date 
  5.19  of birth, date of sentence, effective date of the sentence, and 
  5.20  county in which the conviction occurred of each person who has 
  5.21  been convicted of a felony.  The state court 
  5.22  administrator department of corrections shall also report the 
  5.23  name, address, and date of birth of each person previously 
  5.24  convicted of a felony whose civil rights have been restored.  
  5.25  The secretary of state shall determine if any of the persons in 
  5.26  the report is registered to vote and shall prepare forward a 
  5.27  list of those registrants for individuals to each county 
  5.28  auditor.  The county auditor shall determine if any person 
  5.29  identified in the report as a resident of the county is 
  5.30  registered to vote in the county and change the status of those 
  5.31  registrants each such registrant in the appropriate manner in 
  5.32  the statewide registration system. 
  5.33     [EFFECTIVE DATE.] This section is effective September 1, 
  5.34  2001. 
  5.35     Sec. 8.  Minnesota Statutes 2000, section 204C.10, is 
  5.36  amended to read: 
  6.1      204C.10 [PERMANENT REGISTRATION; VERIFICATION OF 
  6.2   REGISTRATION.] 
  6.3      An individual seeking to vote shall sign a polling place 
  6.4   roster which states that the individual is at least 18 years of 
  6.5   age, a citizen of the United States, has resided in Minnesota 
  6.6   for 20 days immediately preceding the election, certifies 
  6.7   residence at the address shown, is not under guardianship of the 
  6.8   person, has not been found by a court of law to be legally 
  6.9   incompetent to vote or convicted of a felony without having 
  6.10  civil rights restored, is registered and has not already voted 
  6.11  in the election.  A judge may shall, before the applicant signs 
  6.12  the roster, confirm the applicant's identity by requiring a 
  6.13  picture identification card or document issued by the United 
  6.14  States or Minnesota, and may confirm the applicant's name, 
  6.15  address, and date of birth.  After the applicant signs the 
  6.16  roster, the judge shall give the applicant a voter's receipt.  
  6.17  The voter shall deliver the voter's receipt to the judge in 
  6.18  charge of ballots as proof of the voter's right to vote, and 
  6.19  thereupon the judge shall hand to the voter the ballot.  The 
  6.20  voters' receipts must be maintained during the time for notice 
  6.21  of filing an election contest.