1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to elections; requiring photo ID to register to vote and to vote; creating a 
1.3 	voter identification card; establishing provisional ballots; requiring reports; 
1.4 	appropriating money;amending Minnesota Statutes 2020, sections 5B.06; 13.6905, 
1.5 	by adding a subdivision; 144.226, by adding subdivisions; 171.06, subdivisions 
1.6 	1, 2, by adding a subdivision; 171.061, subdivisions 1, 3, 4; 171.07, subdivisions 
1.7 	1a, 4, 14, by adding a subdivision; 171.071, subdivisions 1, 2; 171.10, subdivision 
1.8 	1; 171.11; 171.12, subdivision 3c; 171.121; 171.14; 201.022, subdivision 1; 
1.9 	201.061, subdivisions 1, 1a, 3; 201.071, subdivisions 1, 2, 3; 201.091, subdivision 
1.10 	9; 201.121, subdivision 1; 201.13, subdivision 3; 201.14; 201.145, subdivisions 
1.11 	2, 3, 4, 5; 201.161; 201.221, subdivision 3; 201.225, subdivision 2; 203B.04, 
1.12 	subdivisions 1, 4; 203B.065; 203B.07, subdivision 3; 203B.08, subdivision 1; 
1.13 	203B.121, subdivision 2; 203B.17, subdivision 2; 203B.19; 203B.21, subdivision 
1.14 	3; 203B.24, subdivision 1; 204B.45, subdivision 2; 204B.46; 204C.08, subdivision 
1.15 	1d; 204C.10; 204C.32; 204C.33, subdivision 1; 204C.37; 205.065, subdivision 5; 
1.16 	205.185, subdivision 3; 205A.03, subdivision 4; 205A.10, subdivision 3; 256E.22, 
1.17 	subdivision 1; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapters 200; 
1.18 	201; 204C; 357; repealing Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.061, subdivision 
1.19 	7.
1.20 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.21 	ARTICLE 1
1.22 	VOTER ID

1.23 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 5B.06, is amended to read:
1.24 	5B.06 VOTING BY PROGRAM PARTICIPANT; ABSENTEE BALLOT.
1.25 	Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a program participant who is otherwise eligible 
1.26 	to vote may vote pursuant to this section and may register with the secretary of state as a 
1.27 	permanent absentee voter. Notwithstanding section 203B.04, subdivision 5, the secretary 
1.28 	of state is not required to send an absentee ballot application prior to each election to a 
1.29 	program participant registered as a permanent absentee voter under this section. As soon 
2.1 	as practicable before each election, the secretary of state shall determine the precinct in 
2.2 	which the residential address of the program participant is located and shall request from 
2.3 	and receive from the county auditor or other election official the ballot for that precinct and 
2.4 	shall forward the absentee ballot to the program participant with the other materials for 
2.5 	absentee balloting as required by Minnesota law. The program participant shall complete 
2.6 	the ballot and return it to the secretary of state, who shall review the ballot in the manner 
2.7 	provided by section 203B.121, subdivision 2. If the ballot and ballot materials comply with 
2.8 	the requirements of that section, the ballot must be certified by the secretary of state as the 
2.9 	ballot of a program participant, and must be forwarded to the appropriate electoral jurisdiction 
2.10 	for tabulation along with all other ballots. The name and address of a program participant 
2.11 	must not be listed in the statewide voter registration system.

2.12 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 13.6905, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
2.13 	read:
2.14 		Subd. 36.Voter identification card. Applicant data related to a voter identification 
2.15 	card is governed by section 171.06, subdivision 3c.

2.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2022.

2.17 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 144.226, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
2.18 	read:
2.19 		Subd. 7.Documents required for voter identification card. (a) Notwithstanding 
2.20 	provisions to the contrary in this section, no fee or surcharge shall be charged by the state 
2.21 	registrar or local issuance office for a certified vital record if the applicant attests that the 
2.22 	record is needed to obtain a voter identification card issued pursuant to section 171.07, 
2.23 	subdivision 3b.
2.24 	(b) The state registrar and local issuance offices shall report each year to the commissioner 
2.25 	of management and budget the number of records obtained under this subdivision for which 
2.26 	no fee or surcharge was charged.

2.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2022.

2.28 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 144.226, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
2.29 	read:
2.30 		Subd. 8.Appropriations and transfers. (a) Each year, an amount equal to the total 
2.31 	number of records reported to the commissioner of management and budget under subdivision 
2.32 	7, paragraph (b), for that year times the amount of the surcharge under section 144.226, 
3.1 	subdivision 3, paragraph (b), is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of 
3.2 	health for the administration of this section.
3.3 	(b) Each year, an amount equal to the total number of records reported to the 
3.4 	commissioner of management and budget under subdivision 7, paragraph (b), for that year 
3.5 	times the amount of the surcharge under subdivision 4, is transferred from the general fund 
3.6 	to the state government special revenue fund. This amount is appropriated annually from 
3.7 	the state government special revenue fund to the commissioner of health for the 
3.8 	administration of this section.
3.9 	(c) Each year, an amount equal to the total number of records reported to the 
3.10 	commissioner of management and budget under subdivision 7, paragraph (b), for that year 
3.11 	times the amount of the surcharge under subdivision 3, paragraph (a), is transferred from 
3.12 	the general fund to the account for the children's trust fund for the prevention of child abuse 
3.13 	established under section 256E.22.
3.14 	(d) Each year an amount equal to the number of records reported to the commissioner 
3.15 	of management and budget by the state registrar under subdivision 7, paragraph (b), for that 
3.16 	year times the amount of the fee under subdivision 1, paragraph (b), is transferred from the 
3.17 	general fund to the state government special revenue fund. This amount is appropriated 
3.18 	annually from the state government special revenue fund to the commissioner of health for 
3.19 	the administration of this section.
3.20 	(e) The commissioner of health must transmit payment of $9 to a local issuance office 
3.21 	for each certified vital record issued for no charge under subdivision 7, paragraph (a). Each 
3.22 	year, an amount equal to the number of records reported to the commissioner of management 
3.23 	and budget by local issuance offices under subdivision 7, paragraph (b), for that year times 
3.24 	the amount of the fee under subdivision 1, paragraph (b), is appropriated from the general 
3.25 	fund to the commissioner of health to make payments under this paragraph.

3.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2022.

3.27 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.06, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
3.28 		Subdivision 1.Application format and requirements. Every application for a Minnesota 
3.29 	identification card, including an enhanced identification card, or for a driver's license, 
3.30 	including an instruction permit, a provisional license, and an enhanced driver's license, or 
3.31 	voter identification card, must be made in a format approved by the department. Every 
3.32 	application must be accompanied by payment of the proper fee except for an application 
3.33 	for a voter identification card issued pursuant to section 171.07, subdivision 3b. All applicants 
4.1 	must sign the application and declare, under penalty of perjury, that the information and 
4.2 	documentation presented in the application is true and correct. All applications requiring 
4.3 	evidence of legal presence in the United States or United States citizenship must be signed 
4.4 	in the presence of the person authorized to accept the application, or the signature on the 
4.5 	application may be verified by a notary public.

4.6 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2022.

4.7 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.06, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
4.8 		Subd. 2.Fees. (a) The fees for a license and Minnesota identification card are as follows:

4.94.10
4.11
	REAL ID Compliant or 
Noncompliant Classified 
Driver's License
		D-$21.00
	C-$25.00
	B-$32.00
	A-$40.00
	
4.12
4.13
4.14	REAL ID Compliant or 
Noncompliant Classified 
Under-21 D.L.
		D-$21.00
	C-$25.00
	B-$32.00
	A-$20.00
	
4.15	Enhanced Driver's License
		D-$36.00
	C-$40.00
	B-$47.00
	A-$55.00
	
4.16
4.17
4.18	REAL ID Compliant or 
Noncompliant Instruction 
Permit
					$5.25
	
4.19
4.20	Enhanced Instruction 
Permit
					$20.25
	
4.21
4.22	Commercial Learner's 
Permit
					$2.50
	
4.23
4.24
4.25	REAL ID Compliant or 
Noncompliant Provisional 
License
					$8.25
	
4.26
4.27	Enhanced Provisional 
License
					$23.25
	
4.28
4.29
4.30
4.31
4.32
4.33	Duplicate REAL ID 
Compliant or Noncompliant 
License or duplicate REAL 
ID Compliant or 
Noncompliant 
identification card
					$6.75
	
4.34
4.35
4.36	Enhanced Duplicate 
License or enhanced 
duplicate identification card
					$21.75
	
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
5.7
5.8
5.95.10
	REAL ID Compliant or 
Noncompliant Minnesota 
identification card or REAL 
ID Compliant or 
Noncompliant Under-21 
Minnesota identification 
card, other than duplicate, 
except as otherwise 
provided in section 171.07, 
subdivisions 3 and 3a
					$11.25
	
5.11
5.12	Enhanced Minnesota 
identification card
					$26.25
	
5.13 	From August 1, 2019, to June 30, 2022, the fee is increased by $0.75 for REAL ID compliant 
5.14 	or noncompliant classified driver's licenses, REAL ID compliant or noncompliant classified 
5.15 	under-21 driver's licenses, and enhanced driver's licenses.
5.16 	(b) In addition to each fee required in paragraph (a), the commissioner shall collect a 
5.17 	surcharge of $2.25. Surcharges collected under this paragraph must be credited to the driver 
5.18 	and vehicle services technology account under section 299A.705.
5.19 	(c) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), an individual who holds a provisional license and 
5.20 	has a driving record free of (1) convictions for a violation of section 169A.20, 169A.33, 
5.21 	169A.35, sections 169A.50 to 169A.53, or section 171.177, (2) convictions for crash-related 
5.22 	moving violations, and (3) convictions for moving violations that are not crash related, shall 
5.23 	have a $3.50 credit toward the fee for any classified under-21 driver's license. "Moving 
5.24 	violation" has the meaning given it in section 171.04, subdivision 1.
5.25 	(d) In addition to the driver's license fee required under paragraph (a), the commissioner 
5.26 	shall collect an additional $4 processing fee from each new applicant or individual renewing 
5.27 	a license with a school bus endorsement to cover the costs for processing an applicant's 
5.28 	initial and biennial physical examination certificate. The department shall not charge these 
5.29 	applicants any other fee to receive or renew the endorsement.
5.30 	(e) In addition to the fee required under paragraph (a), a driver's license agent may charge 
5.31 	and retain a filing fee as provided under section 171.061, subdivision 4.
5.32 	(f) In addition to the fee required under paragraph (a), the commissioner shall charge a 
5.33 	filing fee at the same amount as a driver's license agent under section 171.061, subdivision 
5.34 	4. Revenue collected under this paragraph must be deposited in the driver services operating 
5.35 	account under section 299A.705.
5.36 	(g) An application for a Minnesota identification card, instruction permit, provisional 
5.37 	license, or driver's license, including an application for renewal, must contain a provision 
6.1 	that allows the applicant to add to the fee under paragraph (a), a $2 donation for the purposes 
6.2 	of public information and education on anatomical gifts under section 171.075.
6.3 	(h) The commissioner or driver's license agent must not collect any fee or surcharge for 
6.4 	a voter identification card issued pursuant to section 171.07, subdivision 3b.

6.5 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2022.

6.6 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.06, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
6.7 	read:
6.8 		Subd. 3c.Application for voter identification card. (a) An application for a voter 
6.9 	identification card, including a renewal or duplicate card, must:
6.10 	(1) state the applicant's full legal name, date of birth, sex, residence address, and (i) last 
6.11 	four digits of the applicant's Social Security number, or (ii) certification that the applicant 
6.12 	has not been assigned a Social Security number;
6.13 	(2) provide a description of the applicant in the same manner as required on an application 
6.14 	for a Minnesota driver's license;
6.15 	(3) provide proof of the applicant's United States citizenship by presenting a document 
6.16 	included in Minnesota Rules, part 7410.0400, subpart 1, item D;
6.17 	(4) state the length of residence at the applicant's current address; and
6.18 	(5) present a photographic identity document described in section 200.035 or affirm 
6.19 	under penalty of perjury that the applicant has a religious objection to the use of a 
6.20 	photographic image.
6.21 	(b) Applicant data, submitted pursuant to this subdivision, is private data on individuals, 
6.22 	as defined in section 13.02, subdivision 12.

6.23 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2022.

6.24 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.061, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
6.25 		Subd. 4.Fee; equipment. (a) The agent may charge and retain a filing fee of $8 for each 
6.26 	application, except for an application for a voter identification card issued pursuant to section 
6.27 	171.07, subdivision 3b, for which no filing fee may be charged. Except as provided in 
6.28 	paragraph (c), the fee shall cover all expenses involved in receiving, accepting, or forwarding 
6.29 	to the department the applications and fees required under sections 171.02, subdivision 3; 
6.30 	171.06, subdivisions 2 and 2a; and 171.07, subdivisions 3 and 3a.
7.1 	(b) The statutory fees and the filing fees imposed under paragraph (a) may be paid by 
7.2 	credit card or debit card. The driver's license agent may collect a convenience fee on the 
7.3 	statutory fees and filing fees not greater than the cost of processing a credit card or debit 
7.4 	card transaction. The convenience fee must be used to pay the cost of processing credit card 
7.5 	and debit card transactions. The commissioner shall adopt rules to administer this paragraph 
7.6 	using the exempt procedures of section 14.386, except that section 14.386, paragraph (b), 
7.7 	does not apply.
7.8 	(c) The department shall maintain the photo identification equipment for all agents 
7.9 	appointed as of January 1, 2000. Upon the retirement, resignation, death, or discontinuance 
7.10 	of an existing agent, and if a new agent is appointed in an existing office pursuant to 
7.11 	Minnesota Rules, chapter 7404, and notwithstanding the above or Minnesota Rules, part 
7.12 	7404.0400, the department shall provide and maintain photo identification equipment without 
7.13 	additional cost to a newly appointed agent in that office if the office was provided the 
7.14 	equipment by the department before January 1, 2000. All photo identification equipment 
7.15 	must be compatible with standards established by the department.
7.16 	(d) A filing fee retained by the agent employed by a county board must be paid into the 
7.17 	county treasury and credited to the general revenue fund of the county. An agent who is not 
7.18 	an employee of the county shall retain the filing fee in lieu of county employment or salary 
7.19 	and is considered an independent contractor for pension purposes, coverage under the 
7.20 	Minnesota State Retirement System, or membership in the Public Employees Retirement 
7.21 	Association.
7.22 	(e) Before the end of the first working day following the final day of the reporting period 
7.23 	established by the department, the agent must forward to the department all applications 
7.24 	and fees collected during the reporting period except as provided in paragraph (d).
7.25 	(f) The commissioner must transmit payment to the agent of $8 for each application for 
7.26 	a voter identification card issued pursuant to section 171.07, subdivision 3b. An agent 
7.27 	employed by a county board must remit the payments to the county under paragraph (d). 
7.28 	All other agents may retain the payments.

7.29 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2022.

7.30 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.07, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
7.31 	read:
7.32 		Subd. 3b.Voter identification cards. (a) A voter identification card must be issued to 
7.33 	a qualifying applicant who, on the election day next occurring after the date of issuance, 
8.1 	will meet the voter eligibility requirements of the Minnesota Constitution and Minnesota 
8.2 	Statutes, and who does not possess a current Minnesota driver's license or Minnesota 
8.3 	identification card.
8.4 	(b) A voter identification card must bear a distinguishing number assigned to the 
8.5 	applicant, the applicant's full name and date of birth, the applicant's address of residence, 
8.6 	a description of the applicant in the same manner as provided on a Minnesota driver's license, 
8.7 	the date of the card's expiration, and the usual signature of the applicant. The card must bear 
8.8 	a colored photograph or an electronically produced image of the applicant, or, for an applicant 
8.9 	who has affirmed a religious objection under section 171.06, subdivision 3b, clause (5), the 
8.10 	card must bear the words "Valid without photograph."
8.11 	(c) A voter identification card is not valid identification for any purpose other than 
8.12 	proving identity and residence for voting purposes.
8.13 	(d) A voter identification card must be of a different color scheme than a Minnesota 
8.14 	driver's license or state identification card, but must incorporate the same information and 
8.15 	security features as provided in subdivision 9.
8.16 	(e) Each voter identification card must be plainly marked: "Voter Identification Card. 
8.17 	Valid Identification Only for Voting."

