2003 Minnesota Statutes

  201.13 Report of deceased voters; changes to voter 
  records. 

    Subdivision 1.    Commissioner of health, reports of 
 deceased residents.  The commissioner of health shall report 
 monthly to the secretary of state the name, address, date of 
 birth, and county of residence of each individual 18 years of 
 age or older who has died while maintaining residence in 
 Minnesota since the last previous report.  The secretary of 
 state shall determine if any of the persons listed in the report 
 are registered to vote and shall prepare a list of those 
 registrants for each county auditor.  Within 60 days after 
 receiving the list from the secretary of state, the county 
 auditor shall change the status of those registrants to 
 "deceased" in the statewide registration system. 

    Subd. 2.    Deceased nonresidents.  After receiving 
 notice of death of a voter who has died outside the county, the 
 county auditor shall change the voter's status to "deceased."  
 Notice must be in the form of a printed obituary or a written 
 statement signed by a registered voter of the county.  

    Subd. 3.    Use of change of address system.  The county 
 auditor may delete the records in the statewide registration 
 system of voters whose change of address can be confirmed by the 
 United States Postal Service.  The secretary of state may 
 provide the county auditors with periodic reports on voters 
 whose change of address can be confirmed by the United States 
 Postal Service. 

    Subd. 4.    Request for removal of voter record.  If a 
 voter makes a written request for removal of the voter's record, 
 the county auditor shall remove the record of the voter from the 
 statewide registration system. 

    HIST: 1959 c 675 art 2 s 13; 1973 c 676 s 11; 1981 c 29 art 2 
 s 16; 1987 c 361 s 8; 1989 c 7 s 1; 1991 c 227 s 7; 1993 c 101 s 
 1; 1993 c 223 s 4,5; 1994 c 465 art 3 s 63; 1997 c 147 s 7,8; 
 1999 c 132 s 7