SF 2068

as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/14/2017 09:59am

A bill for an act
relating to elections; providing a deadline for entering certain voter registration
application data into the statewide voter registration system; amending Minnesota
Statutes 2016, section 201.121, subdivision 1.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 201.121, subdivision 1, is amended to read:

Subdivision 1.

Entry of registration information.

(a) At the time a voter registration
application is properly completed, submitted, and received in accordance with sections
201.061 and 201.071, the county auditor shall enter the information contained on it into the
statewide registration system. Voter registration applications completed before election day
must be entered into the statewide registration system within ten days after they have been
submitted to the county auditor. Voter registration applications completed on election day
must be entered into the statewide registration system within deleted text begin 42 deleted text end new text begin 30 new text end days after the election,
unless the county auditor notifies the secretary of state before the deleted text begin 42-day deleted text end deadline has
expired that the deadline will not be met. new text begin Upon receipt of a notification under this paragraph,
the secretary of state must extend the deadline for that county auditor by an additional 30
days. The secretary of state may waive a county's obligations under this paragraph if, on
good cause shown, the county demonstrates its permanent inability to comply.
new text end

new text begin The secretary of state must post data on each county's compliance with this paragraph on
the secretary of state's Web site including, as applicable, the date each county fully complied
or the deadline by which a county's compliance must be complete.
new text end

(b) Upon receiving a completed voter registration application, the secretary of state may
electronically transmit the information on the application to the appropriate county auditor
as soon as possible for review by the county auditor before final entry into the statewide
registration system. The secretary of state may mail the voter registration application to the
county auditor.

(c) Within ten days after the county auditor has entered information from a voter
registration application into the statewide registration system, the secretary of state shall
compare the voter's name, date of birth, and driver's license number, state identification
number, or the last four digits of the Social Security number with the same information
contained in the Department of Public Safety database.

(d) The secretary of state shall provide a report to the county auditor on a weekly basis
that includes a list of voters whose name, date of birth, or identification number have been
compared with the same information in the Department of Public Safety database and cannot
be verified as provided in this subdivision. The report must list separately those voters who
have submitted a voter registration application by mail and have not voted in a federal
election in this state.

(e) The county auditor shall compile a list of voters for whom the county auditor and
the secretary of state are unable to conclude that information on the voter registration
application and the corresponding information in the Department of Public Safety database
relate to the same person.

(f) The county auditor shall send a notice of incomplete registration to any voter whose
name appears on the list and change the voter's status to "incomplete." A voter who receives
a notice of incomplete registration from the county auditor may either provide the information
required to complete the registration at least 21 days before the next election or at the polling
place on election day.