8.18 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2022.

8.19 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.07, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
8.20 		Subd. 4.Identification card expiration. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this 
8.21 	subdivision, the expiration date of a Minnesota identification card or voter identification 
8.22 	card is the birthday of the applicant in the fourth year following the date of issuance of the 
8.23 	card.
8.24 	(b) For an applicant age 65 or older:
8.25 	(1) the expiration date of a Minnesota identification card or voter identification card is 
8.26 	the birthday of the applicant in the eighth year following the date of issuance of the card; 
8.27 	or
8.28 	(2) a noncompliant identification card is valid for the lifetime of the applicant.
8.29 	(c) For the purposes of paragraph (b), "Minnesota identification card" does not include 
8.30 	an enhanced identification card issued to an applicant age 65 or older.
8.31 	(d) The expiration date for an Under-21 identification card is the cardholder's 21st 
8.32 	birthday. The commissioner shall issue an identification card to a holder of an Under-21 
9.1 	identification card who applies for the card, pays the required fee, and presents proof of 
9.2 	identity and age, unless the commissioner determines that the applicant is not qualified for 
9.3 	the identification card.
9.4 	(e) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) to (d), the expiration date for an identification card 
9.5 	issued to a person with temporary lawful status is the last day of the person's legal stay in 
9.6 	the United States, or one year after issuance if the last day of the person's legal stay is not 
9.7 	identified.
9.8 	(f) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) to (d), a voter identification card issued pursuant to 
9.9 	section 171.07, subdivision 3b, to a person then or subsequently serving outside Minnesota 
9.10 	in active military service, as defined in section 190.05, subdivision 5, in any branch or unit 
9.11 	of the armed forces of the United States, or the person's spouse, continues in full force and 
9.12 	effect without requirement for renewal until the date one year following the service member's 
9.13 	separation or discharge from active military service, or until the cardholder's birthday in 
9.14 	the fourth full year following the person's most recent card renewal or until the person's 
9.15 	birthday in the third full year following the renewal.

9.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2022.

9.17 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.11, is amended to read:
9.18 	171.11 DUPLICATE LICENSE; CHANGE OF DOMICILE OR NAME.
9.19 		Subdivision 1.Duplicate driver's license. When any person, after applying for or 
9.20 	receiving a driver's license, shall change permanent domicile from the address named in 
9.21 	such application or in the license issued to the person, or shall change a name by marriage 
9.22 	or otherwise, such person shall, within 30 days thereafter, apply for a duplicate driver's 
9.23 	license upon a form furnished by the department and pay the required fee. The application 
9.24 	or duplicate license shall show both the licensee's old address and new address or the former 
9.25 	name and new name as the case may be.
9.26 		Subd. 2.Duplicate voter identification card. A voter identification cardholder who 
9.27 	changes residence address or name from the address or name stated on the card shall not 
9.28 	present the card for voting purposes, but must apply for a duplicate voter identification card 
9.29 	upon a form furnished by the department. The application for a duplicate voter identification 
9.30 	card must show the cardholder's former address and current address, along with length of 
9.31 	residence at the current address, and the cardholder's former name and current name, as 
9.32 	applicable.

9.33 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2022.

10.1 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.14, is amended to read:
10.2 	171.14 CANCELLATION.
10.3 		Subdivision 1.Cancellation of driver's license. (a) The commissioner may cancel any 
10.4 	driver's license upon determination that (1) the licensee was not entitled to the issuance of 
10.5 	the license, (2) the licensee failed to give the required or correct information in the 
10.6 	application, (3) the licensee committed any fraud or deceit in making the application, or (4) 
10.7 	the person, at the time of the cancellation, would not have been entitled to receive a license 
10.8 	under section 171.04.
10.9 	(b) The commissioner shall cancel the driver's license of a person described in paragraph 
10.10 	(a), clause (3), for 60 days or until the required or correct information has been provided, 
10.11 	whichever is longer.
10.12 		Subd. 2.Cancellation of voter identification card. (a) The commissioner must cancel 
10.13 	any voter identification card issued pursuant to section 171.07, subdivision 3b, upon 
10.14 	determination that (1) the cardholder was not entitled to the issuance of the card, (2) the 
10.15 	cardholder failed to give the required or correct information in the application, (3) the 
10.16 	cardholder committed any fraud or deceit in making the application, or (4) the cardholder, 
10.17 	at the time of the cancellation, would not have been entitled to receive a voter identification 
10.18 	card under section 171.07, subdivision 3b.
10.19 	(b) The commissioner must cancel the voter identification card issued pursuant to section 
10.20 	171.07, subdivision 3b, of a person described in paragraph (a) until the person completes 
10.21 	the application process under section 171.07, subdivision 3b, and complies in all respects 
10.22 	with the requirements of the commissioner.
10.23 	(c) The commissioner must immediately notify the holder of a voter identification card 
10.24 	issued pursuant to section 171.07, subdivision 3b, of a cancellation of the card. Notification 
10.25 	must be by mail and addressed to the cardholder's last known address.

10.26 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2022.

10.27 	Sec. 13. [200.035] DOCUMENTATION OF IDENTITY AND RESIDENCE.
10.28 	(a) The following are sufficient proof of identity and residence for purposes of election 
10.29 	day voter registration under section 201.061, subdivision 3; absentee voting under sections 
10.30 	203B.04, 203B.07, and 203B.08; photo identification requirements under section 204C.10; 
10.31 	and for determining whether to count a provisional ballot under section 204C.135, subdivision 
10.32 	2:
11.1 	(1) a current driver's license, state identification card, or voter identification card issued 
11.2 	to the voter by the Department of Public Safety that contains the voter's photograph and 
11.3 	current address of residence in the precinct;
11.4 	(2) a valid United States military identification card issued to the voter by the Department 
11.5 	of Defense that contains the voter's photograph and current address of residence in the 
11.6 	precinct;
11.7 	(3) an identification card issued to the voter by the tribal government of a tribe recognized 
11.8 	by the Bureau of Indian Affairs that contains a photograph of the voter, the voter's current 
11.9 	address of residence in the precinct, and any other items of data required to be contained 
11.10 	on a Minnesota identification card, as provided in section 171.07, subdivision 3, paragraphs 
11.11 	(a) and (b);
11.12 	(4) an original receipt for a new, renewed, or updated driver's license, state identification 
11.13 	card, or voter identification card issued to the voter under section 171.07 that contains the 
11.14 	voter's photograph and current address of residence in the precinct. If the receipt does not 
11.15 	include a photograph, one of the following documents that contains a photograph of the 
11.16 	voter must be provided:
11.17 	(i) a driver's license, identification card, or voter identification card that is expired or 
11.18 	does not contain the voter's current address of residence, issued to the voter by the state of 
11.19 	Minnesota or any other state of the United States as defined in section 645.44, subdivision 
11.20 	11;
11.21 	(ii) a United States passport, issued to the voter;
11.22 	(iii) an identification card issued by a branch, department, agency, entity, or subdivision 
11.23 	of Minnesota or the federal government;
11.24 	(iv) an identification card issued by an accredited postsecondary institution with a campus 
11.25 	located within Minnesota, if a list of students from that institution has been prepared under 
11.26 	section 135A.17, and certified to the county auditor in the manner provided in rules of the 
11.27 	secretary of state; or
11.28 	(v) an identification card issued to the voter by the tribal government of a tribe recognized 
11.29 	by the Bureau of Indian Affairs;
11.30 	(5) one of the following documents issued to the voter that includes a photograph but 
11.31 	not the voter's current address of residence in the precinct:
11.32 	(i) a United States passport;
12.1 	(ii) an identification card issued to the voter by the tribal government of a tribe recognized 
12.2 	by the Bureau of Indian Affairs; or
12.3 	(iii) a valid United States military identification card;
12.4 	along with one of the following documents that contains the voter's name and current address 
12.5 	of residence in the precinct:
12.6 	(i) a home utility services bill issued within the past 90 days, provided that the election 
12.7 	official must not accept a United States home utility bill if two unrelated people are listed 
12.8 	on the bill;
12.9 	(ii) a home utility services hook-up work order issued within the past 90 days, provided 
12.10 	that the election official must not accept a United States home utility services hook-up work 
12.11 	order if two unrelated people are listed on the bill;
12.12 	(iii) United States financial information issued within the past 90 days, with account 
12.13 	numbers redacted, including a bank account statement, a canceled check, or a credit card 
12.14 	statement;
12.15 	(iv) a United States high school identification card with a certified transcript from the 
12.16 	school, if issued within the past 180 days;
12.17 	(v) a Minnesota college or university identification card with a certified transcript from 
12.18 	the college or university if issued within the past 180 days;
12.19 	(vi) an employment pay stub issued within the past 90 days that lists the employer's 
12.20 	name, address, and telephone number;
12.21 	(vii) a Minnesota unemployment insurance benefit statement issued within the past 90 
12.22 	days;
12.23 	(viii) a statement from a housing with services establishment registered under section 
12.24 	144D, nursing home licensed under section 144A, or a boarding care facility licensed under 
12.25 	sections 144.50 to 144.56, that was issued within the past 90 days;
12.26 	(ix) a life, health, automobile, homeowner's, or renter's insurance policy issued within 
12.27 	the past 90 days, except that a proof of insurance card must not be accepted;
12.28 	(x) a federal or state income tax return or statement for the most recent tax filing year;
12.29 	(xi) a Minnesota property tax statement for the current year that shows the applicant's 
12.30 	principal residential address both on the mailing portion and the portion stating what property 
12.31 	is being taxed;
13.1 	(xii) a Minnesota vehicle certificate of title, if issued within the past 12 months;
13.2 	(xiii) a filed property deed or title for current residence, if issued within the past 12 
13.3 	months;
13.4 	(xiv) a Supplemental Security Income award statement issued within the past 12 months;
13.5 	(xv) mortgage documents for the applicant's principal residence;
13.6 	(xvi) a residential lease agreement for the applicant's principal residence issued within 
13.7 	the past 12 months;
13.8 	(xvii) an unexpired Minnesota professional license;
13.9 	(xviii) an unexpired Selective Service card; or
13.10 	(xix) military orders that are still in effect at the time of application;
13.11 	(6) if the voter is a student, a driver's license, identification card, or voter identification 
13.12 	card issued by Minnesota or any other state of the United States as defined in section 645.44, 
13.13 	subdivision 11, that contains a photograph of the voter but does not contain the voter's 
13.14 	current address of residence, along with a current student fee statement that contains the 
13.15 	student's valid address of residence in the precinct; or
13.16 	(7) if the voter maintains residence in a residential facility located in the precinct, a 
13.17 	driver's license or identification card issued to the voter by the Department of Public Safety 
13.18 	that contains the voter's photograph along with a certification of residence in the facility, 
13.19 	signed by the facility administrator on a form prescribed by the secretary of state.
13.20 	(b) The documents specified in paragraph (a) are the only documents that may be accepted 
13.21 	to prove identity and residence. Identification issued by counties, home rule charter or 
13.22 	statutory cities, towns, or school districts are not acceptable to prove identity or residence 
13.23 	unless explicitly authorized by paragraph (a).
13.24 	(c) As used in this section, "residential facility" means transitional housing as defined 
13.25 	in section 256E.33, subdivision 1; a supervised living facility licensed by the commissioner 
13.26 	of health under section 144.50, subdivision 6; a swing bed in a hospital licensed by the 
13.27 	commissioner of health under sections 144.50 to 144.56; a certified boarding care home 
13.28 	licensed by the commissioner of health under sections 144.50 to 144.56; a nursing home as 
13.29 	defined in section 144A.01, subdivision 5; a residence registered with the commissioner of 
13.30 	health as a housing with services establishment as defined in section 144D.01, subdivision 
13.31 	4; an assisted living facility licensed by the commissioner of health under chapter 144G; a 
13.32 	boarding and lodging establishment with special services registered under section 157.17; 
14.1 	a setting in which home and community-based services licensed under chapter 245D are 
14.2 	provided; a veterans home operated by the commissioner of veterans affairs under chapter 
14.3 	198; a residence licensed by the commissioner of human services under chapter 245A to 
14.4 	provide a residential program as defined in section 245A.02, subdivision 14; a residential 
14.5 	facility for persons with a developmental disability licensed by the commissioner of human 
14.6 	services under section 252.28; an establishment providing housing support as defined in 
14.7 	section 256I.03, subdivision 3; a shelter for battered women as defined in section 611A.37, 
14.8 	subdivision 4; or a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter or dwelling designed 
14.9 	to provide temporary living accommodations for the homeless.

14.10 	Sec. 14. [201.017] VOTER IDENTIFICATION CARD ACCOUNT.
14.11 	(a) A voter identification card account is established in the special revenue fund. Money 
14.12 	in the account is appropriated to the commissioner of public safety for:
14.13 	(1) reimbursing individuals for the costs of obtaining documents under paragraph (b);
14.14 	(2) making payments to driver's license agents under section 171.061, subdivision 4, 
14.15 	paragraph (f); and
14.16 	(3) providing voter identification cards to individuals qualifying under section 171.07, 
14.17 	subdivision 3b.
14.18 	Money in the account does not cancel and is available until spent.
14.19 	(b) The commissioner of public safety shall reimburse individuals for any fees required 
14.20 	to secure an official document or certified copy from any federal, state, or local government, 
14.21 	or from a court in any jurisdiction for the purpose of obtaining a voter identification card 
14.22 	issued pursuant to section 171.07, subdivision 3b. In order to receive reimbursement, an 
14.23 	applicant for a voter identification card must complete a reimbursement form approved by 
14.24 	the commissioner of public safety, along with documentation of the applicant's reimbursable 
14.25 	expenditure. The commissioner must mail payment for the reimbursable amount to an 
14.26 	eligible applicant at the address listed on the voter identification card.
14.27 	(c) The amount available to the commissioner of public safety under paragraph (a), 
14.28 	clause (3), shall not exceed the actual cost of providing voter identification cards, not to 
14.29 	exceed $....... for each card issued.
14.30 	(d) The commissioner of public safety shall report to the committee members of the 
14.31 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over elections on the total expenditures from the 
14.32 	account by county by January 31 of each year.

15.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2022.

