Bill Text: MN HF1532 | 2011-2012 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Secretary of state duties imposed, and lists of registrants with challenged voting statuses due to felony convictions required.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-02 - Committee report, to pass as amended and re-refer to Judiciary Policy and Finance [HF1532 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF1532-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Secretary of state duties imposed, and lists of registrants with challenged voting statuses due to felony convictions required.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-02 - Committee report, to pass as amended and re-refer to Judiciary Policy and Finance [HF1532 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2011-HF1532-Introduced.html
1.2relating to elections; imposing certain duties; requiring certain lists; proposing
1.3coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 201.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. [201.156] USE OF STATE COURT DATA.
1.6The state court administrator may make electronic data available to the secretary of
1.7state on individuals 18 years of age or older who are currently serving felony sentences
1.8who are not under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of corrections. The data must
1.9include the name, date of birth, court identification number and, if available, the driver's
1.10license or state identification card number and, if an individual has completed the
1.11sentence, the date of discharge.
1.12The secretary of state must determine if that data newly indicates that:
1.13(1) an individual with an active voter registration in the statewide voter registration
1.14system is currently serving a felony sentence and the individual's voter record does not
1.15already have a challenged status due to a felony conviction;
1.16(2) an individual with an active voter registration in the statewide voter registration
1.17system who is currently serving a felony sentence appears to have registered to vote or to
1.18have voted during a period when the individual's civil rights were revoked; and
1.19(3) an individual with a voter record that has a challenged status due to a felony
1.20conviction who was serving a felony sentence has been discharged from a sentence.
1.21The secretary of state shall prepare a list of the registrants included under clause (1),
1.22(2), or (3) for each county auditor. For individuals under clause (1), the county auditor
1.23shall challenge the individual's record in the statewide voter registration system. The
1.24county auditory must provide information to the county attorney about individuals under
2.1clause (2) for the county attorney's investigation. For individuals under clause (3), the
2.2county auditor must determine if the challenge status should be removed from the voter
2.3record for the individual and, if so, must remove the challenge.
2.4The secretary of state must make the required determinations and provide the
2.5required lists to the county auditors at least monthly.
2.6For each state general election that occurs prior to the statewide voter registration
2.7system being programmed to generate lists as required by this section, the secretary of
2.8state must make the determination and provide lists to the county auditors between 30 and
2.960 days before the election and again between six and ten weeks after the election. In the
2.10year following that state election, the secretary of state must make this determination and
2.11provide lists to the county auditors again as part of the annual list maintenance.
1.3coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 201.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. [201.156] USE OF STATE COURT DATA.
1.6The state court administrator may make electronic data available to the secretary of
1.7state on individuals 18 years of age or older who are currently serving felony sentences
1.8who are not under the jurisdiction of the commissioner of corrections. The data must
1.9include the name, date of birth, court identification number and, if available, the driver's
1.10license or state identification card number and, if an individual has completed the
1.11sentence, the date of discharge.
1.12The secretary of state must determine if that data newly indicates that:
1.13(1) an individual with an active voter registration in the statewide voter registration
1.14system is currently serving a felony sentence and the individual's voter record does not
1.15already have a challenged status due to a felony conviction;
1.16(2) an individual with an active voter registration in the statewide voter registration
1.17system who is currently serving a felony sentence appears to have registered to vote or to
1.18have voted during a period when the individual's civil rights were revoked; and
1.19(3) an individual with a voter record that has a challenged status due to a felony
1.20conviction who was serving a felony sentence has been discharged from a sentence.
1.21The secretary of state shall prepare a list of the registrants included under clause (1),
1.22(2), or (3) for each county auditor. For individuals under clause (1), the county auditor
1.23shall challenge the individual's record in the statewide voter registration system. The
1.24county auditory must provide information to the county attorney about individuals under
2.1clause (2) for the county attorney's investigation. For individuals under clause (3), the
2.2county auditor must determine if the challenge status should be removed from the voter
2.3record for the individual and, if so, must remove the challenge.
2.4The secretary of state must make the required determinations and provide the
2.5required lists to the county auditors at least monthly.
2.6For each state general election that occurs prior to the statewide voter registration
2.7system being programmed to generate lists as required by this section, the secretary of
2.8state must make the determination and provide lists to the county auditors between 30 and
2.960 days before the election and again between six and ten weeks after the election. In the
2.10year following that state election, the secretary of state must make this determination and
2.11provide lists to the county auditors again as part of the annual list maintenance.
