Bill > SF2582

This bill makes miscellaneous modifications to Minnesota's election laws. Some key provisions include: - Allowing program participants in the Address Confidentiality Program to permanently register as absentee voters, without requiring the Secretary of State to send an absentee ballot application before each election. - Modifying the voter registration application form, including allowing applicants to indicate they have "maintained residence" in Minnesota for 20 days rather than "resided" for 20 days. - Changing requirements for election judge appointments, including allowing appointment of individuals who indicate they do not affiliate with a major political party. - Expanding when absentee ballot application information must be made available to the public. - Reducing the standard for acceptable voting system performance in post-election reviews from one-half percent to one-quarter percent. - Allowing counties, municipalities, and school districts to conduct mail-only elections for questions, and allowing those elections to include some offices in overlapping jurisdictions. - Requiring the State Canvassing Board to declare the candidates who received the highest number of votes duly elected upon completion of the state canvass.