15.2 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.061, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
15.3 		Subd. 3.Election day registration. (a) An individual who is eligible to vote may register 
15.4 	on election day by appearing in person at the polling place for the precinct in which the 
15.5 	individual maintains residence, by completing a registration application, making an oath in 
15.6 	the form prescribed by the secretary of state and providing proof of identity and residence. 
15.7 	An individual may prove identity and residence for purposes of registering by: presenting 
15.8 	documentation as permitted by section 200.035.
15.9 	(1) presenting a driver's license or Minnesota identification card issued pursuant to 
15.10 	section 171.07;
15.11 	(2) presenting any document approved by the secretary of state as proper identification;
15.12 	(3) presenting one of the following:
15.13 	(i) a current valid student identification card from a postsecondary educational institution 
15.14 	in Minnesota, if a list of students from that institution has been prepared under section 
15.15 	135A.17 and certified to the county auditor in the manner provided in rules of the secretary 
15.16 	of state; or
15.17 	(ii) a current student fee statement that contains the student's valid address in the precinct 
15.18 	together with a picture identification card; or
15.19 	(4) having a voter who is registered to vote in the precinct, or an employee employed 
15.20 	by and working in a residential facility in the precinct and vouching for a resident in the 
15.21 	facility, sign an oath in the presence of the election judge vouching that the voter or employee 
15.22 	personally knows that the individual is a resident of the precinct. A voter who has been 
15.23 	vouched for on election day may not sign a proof of residence oath vouching for any other 
15.24 	individual on that election day. A voter who is registered to vote in the precinct may sign 
15.25 	up to eight proof-of-residence oaths on any election day. This limitation does not apply to 
15.26 	an employee of a residential facility described in this clause. The secretary of state shall 
15.27 	provide a form for election judges to use in recording the number of individuals for whom 
15.28 	a voter signs proof-of-residence oaths on election day. The form must include space for the 
15.29 	maximum number of individuals for whom a voter may sign proof-of-residence oaths. For 
15.30 	each proof-of-residence oath, the form must include a statement that the individual: (i) is 
15.31 	registered to vote in the precinct or is an employee of a residential facility in the precinct, 
15.32 	(ii) personally knows that the voter is a resident of the precinct, and (iii) is making the 
16.1 	statement on oath. The form must include a space for the voter's printed name, signature, 
16.2 	telephone number, and address.
16.3 	The oath required by this subdivision and Minnesota Rules, part 8200.9939, must be 
16.4 	attached to the voter registration application.
16.5 	(b) The operator of a residential facility shall prepare a list of the names of its employees 
16.6 	currently working in the residential facility and the address of the residential facility. The 
16.7 	operator shall certify the list and provide it to the appropriate county auditor no less than 
16.8 	20 days before each election for use in election day registration.
16.9 	(c) "Residential facility" means transitional housing as defined in section 256E.33, 
16.10 	subdivision 1; a supervised living facility licensed by the commissioner of health under 
16.11 	section 144.50, subdivision 6; a nursing home as defined in section 144A.01, subdivision 
16.12 	5; a residence registered with the commissioner of health as a housing with services 
16.13 	establishment as defined in section 144D.01, subdivision 4; a veterans home operated by 
16.14 	the board of directors of the Minnesota Veterans Homes under chapter 198; a residence 
16.15 	licensed by the commissioner of human services to provide a residential program as defined 
16.16 	in section 245A.02, subdivision 14; a residential facility for persons with a developmental 
16.17 	disability licensed by the commissioner of human services under section 252.28; setting 
16.18 	authorized to provide housing support as defined in section 256I.03, subdivision 3; a shelter 
16.19 	for battered women as defined in section 611A.37, subdivision 4; or a supervised publicly 
16.20 	or privately operated shelter or dwelling designed to provide temporary living 
16.21 	accommodations for the homeless.
16.22 	(d) For tribal band members, an individual may prove residence for purposes of 
16.23 	registering by:
16.24 	(1) presenting an identification card issued by the tribal government of a tribe recognized 
16.25 	by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, United States Department of the Interior, that contains the 
16.26 	name, address, signature, and picture of the individual; or
16.27 	(2) presenting an identification card issued by the tribal government of a tribe recognized 
16.28 	by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, United States Department of the Interior, that contains the 
16.29 	name, signature, and picture of the individual and also presenting one of the documents 
16.30 	listed in Minnesota Rules, part 8200.5100, subpart 2, item B.
16.31 	(e)(b) A county, school district, or municipality may require that an election judge 
16.32 	responsible for election day registration initial each completed registration application.

17.1 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.221, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
17.2 		Subd. 3.Procedures for polling place rosters. The secretary of state shall prescribe 
17.3 	the form of paper polling place rosters that include the voter's name, address, date of birth, 
17.4 	school district number, and space for the voter's signature. An electronic roster and the voter 
17.5 	signature certificate together must include the same information as a paper polling place 
17.6 	roster. The address listed on the polling place roster must be the voter's address of residence, 
17.7 	unless the voter has requested that the address printed on the roster be the voter's mailing 
17.8 	address because the voter is a judge or a law enforcement or corrections officer, or the voter 
17.9 	participates in the Safe at Home program as provided in chapter 5B. The secretary of state 
17.10 	may prescribe additional election-related information to be placed on the polling place 
17.11 	rosters on an experimental basis for one state primary and general election cycle; the same 
17.12 	information may not be placed on the polling place roster for a second state primary and 
17.13 	general election cycle unless specified in this subdivision. The polling place roster must be 
17.14 	used to indicate whether the voter has voted in a given election. The secretary of state shall 
17.15 	prescribe procedures for transporting the polling place rosters to the election judges for use 
17.16 	on election day. The secretary of state shall prescribe the form for a county or municipality 
17.17 	to request the date of birth from currently registered voters. The county or municipality 
17.18 	shall not request the date of birth from currently registered voters by any communication 
17.19 	other than the prescribed form and the form must clearly indicate that a currently registered 
17.20 	voter does not lose registration status by failing to provide the date of birth. In accordance 
17.21 	with section 204B.40, the county auditor shall retain the prescribed polling place rosters 
17.22 	used on the date of election for 22 months following the election.

17.23 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 203B.04, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
17.24 		Subdivision 1.Application procedures. (a) Except as otherwise allowed by subdivision 
17.25 	2 or by section 203B.11, subdivision 4, an application for absentee ballots for any election 
17.26 	may be submitted at any time not less than one day before the day of that election. The 
17.27 	county auditor shall prepare absentee ballot application forms in the format provided by the 
17.28 	secretary of state and shall furnish them to any person on request. By January 1 of each 
17.29 	even-numbered year, the secretary of state shall make the forms to be used available to 
17.30 	auditors through electronic means. An application submitted pursuant to this subdivision 
17.31 	shall be in writing. An application may be submitted in person, by electronic facsimile 
17.32 	device, by electronic mail, or by mail to:
17.33 	(1) the county auditor of the county where the applicant maintains residence; or
18.1 	(2) the municipal clerk of the municipality, or school district if applicable, where the 
18.2 	applicant maintains residence.
18.3 	For a federal, state, or county election, an absentee ballot application may alternatively be 
18.4 	submitted electronically through a secure website that shall be maintained by the secretary 
18.5 	of state for this purpose. Notwithstanding paragraph (b), the secretary of state must require 
18.6 	applicants using the website to submit the applicant's e-mail address and verifiable Minnesota 
18.7 	driver's license number, Minnesota state identification card number, voter identification 
18.8 	card number, or the last four digits of the applicant's Social Security number.
18.9 	An application submitted electronically under this paragraph may only be transmitted to 
18.10 	the county auditor for processing if the secretary of state has verified the application 
18.11 	information matches the information in a government database associated with the applicant's 
18.12 	driver's license number, state identification card number, voter identification card number, 
18.13 	or Social Security number. The secretary of state must review all unverifiable applications 
18.14 	for evidence of suspicious activity and must forward any such application to an appropriate 
18.15 	law enforcement agency for investigation.
18.16 	(b) An application shall be approved if it is timely received, signed and dated by the 
18.17 	applicant, contains the applicant's name and residence and mailing addresses, date of birth, 
18.18 	and at least one of the following:
18.19 	(1) the applicant's Minnesota driver's license number;
18.20 	(2) Minnesota state identification card number;
18.21 	(3) voter identification card number;
18.22 	(4) the last four digits of the applicant's Social Security number; or
18.23 	(4)(5) a statement that the applicant does not have any of these numbers.
18.24 	(c) To be approved, the application must contain an oath that the information contained 
18.25 	on the form is accurate, that the applicant is applying on the applicant's own behalf, and 
18.26 	that the applicant is signing the form under penalty of perjury.
18.27 	(d) Prior to approval, the county auditor or municipal clerk must verify that the Minnesota 
18.28 	driver's license number, state identification card number, voter identification card number, 
18.29 	or the last four digits of the Social Security number submitted by an applicant is valid and 
18.30 	assigned to that applicant. If a driver's license, identification card number, voter identification 
18.31 	card number, or the last four digits of a Social Security number is invalid or not assigned 
18.32 	to the applicant, the county auditor or municipal clerk must reject the application.
19.1 	(d)(e) An applicant's full date of birth, Minnesota driver's license or state identification 
19.2 	number, and the last four digits of the applicant's Social Security number must not be made 
19.3 	available for public inspection. An application may be submitted to the county auditor or 
19.4 	municipal clerk by an electronic facsimile device. An application mailed or returned in 
19.5 	person to the county auditor or municipal clerk on behalf of a voter by a person other than 
19.6 	the voter must be deposited in the mail or returned in person to the county auditor or 
19.7 	municipal clerk within ten days after it has been dated by the voter and no later than six 
19.8 	days before the election. The absentee ballot applications or a list of persons applying for 
19.9 	an absentee ballot may not be made available for public inspection until the close of voting 
19.10 	on election day, except as authorized in section 203B.12.
19.11 	(e) (f) An application under this subdivision may contain an application under subdivision 
19.12 	5 to automatically receive an absentee ballot application.

19.13 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 203B.04, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
19.14 		Subd. 4.Registration at time of application. An eligible voter who is not registered 
19.15 	to vote but who is otherwise eligible to vote by absentee ballot may register by including a 
19.16 	completed voter registration application with the absentee ballot. The individual shall present 
19.17 	proof of identity and residence as required by section 201.061, subdivision 3 200.035, to 
19.18 	the individual who witnesses the marking of the absentee ballots or execute an affidavit 
19.19 	described in section 203B.08, subdivision 1, paragraph (c). A military voter, as defined in 
19.20 	section 203B.01, may register in this manner if voting pursuant to sections 203B.04 to 
19.21 	203B.15, or may register pursuant to sections 203B.16 to 203B.27.

19.22 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 203B.07, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
19.23 		Subd. 3.Eligibility certificate. (a) A certificate of eligibility to vote by absentee ballot 
19.24 	shall be printed on the back of the returnsignature envelope. The certificate shall contain 
19.25 	space for the voter's Minnesota driver's license number, state identification number, voter 
19.26 	identification card number, or the last four digits of the voter's Social Security number, or 
19.27 	to indicate that the voter does not have one of these numbers. The space must be designed 
19.28 	to ensure that the voter provides the same type of identification as provided on the voter's 
19.29 	absentee ballot application for purposes of comparison. The certificate must also contain a 
19.30 	statement to be signed and sworn by the voter indicating that the voter meets all of the 
19.31 	requirements established by law for voting by absentee ballot and.
20.1 	(b) The certificate must include a space for a statementan oath signed by a person who 
20.2 	is registered to vote in Minnesota or by a notary public or other individual authorized to 
20.3 	administer oathswitness stating that:
20.4 	(1) the unmarked ballots were displayed to that individual unmarked the witness;
20.5 	(2) the voter marked the ballots in that individual'sthe witness's presence without showing 
20.6 	how they were marked, or, if the voter was physically unable to mark them, that the voter 
20.7 	directed another individual to mark them; and
20.8 	(3) if the voter was not previously registered, the voter has providedshown to the witness 
20.9 	proof of identity and residence as required by section 201.061, subdivision 3 200.035 or 
20.10 	executed an affidavit described in section 203B.08, subdivision 1, paragraph (c). If the voter 
20.11 	presented documentation of proof of identity and residence, the witness must also indicate 
20.12 	the document or documents presented to prove identity and residence.; and
20.13 	(4) the witness is registered to vote in Minnesota, is a notary public, or is an individual 
20.14 	authorized to administer oaths. The witness must include the witness's driver's license 
20.15 	number, identification card number, voter identification card number, the last four digits of 
20.16 	the applicant's Social Security number, or a statement that the witness does not have any of 
20.17 	these numbers.
20.18 	(c) For purposes of this subdivision, a witness is a person who is registered to vote in 
20.19 	Minnesota or by a notary public or other individual authorized to administer oaths.

20.20 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 203B.08, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
20.21 		Subdivision 1.Marking and return by voter. (a) An eligible voter who receives absentee 
20.22 	ballots as provided in this chapter shall mark them in the manner specified in the directions 
20.23 	for casting the absentee ballots.
20.24 	(b) The voter must present proof of identity and residence as described in section 200.035 
20.25 	to the individual who witnesses the marking of the absentee ballots or execute an affidavit 
20.26 	described in paragraph (c). If the voter presented documentation of proof of identity and 
20.27 	residence, the witness must record the type of document that was presented on the witness 
20.28 	certificate described in section 203B.27, paragraph (b).
20.29 	(c) If the voter attempted to procure proof of identity and residence to satisfy the 
20.30 	requirements of section 200.035 but was unable to do so, the voter may execute a sworn 
20.31 	affidavit, under the penalty of perjury, that states:
20.32 	(1) the voter completing the affidavit is the voter that marked the ballot;
21.1 	(2) the voter is eligible to vote, has not voted previously in the same election, and meets 
21.2 	the criteria for registering to vote in the precinct where the voter is voting;
21.3 	(3) the voter attempted to procure proof of identity and residence but was unable to do 
21.4 	so, and provide an explanation of the reason that the voter was unable to procure the 
21.5 	necessary proof; and
21.6 	(4) that the information on the affidavit is true and accurate.
21.7 	The affidavit must be signed in the presence of the witness.
21.8 	(d) The return envelope containing marked ballots may be mailed as provided in the 
21.9 	directions for casting the absentee ballots or may be left with the county auditor or municipal 
21.10 	clerk who transmitted the absentee ballots to the voter. If delivered in person, the return 
21.11 	envelope must be submitted to the county auditor or municipal clerk by 3:00 p.m. on election 
21.12 	day.
21.13 	(e) The voter may designate an agent to deliver in person the sealed absentee ballot 
21.14 	return envelope to the county auditor or municipal clerk or to deposit the return envelope 
21.15 	in the mail. An agent may deliver or mail the return envelopes of not more than three voters 
21.16 	in any election. Any person designated as an agent who tampers with either the return 
21.17 	envelope or the voted ballots or does not immediately mail or deliver the return envelope 
21.18 	to the county auditor or municipal clerk is guilty of a misdemeanor.

21.19 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 203B.121, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
21.20 		Subd. 2.Duties of ballot board; absentee ballots. (a) The members of the ballot board 
21.21 	shall take possession of all return envelopes delivered to them in accordance with section 
21.22 	203B.08. Upon receipt from the county auditor, municipal clerk, or school district clerk, 
21.23 	two or more members of the ballot board shall examine each return envelope and shall mark 
21.24 	it accepted or rejected in the manner provided in this subdivision. Election judges performing 
21.25 	the duties in this section must be of different major political parties, unless they are exempt 
21.26 	from that requirement under section 205.075, subdivision 4, or section 205A.10, subdivision 
21.27 	2.
21.28 	(b) The members of the ballot board shall mark the return envelope "Accepted" and 
21.29 	initial or sign the return envelope below the word "Accepted" if a majority of the members 
21.30 	of the ballot board examining the envelope are satisfied that:
21.31 	(1) the voter's name and address on the return envelope are the same as the information 
21.32 	provided on the absentee ballot application;
22.1 	(2) the voter signed the certification on the envelope;
22.2 	(3) the voter's Minnesota driver's license, state identification number, voter identification 
22.3 	card number, or the last four digits of the voter's Social Security number are the same as a 
22.4 	number on the voter's absentee ballot application or voter record. If the number does not 
22.5 	match, the election judges must compare the signature provided by the applicant to determine 
22.6 	whether the ballots were returned by the same person to whom they were transmitted;
22.7 	(4) the voter is registered and eligible to vote in the precinct or has included a properly 
22.8 	completed voter registration application in the return envelope;
22.9 	(5) the portion of the certificate completed by a witness as required by section 203B.07, 
22.10 	subdivision 3, paragraph (b), is completed and the document or documents listed that were 
22.11 	used to prove identity and residence are documents authorized by section 200.035;
22.12 	(6) the certificate has been completed as prescribed in the directions for casting an 
22.13 	absentee ballot; and
22.14 	(6) (7) the voter has not already voted at that election, either in person or, if it is after 
22.15 	the close of business on the seventh day before the election, by absentee ballot.
22.16 	The return envelope from accepted ballots must be preserved and returned to the county 
22.17 	auditor.
22.18 	(c)(1) If a majority of the members of the ballot board examining a return envelope find 
22.19 	that an absentee voter has failed to meet one of the requirements provided in paragraph (b), 
22.20 	they shall mark the return envelope "Rejected," initial or sign it below the word "Rejected," 
22.21 	list the reason for the rejection on the envelope, and return it to the county auditor. There 
22.22 	is no other reason for rejecting an absentee ballot beyond those permitted by this section. 
22.23 	Failure to place the ballot within the security envelope before placing it in the outer white 
22.24 	envelope is not a reason to reject an absentee ballot.
22.25 	(2) If an envelope has been rejected at least five days before the election, the envelope 
22.26 	must remain sealed and the official in charge of the ballot board shall provide the voter with 
22.27 	a replacement absentee ballot and return envelope in place of the rejected ballot.
22.28 	(3) If an envelope is rejected within five days of the election, the envelope must remain 
22.29 	sealed and the official in charge of the ballot board must attempt to contact the voter by 
22.30 	telephone or e-mail to notify the voter that the voter's ballot has been rejected. The official 
22.31 	must document the attempts made to contact the voter.
22.32 	(d) The official in charge of the absentee ballot board must mail the voter a written notice 
22.33 	of absentee ballot rejection between six and ten weeks following the election. If the official 
23.1 	determines that the voter has otherwise cast a ballot in the election, no notice is required. 
23.2 	If an absentee ballot arrives after the deadline for submission provided by this chapter, the 
23.3 	notice must be provided between six to ten weeks after receipt of the ballot. A notice of 
23.4 	absentee ballot rejection must contain the following information:
23.5 	(1) the date on which the absentee ballot was rejected or, if the ballot was received after 
23.6 	the required deadline for submission, the date on which the ballot was received;
23.7 	(2) the reason for rejection; and
23.8 	(3) the name of the appropriate election official to whom the voter may direct further 
23.9 	questions, along with appropriate contact information.
23.10 	(e) An absentee ballot return envelope marked "Rejected" may not be opened or subject 
23.11 	to further review except in an election contest filed pursuant to chapter 209.

