1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to elections; requiring individuals who seek
1.3 	to vote to provide specified identification before
1.4 	voting; amending Minnesota Statutes 2004, section
1.5 	204C.10.
1.6 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.7 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2004, section 204C.10, is
1.8 	amended to read:
1.9 	204C.10 PERMANENT REGISTRATION; VERIFICATION OF
1.10 	REGISTRATION.
1.11 	(a) An individual seeking to vote shall sign a polling
1.12 	place roster which states that the individual is at least 18
1.13 	years of age, a citizen of the United States, has resided in
1.14 	Minnesota for 20 days immediately preceding the election,
1.15 	maintains residence at the address shown, is not under a
1.16 	guardianship in which the individual has not retained the right
1.17 	to vote, has not been found by a court of law to be legally
1.18 	incompetent to vote or convicted of a felony without having
1.19 	civil rights restored, is registered and has not already voted
1.20 	in the election.  The roster must also state:  "I understand
1.21 	that deliberately providing false information is a felony
1.22 	punishable by not more than five years imprisonment and a fine
1.23 	of not more than $10,000, or both."
1.24 	(b) A judge ~~may~~ shall, before the applicant signs the
1.25 	roster, confirm the applicant's identity by requiring a picture
2.1 	identification card or document issued by the United States or
2.2 	state of Minnesota or an identification card issued by the
2.3 	tribal government of a tribe recognized by the Bureau of Indian
2.4 	Affairs, Department of the Interior, and may confirm the
2.5 	applicant's name, address, and date of birth. If an applicant
2.6 	does not have a card or document described by this paragraph,
2.7 	the applicant may sign the roster after executing an affidavit
2.8 	before the judge.  The affidavit must state:
2.9 	(1) the name of the applicant;
2.10 	(2) that the applicant does not have a picture
2.11 	identification card or document issued by the United States or
2.12 	the state of Minnesota or an identification card issued by the
2.13 	tribal government of a tribe recognized by the Bureau of Indian
2.14 	Affairs, Department of the Interior, that contains the name,
2.15 	address, signature, and picture of the applicant; and 
2.16 	(3) that the applicant swears or affirms that the applicant
2.17 	is the same individual whose name is listed in the roster for
2.18 	this precinct.
2.19 	(c) After the applicant signs the roster, the judge shall
2.20 	give the applicant a voter's receipt.  The voter shall deliver
2.21 	the voter's receipt to the judge in charge of ballots as proof
2.22 	of the voter's right to vote, and thereupon the judge shall hand
2.23 	to the voter the ballot.  The voters' receipts must be
2.24 	maintained during the time for notice of filing an election
2.25 	contest.