SF 2694

1st Engrossment - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/20/2018 08:28am

A bill for an act
relating to elections; requiring state agencies to provide voter registration
information; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 15.

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

Section 1.

[15.443] VOTER REGISTRATION INFORMATION.

Subdivision 1.

Agency or department Web sites.

(a) On the Web site of each state
department or agency where an individual may obtain a license or permit, or update or
renew a license or permit, the commissioner must include the following voter registration
information:

(1) voter registration eligibility requirements;

(2) a description of how to register prior to election day;

(3) a description of how to register on election day; and

(4) a link to the secretary of state's online voter registration Web site.

(b) This subdivision applies, at a minimum, to the Commerce Department, the Department
of Agriculture, the Department of Education, the Department of Health, the Department of
Human Rights, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Labor and Industry,
the Department of Natural Resources, the Department of Public Safety, and the Department
of Transportation.

Subd. 2.

Agency or department rule or regulation publications.

The commissioner
of each agency must include voter registration information in any printed or digital rule or
regulation publication. At a minimum, the voter registration information required by this
section must include the following:

(1) voter registration eligibility requirements;

(2) a description of how to register prior to election day;

(3) a description of how to register on election day; and

(4) a link to the secretary of state's online voter registration Web site.