23.12 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204B.45, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
23.13 		Subd. 2.Procedure. Mail balloting must be conducted as provided in this section and 
23.14 	Minnesota Rules, part 8210.3000. Notice of the election and the special mail procedure 
23.15 	must be given at least ten weeks prior to the election. Not more than 46 days nor later than 
23.16 	14 days before a regularly scheduled election and not more than 30 days nor later than 14 
23.17 	days before any other election, the auditor shall mail ballots by nonforwardable mail to all 
23.18 	voters registered in the city, town, or unorganized territory. No later than 14 days before 
23.19 	the election, the auditor must make a subsequent mailing of ballots to those voters who 
23.20 	register to vote after the initial mailing but before the 20th day before the election. Eligible 
23.21 	voters not registered at the time the ballots are mailed may apply for ballots as provided in 
23.22 	chapter 203B. Ballot return envelopes, with return postage provided, must be preaddressed 
23.23 	to the auditor or clerk and the voter may return the ballot by mail or in person to the office 
23.24 	of the auditor or clerk. The voter must present proof of identity and residence to the voter's 
23.25 	witness in the same manner required by section 203B.08, subdivision 1, paragraph (b). In 
23.26 	addition to the information required by Minnesota Rules, part 8210.3000, the signature 
23.27 	envelope must include the witness oath prescribed by section 203B.07, subdivision 3, 
23.28 	paragraph (b). The auditor or clerk must appoint a ballot board to examine the mail and 
23.29 	absentee ballot return envelopes and mark them "accepted" or "rejected" within three days 
23.30 	of receipt if there are 14 or fewer days before election day, or within five days of receipt if 
23.31 	there are more than 14 days before election day. The board may consist of deputy county 
23.32 	auditors or deputy municipal clerks who have received training in the processing and counting 
23.33 	of mail ballots, who need not be affiliated with a major political party. Election judges 
23.34 	performing the duties in this section must be of different major political parties, unless they 
24.1 	are exempt from that requirement under section 205.075, subdivision 4, or section 205A.10. 
24.2 	If an envelope has been rejected at least five days before the election, the ballots in the 
24.3 	envelope must remain sealed and the auditor or clerk shall provide the voter with a 
24.4 	replacement ballot and return envelope in place of the spoiled ballot. If the ballot is rejected 
24.5 	within five days of the election, the envelope must remain sealed and the official in charge 
24.6 	of the ballot board must attempt to contact the voter by telephone or e-mail to notify the 
24.7 	voter that the voter's ballot has been rejected. The official must document the attempts made 
24.8 	to contact the voter.
24.9 	If the ballot is accepted, the county auditor or municipal clerk must mark the roster to 
24.10 	indicate that the voter has already cast a ballot in that election. After the close of business 
24.11 	on the seventh day before the election, the ballots from return envelopes marked "Accepted" 
24.12 	may be opened, duplicated as needed in the manner provided by section 206.86, subdivision 
24.13 	5, initialed by the members of the ballot board, and deposited in the ballot box.
24.14 	In all other respects, the provisions of the Minnesota Election Law governing deposit 
24.15 	and counting of ballots apply.
24.16 	The mail and absentee ballots for a precinct must be counted together and reported as 
24.17 	one vote total. No vote totals from mail or absentee ballots may be made public before the 
24.18 	close of voting on election day.
24.19 	The costs of the mailing shall be paid by the election jurisdiction in which the voter 
24.20 	resides. Any ballot received by 8:00 p.m. on the day of the election must be counted.

24.21 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204B.46, is amended to read:
24.22 	204B.46 MAIL ELECTIONS; QUESTIONS.
24.23 	A county, municipality, or school district submitting questions to the voters at a special 
24.24 	election may conduct an election by mail with no polling place other than the office of the 
24.25 	auditor or clerk. No offices may be voted on at a mail election. Mail balloting must be 
24.26 	conducted as provided in this section and Minnesota Rules, part 8210.3000. Notice of the 
24.27 	election must be given to the county auditor at least 74 days prior to the election. This notice 
24.28 	shall also fulfill the requirements of Minnesota Rules, part 8210.3000. The special mail 
24.29 	ballot procedures must be posted at least six weeks prior to the election. Not more than 46 
24.30 	nor later than 14 days prior to the election, the auditor or clerk shall mail ballots by 
24.31 	nonforwardable mail to all voters registered in the county, municipality, or school district. 
24.32 	No later than 14 days before the election, the auditor or clerk must make a subsequent 
24.33 	mailing of ballots to those voters who register to vote after the initial mailing but before the 
25.1 	20th day before the election. Eligible voters not registered at the time the ballots are mailed 
25.2 	may apply for ballots pursuant to chapter 203B. The voter must present proof of identity 
25.3 	and residence to the voter's witness in the same manner required by section 203B.08, 
25.4 	subdivision 1, paragraph (b). In addition to the information required by Minnesota Rules, 
25.5 	part 8210.3000, the signature envelope must include the witness oath prescribed by section 
25.6 	203B.07, subdivision 3, paragraph (b). The auditor or clerk must appoint a ballot board to 
25.7 	examine the mail and absentee ballot return envelopes and mark them "Accepted" or 
25.8 	"Rejected" within three days of receipt if there are 14 or fewer days before election day, or 
25.9 	within five days of receipt if there are more than 14 days before election day. The board 
25.10 	may consist of deputy county auditors, deputy municipal clerks, or deputy school district 
25.11 	clerks who have received training in the processing and counting of mail ballots, who need 
25.12 	not be affiliated with a major political party. Election judges performing the duties in this 
25.13 	section must be of different major political parties, unless they are exempt from that 
25.14 	requirement under section 205.075, subdivision 4, or section 205A.10. If an envelope has 
25.15 	been rejected at least five days before the election, the ballots in the envelope must remain 
25.16 	sealed and the auditor or clerk must provide the voter with a replacement ballot and return 
25.17 	envelope in place of the spoiled ballot. If the ballot is rejected within five days of the election, 
25.18 	the envelope must remain sealed and the official in charge of the ballot board must attempt 
25.19 	to contact the voter by telephone or e-mail to notify the voter that the voter's ballot has been 
25.20 	rejected. The official must document the attempts made to contact the voter.
25.21 	If the ballot is accepted, the county auditor or municipal clerk must mark the roster to 
25.22 	indicate that the voter has already cast a ballot in that election. After the close of business 
25.23 	on the seventh day before the election, the ballots from return envelopes marked "Accepted" 
25.24 	may be opened, duplicated as needed in the manner provided by section 206.86, subdivision 
25.25 	5, initialed by the ballot board, and deposited in the appropriate ballot box.
25.26 	In all other respects, the provisions of the Minnesota Election Law governing deposit 
25.27 	and counting of ballots apply.
25.28 	The mail and absentee ballots for a precinct must be counted together and reported as 
25.29 	one vote total. No vote totals from ballots may be made public before the close of voting 
25.30 	on election day.

25.31 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204C.08, subdivision 1d, is amended to read:
25.32 		Subd. 1d.Voter's Bill of Rights. The county auditor shall prepare and provide to each 
25.33 	polling place sufficient copies of a poster setting forth the Voter's Bill of Rights as set forth 
25.34 	in this section. Before the hours of voting are scheduled to begin, the election judges shall 
26.1 	post it in a conspicuous location or locations in the polling place. The Voter's Bill of Rights 
26.2 	is as follows:
26.3 	"VOTER'S BILL OF RIGHTS
26.4 	For all persons residing in this state who meet federal voting eligibility requirements:
26.5 	(1) You have the right to be absent from work for the purpose of voting in a state, federal, 
26.6 	or regularly scheduled election without reduction to your pay, personal leave, or vacation 
26.7 	time on election day for the time necessary to appear at your polling place, cast a ballot, 
26.8 	and return to work.
26.9 	(2) If you are in line at your polling place any time before 8:00 p.m., you have the right 
26.10 	to vote.
26.11 	(3) If you can provide the required proof of identity and residence, you have the right 
26.12 	to register to vote and to vote on election day.
26.13 	(4) If you are unable to sign your name, you have the right to orally confirm your identity 
26.14 	with an election judge and to direct another person to sign your name for you.
26.15 	(5) You have the right to request special assistance when voting.
26.16 	(6) If you need assistance, you may be accompanied into the voting booth by a person 
26.17 	of your choice, except by an agent of your employer or union or a candidate.
26.18 	(7) You have the right to bring your minor children into the polling place and into the 
26.19 	voting booth with you.
26.20 	(8) If you have been convicted of a felony but your felony sentence has expired (been 
26.21 	completed) or you have been discharged from your sentence, you have the right to vote.
26.22 	(9) If you are under a guardianship, you have the right to vote, unless the court order 
26.23 	revokes your right to vote.
26.24 	(10) You have the right to vote without anyone in the polling place trying to influence 
26.25 	your vote.
26.26 	(11) If you make a mistake or spoil your ballot before it is submitted, you have the right 
26.27 	to receive a replacement ballot and vote.
26.28 	(12) You have the right to file a written complaint at your polling place if you are 
26.29 	dissatisfied with the way an election is being run.
26.30 	(13) You have the right to take a sample ballot into the voting booth with you.
27.1 	(14) You have the right to take a copy of this Voter's Bill of Rights into the voting booth 
27.2 	with you."

27.3 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204C.10, is amended to read:
27.4 	204C.10 POLLING PLACE ROSTER; VOTER SIGNATURE CERTIFICATE; 
27.5 	VOTER RECEIPT.
27.6 	(a) An individual seeking to vote shall sign a polling place roster or voter signature 
27.7 	certificate which states that the individual is at least 18 years of age, a citizen of the United 
27.8 	States, has resided in Minnesota for 20 days immediately preceding the election, maintains 
27.9 	residence at the address shown, is not under a guardianship in which the court order revokes 
27.10 	the individual's right to vote, has not been found by a court of law to be legally incompetent 
27.11 	to vote or has the right to vote because, if the individual was convicted of a felony, the 
27.12 	felony sentence has expired or been completed or the individual has been discharged from 
27.13 	the sentence, is registered and has not already voted in the election. The roster must also 
27.14 	state: "I understand that deliberately providing false information is a felony punishable by 
27.15 	not more than five years imprisonment and a fine of not more than $10,000, or both."
27.16 	(b) At the presidential nomination primary, the polling place roster must also state: "I 
27.17 	am in general agreement with the principles of the party for whose candidate I intend to 
27.18 	vote." This statement must appear separately from the statements required in paragraph (a). 
27.19 	The felony penalty provided for in paragraph (a) does not apply to this paragraph.
27.20 	(c) A judge may, Before the applicant signs the roster or voter signature certificate, a 
27.21 	judge must (1) require the voter to present proof of identity and residence as described in 
27.22 	section 200.035; and (2) confirm the applicant's name, address, and date of birth. An applicant 
27.23 	who does not present proof of identity and residence as required by section 200.035 must 
27.24 	not sign the polling place roster or a voter signature certificate, but must be allowed to cast 
27.25 	a provisional ballot as provided in section 204C.135.
27.26 	(d) After the applicant signs the roster or voter signature certificate, the judge shall give 
27.27 	the applicant a voter's receipt. The voter shall deliver the voter's receipt to the judge in 
27.28 	charge of ballots as proof of the voter's right to vote, and thereupon the judge shall hand to 
27.29 	the voter the ballot. The voters' receipts must be maintained during the time for notice of 
27.30 	filing an election contest.
27.31 	(e) Whenever a challenged status appears on the polling place roster, an election judge 
27.32 	must ensure that the challenge is concealed or hidden from the view of any voter other than 
27.33 	the voter whose status is challenged.

