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MN HF1619

MN HF1619
Voter history access improved.


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Introduced
02/27/2025
In Committee
02/27/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead

Introduced Session

94th Legislature 2025-2026

Bill Summary

A bill for an act relating to elections; improving access to voter history in a timely manner; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 201.171.

AI Summary

This bill modifies Minnesota's voter record-keeping procedures by reducing the timeframe for county auditors to post voting history from six weeks to ten days after each election. The bill maintains existing requirements for the secretary of state to perform list maintenance by identifying registrants who have not voted in four years and changing their status to "inactive" in the statewide registration system. The legislation ensures that voter names are not removed from the eligible voters list unless they are truly ineligible or unregistered, and requires list maintenance to eliminate duplicate names. Notably, the bill preserves a provision that allows late or rejected absentee or mail ballots to count toward maintaining a voter's registration status, even if those ballots are not officially counted in the election results. This change aims to improve the timeliness and accuracy of voter history tracking and registration records in Minnesota.

Committee Categories

Government Affairs

Sponsors (3)

Last Action

Author added Backer (on 03/03/2025)

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