2006 Minnesota Statutes

201.171 POSTING VOTING HISTORY; FAILURE TO VOTE; REGISTRATION
REMOVED.
Within six weeks after every election, the county auditor shall post the voting history for
every person who voted in the election. After the close of the calendar year, the secretary of state
shall determine if any registrants have not voted during the preceding four years. The secretary of
state shall perform list maintenance by changing the status of those registrants to "inactive" in the
statewide registration system. The list maintenance performed must be conducted in a manner
that ensures that the name of each registered voter appears in the official list of eligible voters in
the statewide registration system. A voter must not be removed from the official list of eligible
voters unless the voter is not eligible or is not registered to vote. List maintenance must include
procedures for eliminating duplicate names from the official list of eligible voters.
The secretary of state shall also prepare a report to the county auditor containing the names
of all registrants whose status was changed to "inactive."
Registrants whose status was changed to "inactive" must register in the manner specified
in section 201.054 before voting in any primary, special primary, general, school district, or
special election, as required by section 201.018.
Although not counted in an election, a late absentee ballot must be considered a vote for the
purpose of continuing registration.
History: 1973 c 676 s 14; 1981 c 29 art 2 s 20; 1987 c 361 s 12; 1990 c 585 s 14; 1997
c 147 s 11; 2004 c 293 art 1 s 18; art 2 s 11