28.1 	Sec. 26. [204C.135] PROVISIONAL BALLOTS; PROOF OF IDENTITY AND 
28.2 	RESIDENCE.
28.3 		Subdivision 1.Casting of provisional ballots. (a) A voter who is unable to provide 
28.4 	proper proof of identity and residence as required by section 204C.10 is entitled to cast a 
28.5 	provisional ballot in the manner provided by this section.
28.6 	(b) A voter seeking to vote a provisional ballot under this section must complete a 
28.7 	provisional ballot envelope and sign a provisional ballot roster or voter signature certificate 
28.8 	for a provisional ballot. The envelope must contain a space for the voter to list the voter's 
28.9 	name, address of residence, date of birth, and any other information prescribed by the 
28.10 	secretary of state. The voter must also swear or affirm, in writing, that the voter is eligible 
28.11 	to vote, has not voted previously in the same election, and meets the criteria for registering 
28.12 	to vote in the precinct in which the voter appears. Once the voter has completed the 
28.13 	provisional ballot envelope, the voter must be allowed to cast a provisional ballot. The 
28.14 	provisional ballot must be the same as the official ballot available in the precinct on election 
28.15 	day. A completed provisional ballot must be sealed in a secrecy envelope. The secrecy 
28.16 	envelope must be sealed inside the voter's provisional ballot envelope and deposited by the 
28.17 	voter in a secure, sealed, provisional ballot box. Completed provisional ballots must not be 
28.18 	combined with other voted ballots in the polling place.
28.19 	(c) An election judge must inform the voter on the process to follow to prove residence 
28.20 	and identity during the seven days following the election. The election judge must inform 
28.21 	the voter of the location of the county auditor or municipal clerk responsible for accepting 
28.22 	or rejecting provisional ballots and the hours the auditor or clerk is open for business during 
28.23 	the week following the election.
28.24 	(d) The form of the secrecy and provisional ballot envelopes must be prescribed by the 
28.25 	secretary of state. The provisional ballot envelope must be a color other than that provided 
28.26 	for absentee ballot envelopes. The envelope must be prominently labeled "Provisional Ballot 
28.27 	Envelope."
28.28 	(e) Provisional ballots and related documentation must be delivered to and securely 
28.29 	maintained by the county auditor or municipal clerk in the same manner as required for 
28.30 	other election materials under sections 204C.27 to 204C.28.
28.31 		Subd. 2.Accepting or rejecting provisional ballots. (a) A voter who casts a provisional 
28.32 	ballot in the polling place may personally appear before the county auditor or municipal 
28.33 	clerk no later than seven calendar days following the election to prove that the voter's 
28.34 	provisional ballot should be counted. The county auditor's office and the city clerk's office 
29.1 	must be open for approving provisional ballots on the Saturday following the election for 
29.2 	the hours prescribed in section 203B.085.
29.3 	(b) The county auditor or municipal clerk must accept a provisional ballot if:
29.4 	(1) the statewide voter registration system indicates that the voter is eligible to vote or, 
29.5 	if challenged, the county auditor or municipal clerk does not, based upon available records 
29.6 	and any documentation presented by the voter, conclude that the voter is ineligible;
29.7 	(2) the voter presents proof of identity and residence in the precinct in the manner 
29.8 	permitted by section 200.035 or executes an affidavit described in paragraph (c); and
29.9 	(3) the data on the identity and residence document presented by the voter matches the 
29.10 	data provided by the voter on the provisional ballot envelope.
29.11 	(c) A voter that attempted to procure proof of identity and residence to satisfy the 
29.12 	requirements of section 200.035 but was unable to do so, may execute a sworn affidavit, 
29.13 	under the penalty of perjury, that states:
29.14 	(1) the voter is the same voter who cast the provisional ballot;
29.15 	(2) the voter is eligible to vote, has not voted previously in the same election, and meets 
29.16 	the criteria for registering to vote in the precinct where the voter cast the provisional ballot;
29.17 	(3) the voter attempted to procure proof of identity and residence but was unable to do 
29.18 	so, and provide an explanation of the reason that the voter was unable to procure the 
29.19 	necessary proof; and
29.20 	(4) that the information on the affidavit is true and accurate.
29.21 	The affidavit must be signed in the presence of the county auditor or municipal clerk.
29.22 	(d) If the voter's ballot is accepted, the county auditor or municipal clerk must remove 
29.23 	the ballot from the provisional ballot box, mark the provisional ballot envelope "accepted" 
29.24 	and initial or sign the provisional ballot envelope below the word "accepted." All accepted 
29.25 	provisional ballot envelopes must be kept together in a secure location. Provisional ballot 
29.26 	envelopes must only be opened as provided in subdivision 3.
29.27 	(e) A county auditor or municipal clerk must not accept or count a provisional ballot if 
29.28 	the voter does not appear before the county auditor or municipal clerk within seven calendar 
29.29 	days following the election or if the voter does not satisfy the requirements of paragraph 
29.30 	(a).
29.31 	(f) The county auditor or municipal clerk must notify, in writing, any voter who cast a 
29.32 	provisional ballot and who does not appear within seven calendar days of the election that 
30.1 	the voter's provisional ballot was not counted because of the voter's failure to appear before 
30.2 	the county auditor or municipal clerk within the time permitted by law to determine whether 
30.3 	the provisional ballot should be counted.
30.4 		Subd. 3.Provisional ballots; reconciliation; counting. (a) At the close of business for 
30.5 	the county auditor's or municipal clerk's office on the seventh day after the election, but 
30.6 	prior to counting any provisional ballots in the final vote totals from a precinct, the county 
30.7 	auditor or municipal clerk must determine whether the number of signatures appearing on 
30.8 	the provisional ballot roster or number of voter signature certificates for provisional ballots 
30.9 	from that precinct is equal to the number of provisional ballots submitted by voters in the 
30.10 	precinct on election day. If there are excess ballots, ballots must be randomly withdrawn 
30.11 	from the accepted provisional ballot envelopes in the manner required by section 204C.20, 
30.12 	subdivision 2. Any discrepancy must be resolved before the provisional ballots from the 
30.13 	precinct may be counted.
30.14 	(b) After the ballots are reconciled pursuant to paragraph (a), the county auditor or 
30.15 	municipal clerk must open the accepted provisional ballot envelopes and deposit them in 
30.16 	the appropriate ballot box. The accepted and deposited provisional ballots must be included 
30.17 	in the final certified results from the precinct.

30.18 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204C.32, is amended to read:
30.19 	204C.32 CANVASS OF STATE PRIMARIES.
30.20 		Subdivision 1.County canvass. The county canvassing board shall meet at the county 
30.21 	auditor's office on either the second or third the eighth day following the state primary. 
30.22 	After taking the oath of office, the canvassing board shall publicly canvass the election 
30.23 	returns delivered to the county auditor. The board shall complete the canvass by the third
30.24 	eighth day following the state primary and shall promptly prepare and file with the county 
30.25 	auditor a report that states:
30.26 	(a) the number of individuals voting at the election in the county, and in each precinct;
30.27 	(b) the number of individuals registering to vote on election day and the number of 
30.28 	individuals registered before election day in each precinct;
30.29 	(c) for each major political party, the names of the candidates running for each partisan 
30.30 	office and the number of votes received by each candidate in the county and in each precinct;
30.31 	(d) the names of the candidates of each major political party who are nominated; and
31.1 	(e) the number of votes received by each of the candidates for nonpartisan office in each 
31.2 	precinct in the county and the names of the candidates nominated for nonpartisan office.
31.3 	Upon completion of the canvass, the county auditor shall mail or deliver a notice of 
31.4 	nomination to each nominee for county office voted for only in that county. The county 
31.5 	auditor shall transmit one of the certified copies of the county canvassing board report for 
31.6 	state and federal offices to the secretary of state by express mail or similar service 
31.7 	immediately upon conclusion of the county canvass. The secretary of state shall mail a 
31.8 	notice of nomination to each nominee for state or federal office.
31.9 		Subd. 2.State canvass. The State Canvassing Board shall meet at a public meeting 
31.10 	space located in the Capitol complex area seven 14 days after the state primary to canvass 
31.11 	the certified copies of the county canvassing board reports received from the county auditors. 
31.12 	Immediately after the canvassing board declares the results, the secretary of state shall 
31.13 	certify the names of the nominees to the county auditors. The secretary of state shall mail 
31.14 	to each nominee a notice of nomination.

31.15 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204C.33, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
31.16 		Subdivision 1.County canvass. The county canvassing board shall meet at the county 
31.17 	auditor's office between the third eighth and tenth 14th days following the state general 
31.18 	election. After taking the oath of office, the board shall promptly and publicly canvass the 
31.19 	general election returns delivered to the county auditor. Upon completion of the canvass, 
31.20 	the board shall promptly prepare and file with the county auditor a report which states:
31.21 	(a) the number of individuals voting at the election in the county and in each precinct;
31.22 	(b) the number of individuals registering to vote on election day and the number of 
31.23 	individuals registered before election day in each precinct;
31.24 	(c) the names of the candidates for each office and the number of votes received by each 
31.25 	candidate in the county and in each precinct;
31.26 	(d) the number of votes counted for and against a proposed change of county lines or 
31.27 	county seat; and
31.28 	(e) the number of votes counted for and against a constitutional amendment or other 
31.29 	question in the county and in each precinct.
31.30 	The result of write-in votes cast on the general election ballots must be compiled by the 
31.31 	county auditor before the county canvass, except that write-in votes for a candidate for 
31.32 	federal, state, or county office must not be counted unless the candidate has timely filed a 
32.1 	request under section 204B.09, subdivision 3. The county auditor shall arrange for each 
32.2 	municipality to provide an adequate number of election judges to perform this duty or the 
32.3 	county auditor may appoint additional election judges for this purpose. The county auditor 
32.4 	may open the envelopes or containers in which the voted ballots have been sealed in order 
32.5 	to count and record the write-in votes and must reseal the voted ballots at the conclusion of 
32.6 	this process. The county auditor must prepare a separate report of votes received by precinct 
32.7 	for write-in candidates for federal, state, and county offices who have requested under 
32.8 	section 204B.09 that votes for those candidates be tallied.
32.9 	Upon completion of the canvass, the county canvassing board shall declare the candidate 
32.10 	duly elected who received the highest number of votes for each county and state office voted 
32.11 	for only within the county. The county auditor shall transmit a certified copy of the county 
32.12 	canvassing board report for state and federal offices to the secretary of state by messenger, 
32.13 	express mail, or similar service immediately upon conclusion of the county canvass.

32.14 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 204C.37, is amended to read:
32.15 	204C.37 COUNTY CANVASS; RETURN OF REPORTS TO SECRETARY OF 
32.16 	STATE.
32.17 	A copy of the report required by sections 204C.32, subdivision 1, and 204C.33, 
32.18 	subdivision 1, shall be certified under the official seal of the county auditor. The copy shall 
32.19 	be enclosed in an envelope addressed to the secretary of state, with the county auditor's 
32.20 	name and official address and the words "Election Returns" endorsed on the envelope. The 
32.21 	copy of the canvassing board report must be sent by express mail or delivered to the secretary 
32.22 	of state. If the copy is not received by the secretary of state within ten days following the 
32.23 	applicable election a primary election, or within 15 days following a general election, the 
32.24 	secretary of state shall immediately notify the county auditor, who shall deliver another 
32.25 	copy to the secretary of state by special messenger.

32.26 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 205.065, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
32.27 		Subd. 5.Results.  The municipal primary shall be conducted and the returns made in the 
32.28 	manner provided for the state primary so far as practicable. The canvass may be conducted 
32.29 	on either the second or third day after the primary.
32.30 	The governing body of the municipality shall canvass the returns on the eighth day after 
32.31 	the primary, and the two candidates for each office who receive the highest number of votes, 
32.32 	or a number of candidates equal to twice the number of individuals to be elected to the 
32.33 	office, who receive the highest number of votes, shall be the nominees for the office named. 
33.1 	Their names shall be certified to the municipal clerk who shall place them on the municipal 
33.2 	general election ballot without partisan designation and without payment of an additional 
33.3 	fee.

33.4 	Sec. 31. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 205.185, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
33.5 		Subd. 3.Canvass of returns, certificate of election, ballots, disposition. (a) Between 
33.6 	the third eighth and tenth 15th days after an election, the governing body of a city conducting 
33.7 	any election including a special municipal election, or the governing body of a town 
33.8 	conducting the general election in November shall act as the canvassing board, canvass the 
33.9 	returns, and declare the results of the election. The governing body of a town conducting 
33.10 	the general election in March shall act as the canvassing board, canvass the returns, and 
33.11 	declare the results of the election within two dayson the eighth day after an election.
33.12 	(b) After the time for contesting elections has passed, the municipal clerk shall issue a 
33.13 	certificate of election to each successful candidate. In case of a contest, the certificate shall 
33.14 	not be issued until the outcome of the contest has been determined by the proper court.
33.15 	(c) In case of a tie vote, the canvassing board having jurisdiction over the municipality 
33.16 	shall determine the result by lot. The clerk of the canvassing board shall certify the results 
33.17 	of the election to the county auditor, and the clerk shall be the final custodian of the ballots 
33.18 	and the returns of the election.

33.19 	Sec. 32. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 205A.03, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
33.20 		Subd. 4.Results. (a) The school district primary must be conducted and the returns 
33.21 	made in the manner provided for the state primary as far as practicable. If the primary is 
33.22 	conducted:
33.23 	(1) only within that school district, a canvass may be conducted on either the second or 
33.24 	third day after the primary; or
33.25 	(2) in conjunction with the state primary, the canvass must be conducted on the third 
33.26 	day after the primary, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b).
33.27 	On the eighth day after the primary, the school board of the school district shall canvass 
33.28 	the returns, and the two candidates for each specified school board position who receive 
33.29 	the highest number of votes, or a number of candidates equal to twice the number of 
33.30 	individuals to be elected to at-large school board positions who receive the highest number 
33.31 	of votes, are the nominees for the office named. Their names must be certified to the school 
34.1 	district clerk who shall place them on the school district general election ballot without 
34.2 	partisan designation and without payment of an additional fee.
34.3 	(b) Following a school district primary as described in paragraph (a), clause (2), a canvass 
34.4 	may be conducted on the second day after the primary if the county auditor of each county 
34.5 	in which the school district is located agrees to administratively review the school district's 
34.6 	primary voting statistics for accuracy and completeness within a time that permits the canvass 
34.7 	to be conducted on that day.

34.8 	Sec. 33. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 205A.10, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
34.9 		Subd. 3.Canvass of returns, certificate of election, ballots, disposition. Between the 
34.10 	third eighth and tenth 14th days after a school district election other than a recount of a 
34.11 	special election conducted under section 126C.17, subdivision 9, or 475.59, the school board 
34.12 	shall canvass the returns and declare the results of the election. After the time for contesting 
34.13 	elections has passed, the school district clerk shall issue a certificate of election to each 
34.14 	successful candidate. If there is a contest, the certificate of election to that office must not 
34.15 	be issued until the outcome of the contest has been determined by the proper court. If there 
34.16 	is a tie vote, the school board shall determine the result by lot. The clerk shall deliver the 
34.17 	certificate of election to the successful candidate by personal service or certified mail. The 
34.18 	successful candidate shall file an acceptance and oath of office in writing with the clerk 
34.19 	within 30 days of the date of mailing or personal service. A person who fails to qualify prior 
34.20 	to the time specified shall be deemed to have refused to serve, but that filing may be made 
34.21 	at any time before action to fill the vacancy has been taken. The school district clerk shall 
34.22 	certify the results of the election to the county auditor, and the clerk shall be the final 
34.23 	custodian of the ballots and the returns of the election.
34.24 	A school district canvassing board shall perform the duties of the school board according 
34.25 	to the requirements of this subdivision for a recount of a special election conducted under 
34.26 	section 126C.17, subdivision 9, or 475.59.

34.27 	Sec. 34. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 256E.22, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
34.28 		Subdivision 1.Creation of trust fund. A children's trust fund for the prevention of child 
34.29 	abuse is established as an account in the state treasury. The commissioner of management 
34.30 	and budget shall credit to the trust fund all amounts received under sections 144.226, 
34.31 	subdivision subdivisions 3 and 8, paragraph (c), and 256E.26, and shall ensure that trust 
34.32 	fund money is invested under section 11A.25. All money earned by the trust fund must be 
35.1 	credited to the trust fund. The trust fund earns its proportionate share of the total annual 
35.2 	state investment income.

35.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2022.

35.4 	Sec. 35. [357.43] DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR VOTER IDENTIFICATION 
35.5 	CARD.
35.6 	Notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary, no fee shall be charged by the courts 
35.7 	for a certified copy of a court order, decree, record, or other document if the applicant attests 
35.8 	that the record is needed to obtain a voter identification card issued pursuant to section 
35.9 	171.07, subdivision 3b.

35.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2022.

35.11 	Sec. 36. PUBLIC EDUCATION CAMPAIGN.
 35.12 	The secretary of state must contract with a vendor for the production and implementation 
35.13 	of a statewide public educational campaign related to the voter identification requirements 
35.14 	of this article. The campaign must inform voters of the requirements for identification when 
35.15 	voting, methods of securing sufficient identification, including securing a free voter 
35.16 	identification card if necessary, and the process for provisional balloting for voters unable 
35.17 	to meet the identification requirements on election day. The secretary of state may consult 
35.18 	with the vendor in coordinating material related to the campaign, but the secretary, the 
35.19 	secretary's staff, and any other documents or materials promoting the Office of the Secretary 
35.20 	of State may not appear visually or audibly in any advertising or promotional items 
35.21 	disseminated by the vendor as part of the public education campaign.

35.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

35.23 	Sec. 37. PROPOSED LEGISLATION.
 35.24 	(a) By January 15, 2022, the secretary of state must report to the chairs and ranking 
35.25 	minority members of the legislative committees with jurisdiction over elections on proposed 
35.26 	legislation to amend matters currently contained in administrative rules as necessary to 
35.27 	implement this act. To the greatest extent practical, this proposed legislation must propose 
35.28 	codifying into law matters that otherwise would be adopted through the administrative 
35.29 	rulemaking process.
35.30 	(b) To the extent that codifying matters into law is not practical, the proposed legislation 
35.31 	must direct, by law, specific changes to be made in administrative rules so that no 
36.1 	interpretation of the law by the secretary of state would be necessary, and use of the good 
36.2 	cause rulemaking exemption in Minnesota Statutes, section 14.388, would be appropriate 
36.3 	if the legislature authorizes use of this process.
36.4 	(c) Nothing in this section grants rulemaking authority to the secretary of state.

36.5 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

36.6 	Sec. 38. VOTER IDENTIFICATION CARD TRAINING FOR DRIVER'S LICENSE 
36.7 	AGENTS.
 36.8 	The commissioner of public safety must provide training for driver's license agents on 
36.9 	the process for issuing voter identification cards.

36.10 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.

36.11 	Sec. 39. APPROPRIATIONS.
 36.12 	(a) $....... is appropriated in fiscal year 2022 from the general fund to the secretary of 
36.13 	state for implementing the requirements of this act.
36.14 	(b) $....... is appropriated in fiscal year 2022 from the general fund to the commissioner 
36.15 	of public safety for the programming costs in the driver's license system necessary to 
36.16 	implement this act and for the training for driver's license agents required by section 38. 
36.17 	This is a onetime appropriation and is available until June 30, 2024.
36.18 	(c) $....... in fiscal year 2022 and $....... in fiscal year 2023 are appropriated from the 
36.19 	general fund to the commissioner of management and budget for transfer to the voter 
36.20 	identification card account established under Minnesota Statutes, section 201.017, paragraph 
36.21 	(a). The base for this appropriation is $....... in fiscal year 2023 and each year thereafter.

36.22 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective July 1, 2021.

36.23 	Sec. 40. REPEALER.
 36.24 	Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.061, subdivision 7, is repealed.

36.25 	Sec. 41. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 36.26 	Except where otherwise provided, this article is effective on June 1, 2023.

37.1 	ARTICLE 2
37.2 	CONFORMING CHANGES

37.3 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.061, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
37.4 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For purposes of this section:
37.5 	(1) "applicant" means an individual applying for a driver's license, provisional license, 
37.6 	restricted license, duplicate license, instruction permit, Minnesota identification card, voter 
37.7 	identification card, or motorized bicycle operator's permit; and
37.8 	(2) "application" refers to an application for a driver's license, provisional license, 
37.9 	restricted license, duplicate license, instruction permit, Minnesota identification card, voter 
37.10 	identification card, or motorized bicycle operator's permit.

37.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2022.

37.12 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.061, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
37.13 		Subd. 3.Application. An applicant may file an application with an agent. The agent 
37.14 	shall receive and accept applications in accordance with the laws and rules of the Department 
37.15 	of Public Safety for a noncompliant driver's license or identification card; an enhanced 
37.16 	driver's license or identification card; a REAL ID compliant driver's license or identification 
37.17 	card; restricted license; duplicate license; instruction permit; voter identification card; or 
37.18 	motorized bicycle operator's permit. Application records must be maintained at the office 
37.19 	of the agent in a manner that complies with sections 13.05, subdivision 5, and 13.055. As 
37.20 	an alternative to paper copy storage, an agent may retain records and documents in a secure 
37.21 	electronic medium that complies with the security requirements under the United States 
37.22 	Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice Information Services Division, Policy 5.4 
37.23 	or any successor policy, provided 60 days have elapsed since the transaction and subject to 
37.24 	standards established by the commissioner. The agent is responsible for all costs associated 
37.25 	with the conversion to electronic records and maintenance of the electronic storage medium, 
37.26 	including the destruction of existing paper records after conversion to the electronic format. 
37.27 	All queries and responses in the secure electronic medium, and all actions in which data 
37.28 	are entered, updated, accessed, or shared or disseminated by the agent must be contained 
37.29 	in a data audit trail. Data contained in the audit trail are public to the extent the data are not 
37.30 	otherwise classified under this section.

37.31 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2022.

38.1 	Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.07, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
38.2 		Subd. 1a.Filing photograph or image; data classification. The department shall file, 
38.3 	or contract to file, all photographs or electronically produced images obtained in the process 
38.4 	of issuing drivers' licenses or, Minnesota identification cards, or voter identification cards. 
38.5 	The photographs or electronically produced images shall be private data pursuant to section 
38.6 	13.02, subdivision 12. Notwithstanding section 13.04, subdivision 3, the department shall 
38.7 	not be required to provide copies of photographs or electronically produced images to data 
38.8 	subjects. The use of the files is restricted:
38.9 	(1) to the issuance and control of drivers' licenses and voter identification cards;
38.10 	(2) to criminal justice agencies, as defined in section 299C.46, subdivision 2, for the 
38.11 	investigation and prosecution of crimes, service of process, enforcement of no contact 
38.12 	orders, location of missing persons, investigation and preparation of cases for criminal, 
38.13 	juvenile, and traffic court, location of individuals required to register under section 243.166 
38.14 	or 243.167, and supervision of offenders;
38.15 	(3) to public defenders, as defined in section 611.272, for the investigation and preparation 
38.16 	of cases for criminal, juvenile, and traffic courts;
38.17 	(4) to child support enforcement purposes under section 256.978; and
38.18 	(5) to a county medical examiner or coroner as required by section 390.005 as necessary 
38.19 	to fulfill the duties under sections 390.11 and 390.25.

38.20 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2022.

38.21 	Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.07, subdivision 14, is amended to read:
38.22 		Subd. 14.Use of Social Security number. An applicant's Social Security number must 
38.23 	not be displayed, encrypted, or encoded on the driver's license or, Minnesota identification 
38.24 	card, or voter identification card or included in a magnetic strip or bar code used to store 
38.25 	data on the license or Minnesota identification card. The Social Security number must not 
38.26 	be used as a Minnesota driver's license or identification number.

38.27 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2022.

38.28 	Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.071, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
38.29 		Subdivision 1.Religious objection. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 171.07, 
38.30 	the commissioner of public safety may adopt rules to permit identification on a driver's 
38.31 	license or, Minnesota identification card, or voter identification card in lieu of a photograph 
39.1 	or electronically produced image where the commissioner finds that the licensee has religious 
39.2 	objections to the use of a photograph or electronically produced image.

39.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2022.

39.4 	Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.071, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
39.5 		Subd. 2.Certain head wear permitted. If an accident involving a head injury, serious 
39.6 	illness, or treatment of the illness has resulted in hair loss by an applicant for a driver's 
39.7 	license or, identification card, or voter identification card, the commissioner shall permit 
39.8 	the applicant to wear a hat or similar head wear in the photograph or electronically produced 
39.9 	image. The hat or head wear must be of an appropriate size and type to allow identification 
39.10 	of the holder of the license or card and must not obscure the holder's face.

39.11 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2022.

39.12 	Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.10, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
39.13 		Subdivision 1.Duplicate license. In the event that an instruction permit, provisional 
39.14 	license, or driver's license, or voter identification card issued under the provisions of this 
39.15 	chapter is lost or destroyed, or becomes illegible, the person to whom the same was issued 
39.16 	shall obtain a duplicate thereof, furnishing proof satisfactory to the department that such 
39.17 	permit or license has been lost or destroyed or has become illegible, and make payment of 
39.18 	the required fee.

39.19 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2022.

39.20 	Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.12, subdivision 3c, is amended to read:
39.21 		Subd. 3c.Record retention; birth certificates. (a) If the procedures established by the 
39.22 	commissioner for driver's license or, Minnesota identification card, or voter identification 
39.23 	card records include retention of a physical copy or digital image of a birth certificate, the 
39.24 	commissioner must:
39.25 	(1) notify a driver's license or identification card applicant of the retention procedure; 
39.26 	and
39.27 	(2) allow the applicant, licensee, or identification cardholder to designate that the 
39.28 	applicant, licensee, or identification cardholder's birth certificate physical copy or digital 
39.29 	image must not be retained.
39.30 	(b) The commissioner must not retain a birth certificate if directed by an applicant, 
39.31 	licensee, or identification cardholder under paragraph (a), clause (2), but must record and 
40.1 	retain data on the birth certificate required under Code of Federal Regulations, title 6, section 
40.2 	37.31(c).

40.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2022.

40.4 	Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 171.121, is amended to read:
40.5 	171.121 USE OF ANOTHER'S RESIDENCE ADDRESS.
40.6 	A person may notify the commissioner in writing to the effect that the person (1) is the 
40.7 	owner of a residence, and (2) does not consent to have that residence address identified on 
40.8 	any driver's license or, identification card, voter identification card, or driving record of the 
40.9 	department as the residence address or permanent mailing address of any person named in 
40.10 	the notice. The notice may not name a spouse of the notifying person. Upon receiving the 
40.11 	notice the commissioner shall not issue any license or, identification card, or voter 
40.12 	identification card under this chapter, or accept an application for a license or, identification 
40.13 	card, or voter identification card under this chapter, that lists the residence address identified 
40.14 	in the notice as the residence address or permanent mailing address of any person named 
40.15 	in the notice.

40.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective June 1, 2022.

40.17 	Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.022, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
40.18 		Subdivision 1.Establishment. The secretary of state shall maintain a statewide voter 
40.19 	registration system to facilitate voter registration and to provide a central database containing 
40.20 	voter registration information from around the state. The system must be accessible to the 
40.21 	county auditor of each county in the state. The system must also:
40.22 	(1) provide for voters to submit their voter registration applications to any county auditor, 
40.23 	the secretary of state, or the Department of Public Safety;
40.24 	(2) provide for the definition, establishment, and maintenance of a central database for 
40.25 	all voter registration information;
40.26 	(3) provide for entering data into the statewide registration system;
40.27 	(4) provide for electronic transfer of completed voter registration applications from the 
40.28 	Department of Public Safety to the secretary of state or the county auditor;
40.29 	(5) assign a unique identifier to each legally registered voter in the state;
41.1 	(6) provide for the acceptance of the Minnesota driver's license number, Minnesota state 
41.2 	identification number, voter identification card number, and last four digits of the Social 
41.3 	Security number for each voter record;
41.4 	(7) coordinate with other agency databases within the state;
41.5 	(8) allow county auditors and the secretary of state to add or modify information in the 
41.6 	system to provide for accurate and up-to-date records;
41.7 	(9) allow county auditors, municipal and school district clerks, and the secretary of state 
41.8 	to have electronic access to the statewide registration system for review and search 
41.9 	capabilities;
41.10 	(10) provide security and protection of all information in the statewide registration 
41.11 	system and ensure that unauthorized access is not allowed;
41.12 	(11) provide access to municipal clerks to use the system;
41.13 	(12) provide a system for each county to identify the precinct to which a voter should 
41.14 	be assigned for voting purposes;
41.15 	(13) provide daily reports accessible by county auditors on the driver's license numbers, 
41.16 	state identification numbers, voter identification card number, or last four digits of the Social 
41.17 	Security numbers submitted on voter registration applications that have been verified as 
41.18 	accurate by the secretary of state; and
41.19 	(14) provide reports on the number of absentee ballots transmitted to and returned and 
41.20 	cast by voters under section 203B.16.
41.21 	The appropriate state or local official shall provide security measures to prevent 
41.22 	unauthorized access to the computerized list established under section 201.021.

41.23 	Sec. 11. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.061, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
41.24 		Subdivision 1.Prior to election day. (a) At any time except during the 20 days 
41.25 	immediately preceding any regularly scheduled election, an eligible voter or any individual 
41.26 	who will be an eligible voter at the time of the next election may register to vote in the 
41.27 	precinct in which the voter maintains residence by completing a voter registration application 
41.28 	as described in section 201.071, subdivision 1. A completed application may be submitted:
41.29 	(1) in person or by mail to the county auditor of that county or to the Secretary of State's 
41.30 	Office; or
42.1 	(2) electronically through a secure website that shall be maintained by the secretary of 
42.2 	state for this purpose, if the applicant has an e-mail address and provides the applicant's 
42.3 	verifiable Minnesota driver's license number, Minnesota state identification card number, 
42.4 	voter identification card number, or the last four digits of the applicant's Social Security 
42.5 	number.
42.6 	A registration that is received in person or by mail no later than 5:00 p.m. on the 21st 
42.7 	day preceding any election, or a registration received electronically through the secretary 
42.8 	of state's secure website no later than 11:59 p.m. on the 21st day preceding any election, 
42.9 	shall be accepted. An improperly addressed or delivered registration application shall be 
42.10 	forwarded within two working days after receipt to the county auditor of the county where 
42.11 	the voter maintains residence. A state or local agency or an individual that accepts completed 
42.12 	voter registration applications from a voter must submit the completed applications to the 
42.13 	secretary of state or the appropriate county auditor within ten calendar days after the 
42.14 	applications are dated by the voter.
42.15 	(b) An application submitted electronically under paragraph (a), clause (2), may only 
42.16 	be transmitted to the county auditor for processing if the secretary of state has verified the 
42.17 	application information matches the information in a government database associated with 
42.18 	the applicant's driver's license number, state identification card number, voter identification 
42.19 	card number, or Social Security number. The secretary of state must review all unverifiable 
42.20 	voter registration applications submitted electronically for evidence of suspicious activity 
42.21 	and must forward any such application to an appropriate law enforcement agency for 
42.22 	investigation.
42.23 	An individual may not electronically submit a voter registration application on behalf 
42.24 	of any other individual.
42.25 	(c) For purposes of this section, mail registration is defined as a voter registration 
42.26 	application delivered to the secretary of state, county auditor, or municipal clerk by the 
42.27 	United States Postal Service or a commercial carrier.

42.28 	Sec. 12. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.061, subdivision 1a, is amended to read:
42.29 		Subd. 1a.Incomplete registration by mail. If the county auditor determines that a voter 
42.30 	who has submitted a voter registration application by mail has not previously voted in this 
42.31 	state for a federal office and has also not presented a document authorized for election day 
42.32 	registration in section 201.061, subdivision 3, to the auditor, and the county auditor is unable 
42.33 	to verify the voter's driver's license, state identification, voter identification card, or last 
42.34 	four digits of the voter's Social Security number as provided by the voter on the voter 
43.1 	registration application, then the county auditor must notify the voter that the registration 
43.2 	is incomplete and to complete registration by using one of the following methods:
43.3 	(1) presenting to the auditor more than 20 days before the election a document authorized 
43.4 	for election day registration in section 201.061, subdivision 3;
43.5 	(2) registering in person before or on election day;
43.6 	(3) if voting by absentee ballot or by mail, following election day registration procedures 
43.7 	for absentee voters as described in section 203B.04, subdivision 4; or
43.8 	(4) providing proof of residence by any of the methods authorized for election day 
43.9 	registration in section 201.061, subdivision 3.

43.10 	Sec. 13. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.071, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
43.11 		Subdivision 1.Form. Both paper and electronic voter registration applications must 
43.12 	contain the same information unless otherwise provided by law. A voter registration 
43.13 	application must contain spaces for the following required information: voter's first name, 
43.14 	middle name, and last name; voter's previous name, if any; voter's current address; voter's 
43.15 	previous address, if any; voter's date of birth; voter's municipality and county of residence; 
43.16 	voter's telephone number, if provided by the voter; date of registration; current and valid 
43.17 	Minnesota driver's license number or, Minnesota state identification number, voter 
43.18 	identification card number, or if the voter has no current and valid Minnesota driver's license
43.19 	or, Minnesota state identification, or voter identification card, the last four digits of the 
43.20 	voter's Social Security number; and voter's signature. The paper registration application 
43.21 	may include the voter's e-mail address, if provided by the voter. The electronic voter 
43.22 	registration application must include the voter's e-mail address. The registration application 
43.23 	may include the voter's interest in serving as an election judge, if indicated by the voter. 
43.24 	The application must also contain the following certification of voter eligibility:
43.25 	"I certify that I:
43.26 	(1) will be at least 18 years old on election day;
43.27 	(2) am a citizen of the United States;
43.28 	(3) will have resided in Minnesota for 20 days immediately preceding election day;
43.29 	(4) maintain residence at the address given on the registration form;
43.30 	(5) am not under court-ordered guardianship in which the court order revokes my right 
43.31 	to vote;
44.1 	(6) have not been found by a court to be legally incompetent to vote;
44.2 	(7) have the right to vote because, if I have been convicted of a felony, my felony sentence 
44.3 	has expired (been completed) or I have been discharged from my sentence; and
44.4 	(8) have read and understand the following statement: that giving false information is a 
44.5 	felony punishable by not more than five years imprisonment or a fine of not more than 
44.6 	$10,000, or both."
44.7 	The certification must include boxes for the voter to respond to the following questions:
44.8 	"(1) Are you a citizen of the United States?" and
44.9 	"(2) Will you be 18 years old on or before election day?"
44.10 	And the instruction:
44.11 	"If you checked 'no' to either of these questions, do not complete this form."
44.12 	The form of the voter registration application and the certification of voter eligibility 
44.13 	must be as provided in this subdivision and approved by the secretary of state. Voter 
44.14 	registration forms authorized by the National Voter Registration Act must also be accepted 
44.15 	as valid. The federal postcard application form must also be accepted as valid if it is not 
44.16 	deficient and the voter is eligible to register in Minnesota.
44.17 	An individual may use a voter registration application to apply to register to vote in 
44.18 	Minnesota or to change information on an existing registration.

44.19 	Sec. 14. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.071, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
44.20 		Subd. 2.Instructions. A registration application shall be accompanied by instructions 
44.21 	specifying the manner and method of registration, the qualifications for voting, the penalties 
44.22 	for false registration, and the availability of registration and voting assistance for elderly 
44.23 	and disabled individuals and residents of health care facilities and hospitals. The instructions 
44.24 	must indicate that if the voter does not have a valid Minnesota driver's license or identification 
44.25 	card, voter identification card, the last four digits of the voter's Social Security number must 
44.26 	be provided, unless the voter does not have a Social Security number. If, prior to election 
44.27 	day, a person requests the instructions in Braille, audio format, or in a version printed in 
44.28 	16-point bold type with 24-point leading, the county auditor shall provide them in the form 
44.29 	requested. The secretary of state shall prepare Braille and audio copies and make them 
44.30 	available.

45.1 	Sec. 15. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.071, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
45.2 		Subd. 3.Deficient registration. No voter registration application is deficient if it contains 
45.3 	the voter's name, address, date of birth, current and valid Minnesota driver's license number 
45.4 	or, Minnesota state identification number, or voter identification card number, or if the voter 
45.5 	has no current and valid Minnesota driver's license or, Minnesota state identification number, 
45.6 	or voter identification card number, the last four digits of the voter's Social Security number, 
45.7 	if the voter has been issued a Social Security number, prior registration, if any, and signature. 
45.8 	The absence of a zip code number does not cause the registration to be deficient. Failure to 
45.9 	check a box on an application form that a voter has certified to be true does not cause the 
45.10 	registration to be deficient. The election judges shall request an individual to correct a voter 
45.11 	registration application if it is deficient or illegible. No eligible voter may be prevented 
45.12 	from voting unless the voter's registration application is deficient or the voter is duly and 
45.13 	successfully challenged in accordance with section 201.195 or 204C.12.
45.14 	A voter registration application accepted prior to August 1, 1983, is not deficient for 
45.15 	lack of date of birth. The county or municipality may attempt to obtain the date of birth for 
45.16 	a voter registration application accepted prior to August 1, 1983, by a request to the voter 
45.17 	at any time except at the polling place. Failure by the voter to comply with this request does 
45.18 	not make the registration deficient.
45.19 	A voter registration application accepted before January 1, 2004, is not deficient for lack 
45.20 	of a valid Minnesota driver's license or state identification number or the last four digits of 
45.21 	a Social Security number. A voter registration application submitted by a voter who does 
45.22 	not have a Minnesota driver's license or state identification number, or a Social Security 
45.23 	number, is not deficient for lack of any of these numbers.
45.24 	A voter registration application submitted electronically through the website of the 
45.25 	secretary of state prior to April 30, 2014, is not invalid as a result of its electronic submission.

45.26 	Sec. 16. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.091, subdivision 9, is amended to read:
45.27 		Subd. 9.Restricted data. A list provided for public inspection or purchase, or in response 
45.28 	to a law enforcement inquiry, must not include a voter's date of birth or any part of a voter's 
45.29 	Social Security number, driver's license number, identification card number, voter 
45.30 	identification card number, military identification card number, or passport number.

46.1 	Sec. 17. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.121, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
46.2 		Subdivision 1.Entry of registration information. (a) At the time a voter registration 
46.3 	application is properly completed, submitted, and received in accordance with sections 
46.4 	201.061 and 201.071, the county auditor shall enter the information contained on it into the 
46.5 	statewide registration system. Voter registration applications completed before election day 
46.6 	must be entered into the statewide registration system within ten days after they have been 
46.7 	submitted to the county auditor. Voter registration applications completed on election day 
46.8 	must be entered into the statewide registration system within 42 days after the election, 
46.9 	unless the county auditor notifies the secretary of state before the deadline has expired that 
46.10 	the deadline will not be met. Upon receipt of a notification under this paragraph, the secretary 
46.11 	of state must extend the deadline for that county auditor by an additional 28 days. The 
46.12 	secretary of state may waive a county's obligations under this paragraph if, on good cause 
46.13 	shown, the county demonstrates its permanent inability to comply.
46.14 	The secretary of state must post data on each county's compliance with this paragraph on 
46.15 	the secretary of state's website including, as applicable, the date each county fully complied 
46.16 	or the deadline by which a county's compliance must be complete.
46.17 	(b) Upon receiving a completed voter registration application, the secretary of state may 
46.18 	electronically transmit the information on the application to the appropriate county auditor 
46.19 	as soon as possible for review by the county auditor before final entry into the statewide 
46.20 	registration system. The secretary of state may mail the voter registration application to the 
46.21 	county auditor.
46.22 	(c) Within ten days after the county auditor has entered information from a voter 
46.23 	registration application into the statewide registration system, the secretary of state shall 
46.24 	compare the voter's name, date of birth, and driver's license number, state identification 
46.25 	number, voter identification card number, or the last four digits of the Social Security number 
46.26 	with the same information contained in the Department of Public Safety database.
46.27 	(d) The secretary of state shall provide a report to the county auditor on a weekly basis 
46.28 	that includes a list of voters whose name, date of birth, or identification number have been 
46.29 	compared with the same information in the Department of Public Safety database and cannot 
46.30 	be verified as provided in this subdivision. The report must list separately those voters who 
46.31 	have submitted a voter registration application by mail and have not voted in a federal 
46.32 	election in this state.
46.33 	(e) The county auditor shall compile a list of voters for whom the county auditor and 
46.34 	the secretary of state are unable to conclude that information on the voter registration 
47.1 	application and the corresponding information in the Department of Public Safety database 
47.2 	relate to the same person.
47.3 	(f) The county auditor shall send a notice of incomplete registration to any voter whose 
47.4 	name appears on the list and change the voter's status to "incomplete." A voter who receives 
47.5 	a notice of incomplete registration from the county auditor may either provide the information 
47.6 	required to complete the registration at least 21 days before the next election or at the polling 
47.7 	place on election day.

47.8 	Sec. 18. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.13, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
47.9 		Subd. 3.Use of change of address system. (a) At least once each month the secretary 
47.10 	of state shall obtain a list of individuals registered to vote in this state who have filed with 
47.11 	the United States Postal Service a change of their permanent address. The secretary of state 
47.12 	may also periodically obtain a list of individuals with driver's licenses or, state identification 
47.13 	cards, or voter identification cards to identify those who are registered to vote who have 
47.14 	applied to the Department of Public Safety for a replacement driver's license or, state 
47.15 	identification card, or voter identification card with a different address, and a list of 
47.16 	individuals for whom the Department of Public Safety received notification of a driver's 
47.17 	license or, state identification card, or voter identification card cancellation due to a change 
47.18 	of residency out of state. However, the secretary of state shall not load data derived from 
47.19 	these lists into the statewide voter registration system within the 47 days before the state 
47.20 	primary or 47 days before a November general election.
47.21 	(b) If the address is changed to another address in this state, the secretary of state shall 
47.22 	locate the precinct in which the voter resides, if possible. If the secretary of state is able to 
47.23 	locate the precinct in which the voter resides, the secretary must transmit the information 
47.24 	about the changed address by electronic means to the county auditor of the county in which 
47.25 	the new address is located. For addresses for which the secretary of state is unable to 
47.26 	determine the precinct, the secretary may forward information to the appropriate county 
47.27 	auditors for individual review. If the voter has not voted or submitted a voter registration 
47.28 	application since the address change, upon receipt of the information, the county auditor 
47.29 	shall update the voter's address in the statewide voter registration system. The county auditor 
47.30 	shall mail to the voter a notice stating the voter's name, address, precinct, and polling place, 
47.31 	unless the voter's record is challenged due to a felony conviction, noncitizenship, name 
47.32 	change, incompetence, or a court's revocation of voting rights of individuals under 
47.33 	guardianship, in which case the auditor must not mail the notice. The notice must advise 
47.34 	the voter that the voter's voting address has been changed and that the voter must notify the 
48.1 	county auditor within 21 days if the new address is not the voter's address of residence. The 
48.2 	notice must state that it must be returned if it is not deliverable to the voter at the named 
48.3 	address.
48.4 	(c) If the change of permanent address is to an address outside this state, the secretary 
48.5 	of state shall notify by electronic means the auditor of the county where the voter formerly 
48.6 	resided that the voter has moved to another state. If the voter has not voted or submitted a 
48.7 	voter registration application since the address change, the county auditor shall promptly 
48.8 	mail to the voter at the voter's new address a notice advising the voter that the voter's status 
48.9 	in the statewide voter registration system will be changed to "inactive" unless the voter 
48.10 	notifies the county auditor within 21 days that the voter is retaining the former address as 
48.11 	the voter's address of residence, except that if the voter's record is challenged due to a felony 
48.12 	conviction, noncitizenship, name change, incompetence, or a court's revocation of voting 
48.13 	rights of individuals under guardianship, the auditor must not mail the notice. If the notice 
48.14 	is not received by the deadline, the county auditor shall change the voter's status to "inactive" 
48.15 	in the statewide voter registration system.
48.16 	(d) If, in order to maintain voter registration records, the secretary of state enters an 
48.17 	agreement to share information or data with an organization governed exclusively by a 
48.18 	group of states, the secretary must first determine that the data security protocols are sufficient 
48.19 	to safeguard the information or data shared. If required by such an agreement, the secretary 
48.20 	of state may share the following data from the statewide voter registration system and data 
48.21 	released to the secretary of state under section 171.12, subdivision 7a:
48.22 	(1) name;
48.23 	(2) date of birth;
48.24 	(3) address;
48.25 	(4) driver's license or, state identification card number, or voter identification number;
48.26 	(5) the last four digits of an individual's Social Security number; and
48.27 	(6) the date that an individual's record was last updated.
48.28 	If the secretary of state enters into such an agreement, the secretary and county auditors 
48.29 	must process changes to voter records based upon that data in accordance with this section. 
48.30 	Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, when data is shared with the secretary of 
48.31 	state by another state, the secretary of state must maintain the same data classification that 
48.32 	the data had while it was in the possession of the state providing the data.

49.1 	Sec. 19. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.14, is amended to read:
49.2 	201.14 COURT ADMINISTRATOR OF DISTRICT COURT; REPORT CHANGES 
49.3 	OF NAMES.
49.4 	The state court administrator shall regularly report by electronic means to the secretary 
49.5 	of state the name, address, and, if available, driver's license or, state identification card 
49.6 	number, or voter identification card number of each individual, 18 years of age or over, 
49.7 	whose name was changed since the last report, by marriage, divorce, or any order or decree 
49.8 	of the court. The secretary of state shall determine if any of the persons in the report are 
49.9 	registered to vote under their previous name and shall prepare a list of those registrants for 
49.10 	each county auditor. Upon receipt of the list, the county auditor shall make the change in 
49.11 	the voter's record and mail to the voter the notice of registration required by section 201.121, 
49.12 	subdivision 2. A notice must not be mailed if the voter's record is challenged due to a felony 
49.13 	conviction, lack of United States citizenship, legal incompetence, or court-ordered revocation 
49.14 	of voting rights of persons under guardianship.

49.15 	Sec. 20. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.145, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
49.16 		Subd. 2.State court administrator report. (a) The state court administrator must report 
49.17 	on individuals 17 years of age or older who are under a guardianship in which a court order 
49.18 	revokes the ward's right to vote or where the court has found the individual to be legally 
49.19 	incompetent to vote.
49.20 	(b) The state court administrator must report on individuals transferred to the jurisdiction 
49.21 	of the court who meet a condition specified in paragraph (a).
49.22 	(c) Each report required under this subdivision must include the following information 
49.23 	for each individual in the report: name, address, date of birth, and, if available, last four 
49.24 	digits of the Social Security number and driver's license or, state identification card number, 
49.25 	or voter identification card number.
49.26 	(d) No later than seven calendar days after receiving a report under this subdivision, the 
49.27 	secretary of state must determine if a person identified under paragraphs (a) and (b) is 
49.28 	registered to vote and must prepare a list of those registrants for the county auditor. No later 
49.29 	than seven calendar days after receiving the list from the secretary of state, the county auditor 
49.30 	must challenge the status on the record in the statewide voter registration system of each 
49.31 	individual named in the list.

50.1 	Sec. 21. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.145, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
50.2 		Subd. 3.Commissioner of corrections report; state court administrator report. (a) 
50.3 	The state court administrator must report on individuals 17 years of age or older who have 
50.4 	been convicted of a felony.
50.5 	(b) The commissioner of corrections must report on individuals 17 years of age or older 
50.6 	who are currently:
50.7 	(1) serving felony sentences under the commissioner's jurisdiction; or
50.8 	(2) on probation for felony offenses that resulted in the loss of civil rights, as indicated 
50.9 	by the statewide supervision system established under section 241.065.
50.10 	(c) Each report under this subdivision must include the following information for each 
50.11 	individual: name, address or last known residential address that is not a correctional facility, 
50.12 	and date of birth. If available, each report must also include the individual's: corrections' 
50.13 	state identification number, last four digits of the Social Security number, driver's license 
50.14 	or, state identification card number, or voter identification card number, date of sentence, 
50.15 	effective date of the sentence, county in which the conviction occurred, and date of discharge.
50.16 	(d) No later than seven calendar days after receiving a report under this subdivision, the 
50.17 	secretary of state must determine if a person identified under paragraph (a) is registered to 
50.18 	vote and must prepare a list of those registrants for the county auditor. No later than seven 
50.19 	calendar days after receiving a report under this subdivision, the secretary of state must 
50.20 	determine if any data newly indicates that a person identified under paragraph (b) is registered 
50.21 	to vote and must prepare a list of those registrants for the county auditor. No later than seven 
50.22 	calendar days after receiving the list from the secretary of state, the county auditor must 
50.23 	challenge the status on the record in the statewide voter registration system of each individual 
50.24 	named in the list.
50.25 	(e) The county auditor must identify an individual who registered to vote or voted while 
50.26 	serving a felony sentence under the commissioner's jurisdiction or while on probation for 
50.27 	a felony offense that resulted in the loss of civil rights during a period when the individual's 
50.28 	civil rights were revoked. The county auditor must immediately send notice to the county 
50.29 	attorney. The notice must include the name of the individual and any other identifying 
50.30 	information as well as the evidence that shows the individual registered to vote or voted 
50.31 	during the period when the individual's civil rights were revoked.

51.1 	Sec. 22. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.145, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
51.2 		Subd. 4.Reports; restoration of right to vote. (a) The state court administrator must 
51.3 	report on each individual whose guardianship was modified to restore the ward's right to 
51.4 	vote or whose guardianship was terminated by order of the court under section 524.5-317 
51.5 	after being ineligible to vote for any of the reasons specified in subdivision 2, paragraph 
51.6 	(a).
51.7 	(b) The state court administrator must report on individuals previously convicted of a 
51.8 	felony whose civil rights have been restored.
51.9 	(c) The commissioner of corrections must report on individuals who were serving a 
51.10 	felony sentence under the commissioner's jurisdiction or who were on probation for a felony 
51.11 	offense under the commissioner's jurisdiction that resulted in the loss of civil rights but who 
51.12 	have been discharged from the sentence.
51.13 	(d) Each report under this subdivision must include the following information for each 
51.14 	individual: name, address, date of birth, and, if available, the last four digits of the Social 
51.15 	Security number. For reports required by paragraphs (b) and (c), each report must also 
51.16 	include the individual's, if available: corrections' state identification number, driver's license 
51.17 	or, state identification card number, or voter identification card number, date of sentence, 
51.18 	effective date of the sentence, county in which the conviction occurred, and date of discharge.
51.19 	(e) No later than seven calendar days after receiving a report under this subdivision, the 
51.20 	secretary of state must determine if a person identified under paragraph (a) or (b) is registered 
51.21 	to vote and must prepare a list of those registrants for the county auditor. No later than seven 
51.22 	calendar days after receiving a report under this subdivision, the secretary of state must 
51.23 	determine if any data newly indicates that a person identified under paragraph (c) is registered 
51.24 	to vote and must prepare a list of those registrants for the county auditor. No later than seven 
51.25 	calendar days after receiving the list from the secretary of state, the county auditor must 
51.26 	remove the challenge status on the record in the statewide voter registration system of each 
51.27 	individual named in the list.

51.28 	Sec. 23. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.145, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
51.29 		Subd. 5.Commissioner of public safety report. (a) The commissioner of public safety 
51.30 	must report on individuals identified by department data as having temporary lawful status 
51.31 	in the United States.
51.32 	(b) The report under this section must include the following information for each 
51.33 	individual: name, address, date of birth, driver's license or, state identification card number, 
52.1 	voter identification card number, and, if available, last four digits of the Social Security 
52.2 	number.
52.3 	(c) No later than seven calendar days after receiving a report under this subdivision, the 
52.4 	secretary of state must determine if any data newly indicates that a person identified under 
52.5 	paragraph (a) is registered to vote and prepare a list of those voters for the county auditor. 
52.6 	Within seven calendar days of receiving the list from the secretary of state, the county 
52.7 	auditor must challenge the status on the record in the statewide voter registration system of 
52.8 	each individual named in the list.
52.9 	(d) The county auditor must also immediately send notice to the county attorney of each 
52.10 	individual identified in paragraph (c). The notice must include the name of the individual 
52.11 	and any other identifying information as well as the evidence that shows the individual 
52.12 	registered to vote or voted and is not a citizen.

52.13 	Sec. 24. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.161, is amended to read:
52.14 	201.161 DRIVER'S LICENSE AND IDENTIFICATION CARD APPLICATIONS.
52.15 	The Department of Public Safety shall change its applications for an original, duplicate, 
52.16 	or change of address driver's license or, identification card, or voter identification card so 
52.17 	that the forms may also serve as voter registration applications. The forms must contain 
52.18 	spaces for all information collected by voter registration applications prescribed by the 
52.19 	secretary of state. Applicants for driver's licenses or, identification cards, or voter 
52.20 	identification cards must be asked if they want to register to vote at the same time and that 
52.21 	information must be transmitted at least weekly by electronic means to the secretary of state. 
52.22 	Pursuant to the Help America Vote Act of 2002, Public Law 107-252, the computerized 
52.23 	driver's license record containing the voter's name, address, date of birth, driver's license 
52.24 	number or state identification number, county, town, and city must be made available for 
52.25 	access by the secretary of state and interaction with the statewide voter registration system.

52.26 	Sec. 25. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 201.225, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
52.27 		Subd. 2.Technology requirements. An electronic roster must:
52.28 	(1) be able to be loaded with a data file that includes voter registration data in a file 
52.29 	format prescribed by the secretary of state;
52.30 	(2) allow for data to be exported in a file format prescribed by the secretary of state;
52.31 	(3) allow for data to be entered manually or by scanning a Minnesota driver's license
52.32 	or, identification card, or voter identification card to locate a voter record or populate a 
53.1 	voter registration application that would be printed and signed and dated by the voter. The 
53.2 	printed registration application can be either a printed form, labels printed with voter 
53.3 	information to be affixed to a preprinted form, or a combination of both;
53.4 	(4) allow an election judge to update data that was populated from a scanned driver's 
53.5 	license or, identification card, or voter identification card;
53.6 	(5) cue an election judge to ask for and input data that is not populated from a scanned 
53.7 	driver's license or, identification card, or voter identification card that is otherwise required 
53.8 	to be collected from the voter or an election judge;
53.9 	(6) immediately alert the election judge if the voter has provided information that indicates 
53.10 	that the voter is not eligible to vote;
53.11 	(7) immediately alert the election judge if the electronic roster indicates that a voter has 
53.12 	already voted in that precinct, the voter's registration status is challenged, or it appears the 
53.13 	voter resides in a different precinct;
53.14 	(8) provide immediate instructions on how to resolve a particular type of challenge when 
53.15 	a voter's record is challenged;
53.16 	(9) provide for a printed voter signature certificate, containing the voter's name, address 
53.17 	of residence, date of birth, voter identification number, the oath required by section 204C.10, 
53.18 	and a space for the voter's original signature. The printed voter signature certificate can be 
53.19 	either a printed form or a label printed with the voter's information to be affixed to the oath;
53.20 	(10) contain only preregistered voters within the precinct, and not contain preregistered 
53.21 	voter data on voters registered outside of the precinct;
53.22 	(11) be only networked within the polling location on election day, except for the purpose 
53.23 	of updating absentee ballot records;
53.24 	(12) meet minimum security, reliability, and networking standards established by the 
53.25 	Office of the Secretary of State in consultation with the Office of MN.IT Services;
53.26 	(13) be capable of providing a voter's correct polling place; and
53.27 	(14) perform any other functions necessary for the efficient and secure administration 
53.28 	of the participating election, as determined by the secretary of state.
53.29 	Electronic rosters used only for election day registration do not need to comply with clauses 
53.30 	(1), (8), and (10). Electronic rosters used only for preregistered voter processing do not need 
53.31 	to comply with clauses (4) and (5).

54.1 	Sec. 26. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 203B.065, is amended to read:
54.2 	203B.065 USING THE REGISTRATION SYSTEM.
54.3 	Upon accepting an application for a state primary or state general election, the county 
54.4 	auditor or municipal clerk shall record in the statewide voter registration system the voter's 
54.5 	name, date of birth, address of residence in Minnesota, mailing address, Minnesota driver's 
54.6 	license or, state identification number, or voter identification card, or the last four digits of 
54.7 	the voter's Social Security number, if provided by the voter. Upon acceptance of an absentee 
54.8 	ballot application of a voter who is registered to vote at an address different from the 
54.9 	residential address certified on the absentee ballot application, the voter registration record 
54.10 	with the previous address shall be challenged. Once the absentee ballot has been transmitted 
54.11 	to the voter, the method of transmission and the date of transmission must be recorded.
54.12 	Upon receipt of a returned absentee ballot for a state primary or state general election, 
54.13 	the county auditor or municipal clerk shall record in the statewide voter registration system 
54.14 	that the voter has returned the ballot.
54.15 	Upon receipt of notice that the ballot board has accepted or rejected the absentee ballot 
54.16 	for a state primary or state general election, the county auditor or municipal clerk shall 
54.17 	record in the statewide voter registration system whether the ballot was accepted or rejected, 
54.18 	and if rejected, the reason for rejection. If a replacement ballot is transmitted to the voter, 
54.19 	the county auditor or municipal clerk shall record this in the statewide voter registration 
54.20 	system.
54.21 	The labels provided for envelopes used for transmitting an absentee ballot to and from 
54.22 	an applicant for an absentee ballot for a state primary or state general election must contain 
54.23 	bar codes generated by the statewide voter registration system to facilitate the recording 
54.24 	required under this section. A county auditor or municipal clerk entering information into 
54.25 	the statewide voter registration system under this section must include the information 
54.26 	provided on the bar code label whenever information is entered into the system.

54.27 	Sec. 27. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 203B.17, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
54.28 		Subd. 2.Required information. (a) An application shall be accepted if it contains the 
54.29 	following information stated under oath:
54.30 	(1) the voter's name, birthdate, and present address of residence in Minnesota, or former 
54.31 	address of residence or parent's former address of residence in Minnesota if the voter is 
54.32 	living permanently outside the United States;
55.1 	(2) a statement indicating that the voter is in the military, or is the spouse or dependent 
55.2 	of an individual serving in the military, or is temporarily outside the territorial limits of the 
55.3 	United States, or is living permanently outside the territorial limits of the United States and 
55.4 	voting under federal law;
55.5 	(3) a statement that the voter expects to be absent from the precinct at the time of the 
55.6 	election;
55.7 	(4) the address to which absentee ballots are to be mailed;
55.8 	(5) the voter's signature or the signature and relationship of the individual authorized to 
55.9 	apply on the voter's behalf;
55.10 	(6) the voter's passport number, Minnesota driver's license or, state identification card 
55.11 	number, or voter identification card, or the last four digits of the voter's Social Security 
55.12 	number; if the voter does not have access to any of these documents, the voter or other 
55.13 	individual requesting absentee ballots may attest to the truthfulness of the contents of the 
55.14 	application under penalty of perjury; and
55.15 	(7) the voter's e-mail address, if the application was submitted electronically through 
55.16 	the secure website maintained by the secretary of state.
55.17 	(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), clause (6), an application submitted through the 
55.18 	secretary of state's website must include the voter's verifiable Minnesota driver's license 
55.19 	number, Minnesota state identification card number, voter identification card number, or 
55.20 	the last four digits of the voter's Social Security number, and may only be transmitted to 
55.21 	the county auditor for processing if the secretary of state has verified the application 
55.22 	information matches the information in a government database associated with the applicant's 
55.23 	driver's license number, state identification card number, voter identification card number, 
55.24 	or Social Security number. The secretary of state must review all unverifiable applications 
55.25 	for evidence of suspicious activity and must forward any such application to an appropriate 
55.26 	law enforcement agency for investigation.

55.27 	Sec. 28. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 203B.19, is amended to read:
55.28 	203B.19 RECORDING APPLICATIONS.
55.29 	Upon accepting an application, the county auditor shall record in the statewide registration 
55.30 	system the voter's name, address of present or former residence in Minnesota, mailing 
55.31 	address, school district number, passport number, Minnesota driver's license number or,
55.32 	state identification card number, or voter identification card number, or the last four digits 
55.33 	of the voter's Social Security number, and whether the voter is in the military or the spouse 
56.1 	or dependent of an individual serving in the military, is a voter temporarily outside the 
56.2 	territorial limits of the United States, or is living permanently outside the territorial limits 
56.3 	of the United States and voting under federal law. The county auditor shall retain the record 
56.4 	for six years. A voter whose name is recorded as provided in this section shall not be required 
56.5 	to register under any other provision of law in order to vote under sections 203B.16 to 
56.6 	203B.27. Persons from whom applications are not accepted must be notified by the county 
56.7 	auditor and provided with the reasons for the rejection.
56.8 	No later than 60 days after the general election, the county auditor shall report to the 
56.9 	secretary of state the combined number of absentee ballots transmitted to and the combined 
56.10 	number of absentee ballots returned and cast by absent voters described in section 203B.16. 
56.11 	The secretary of state may require the information be reported by category under section 
56.12 	203B.16 or by precinct.
56.13 	No later than 90 days after the general election, the secretary of state shall report to the 
56.14 	federal Election Assistance Commission the number of absentee ballots transmitted to voters 
56.15 	under section 203B.16.

56.16 	Sec. 29. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 203B.21, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
56.17 		Subd. 3.Back of return envelope. On the back of the return envelope a certificate shall 
56.18 	appear with space for:
56.19 	(1) the voter's address of present or former residence in Minnesota;
56.20 	(2) the voter's current e-mail address, if the voter has one;
56.21 	(3) a statement indicating the category described in section 203B.16 to which the voter 
56.22 	belongs;
56.23 	(4) a statement that the voter has not cast and will not cast another absentee ballot in the 
56.24 	same election or elections;
56.25 	(5) a statement that the voter personally marked the ballots without showing them to 
56.26 	anyone, or if physically unable to mark them, that the voter directed another individual to 
56.27 	mark them; and
56.28 	(6) the same voter's passport number, Minnesota driver's license or, state identification 
56.29 	card number, or voter identification card, or the last four digits of the voter's Social Security 
56.30 	number as provided on the absentee ballot application; if the voter does not have access to 
56.31 	any of these documents, the voter may attest to the truthfulness of the contents of the 
56.32 	certificate under penalty of perjury.
57.1 	The certificate shall also contain a signed oath in the form required by section 705 of 
57.2 	the Help America Vote Act, Public Law 107-252, which must read:
57.3 	"I swear or affirm, under penalty of perjury, that:
57.4 	I am a member of the uniformed services or merchant marine on active duty or an eligible 
57.5 	spouse or dependent of such a member; a United States citizen temporarily residing outside 
57.6 	the United States; or other United States citizen residing outside the United States; and I 
57.7 	am a United States citizen, at least 18 years of age (or will be by the date of the election), 
57.8 	and I am eligible to vote in the requested jurisdiction; I have not been convicted of a felony, 
57.9 	or other disqualifying offense, or been adjudicated mentally incompetent, or, if so, my voting 
57.10 	rights have been reinstated; and I am not registering, requesting a ballot, or voting in any 
57.11 	other jurisdiction in the United States except the jurisdiction cited in this voting form. In 
57.12 	voting, I have marked and sealed my ballot in private and have not allowed any person to 
57.13 	observe the marking of the ballot, except for those authorized to assist voters under state or 
57.14 	federal law. I have not been influenced.
57.15 	The information on this form is true, accurate, and complete to the best of my knowledge. 
57.16 	I understand that a material misstatement of fact in completion of this document may 
57.17 	constitute grounds for a conviction for perjury."

57.18 	Sec. 30. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 203B.24, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
57.19 		Subdivision 1.Check of voter eligibility; proper execution of certificate. Upon receipt 
57.20 	of an absentee ballot returned as provided in sections 203B.16 to 203B.27, the election 
57.21 	judges shall compare the voter's name with the names recorded under section 203B.19 in 
57.22 	the statewide registration system to insure that the ballot is from a voter eligible to cast an 
57.23 	absentee ballot under sections 203B.16 to 203B.27. The election judges shall mark the return 
57.24 	envelope "Accepted" and initial or sign the return envelope below the word "Accepted" if 
57.25 	the election judges are satisfied that:
57.26 	(1) the voter's name on the return envelope appears in substantially the same form as on 
57.27 	the application records provided to the election judges by the county auditor;
57.28 	(2) the voter has signed the federal oath prescribed pursuant to section 705(b)(2) of the 
57.29 	Help America Vote Act, Public Law 107-252;
57.30 	(3) the voter has set forth the same voter's passport number, or Minnesota driver's license
57.31 	or, state identification card number, or voter identification card number, or the last four 
57.32 	digits of the voter's Social Security number as submitted on the application, if the voter has 
57.33 	one of these documents;
58.1 	(4) the voter is not known to have died; and
58.2 	(5) the voter has not already voted at that election, either in person or by absentee ballot.
58.3 	If the identification number described in clause (3) does not match the number as 
58.4 	submitted on the application, the election judges must make a reasonable effort to satisfy 
58.5 	themselves through other information provided by the applicant, or by an individual 
58.6 	authorized to apply on behalf of the voter, that the ballots were returned by the same person 
58.7 	to whom the ballots were transmitted.
58.8 	An absentee ballot cast pursuant to sections 203B.16 to 203B.27 may only be rejected 
58.9 	for the lack of one of clauses (1) to (5). In particular, failure to place the ballot within the 
58.10 	security envelope before placing it in the outer white envelope is not a reason to reject an 
58.11 	absentee ballot.
58.12 	Election judges must note the reason for rejection on the back of the envelope in the 
58.13 	space provided for that purpose.
58.14 	Failure to return unused ballots shall not invalidate a marked ballot, but a ballot shall 
58.15 	not be counted if the certificate on the return envelope is not properly executed. In all other 
58.16 	respects the provisions of the Minnesota Election Law governing deposit and counting of 
58.17 	ballots shall apply. Notwithstanding other provisions of this section, the counting of the 
58.18 	absentee ballot of a deceased voter does not invalidate the election.

58.19 	Sec. 31. EFFECTIVE DATE.
 58.20 	Except where otherwise provided, this article is effective June 1, 2023.

APPENDIX 

Repealed Minnesota Statutes: 21-01779 

201.061 REGISTRATION ON OR BEFORE ELECTION DAY.Subd. 7.Record of attempted registrations. 
The election judge responsible for election day registration shall attempt to keep a record of the number of individuals who attempt to register on election day but who cannot provide proof of residence as required by this section. The record shall be forwarded to the county auditor with the election returns for that precinct.