Title Minnesota Statutes, Minnesota Statutes

201.021 PERMANENT REGISTRATION SYSTEM. A permanent system of voter registration by county is established, with a single, official, centralized, interactive computerized statewide voter registration list defined, maintained, and administered at the state level that contains the na…

201.022 STATEWIDE REGISTRATION SYSTEM. § Subdivision 1.Establishment. The secretary of state shall maintain a statewide voter registration system to facilitate voter registration and to provide a central database containing voter registration information from around the state. Th…

201.023 VOTER REGISTRATION. Amounts received by the secretary of state to pay the cost of producing lists of registered voters under section 201.091, subdivision 5, by the statewide registration system must be deposited in the state treasury and credited to the general fund. Hist…

201.054 METHODS OF REGISTERING; PROHIBITIONS; PENALTY. § Subdivision 1.Registration. (a) An individual may register to vote or update a voter registration: (1) at any time before the 20th day preceding any election as provided in section 201.061, subdivision 1; (2) on the day of …

201.056 SIGNATURE OF REGISTERED VOTER; MARKS ALLOWED. An individual who is unable to write the individual's name must sign a registration application in the manner provided by section 645.44, subdivision 14. If the individual registers in person and signs by making a mark, the cl…

201.061 REGISTRATION ON OR BEFORE ELECTION DAY. § Subdivision 1.Prior to election day. (a) At any time except during the 20 days immediately preceding any regularly scheduled election, an eligible voter or any individual who will be an eligible voter at the time of the next elect…

201.071 REGISTRATION APPLICATIONS. § Subdivision 1.Form. Both paper and electronic voter registration applications must contain the same information unless otherwise provided by law. A voter registration application must contain spaces for the following required information: vote…

201.081 REGISTRATION FILES. § Subdivision 1.Statewide registration system. (a) The statewide registration system is the official record of registered voters. The voter registration applications and the terminal providing access to the statewide registration system must be under t…

201.091 REGISTERED VOTER LISTS; REPORTS; REGISTRATION PLACES. § Subdivision 1.Master list. Each county auditor shall prepare and maintain a current list of registered voters in each precinct in the county which is known as the master list. The master list must be created by enter…

201.096 SCHOOL ELECTIONS; USE OF VOTER REGISTRATION SYSTEM. The county auditor shall allow independent or special school districts to use the necessary portions of the statewide registration system for school district elections. The county auditor may impose reasonable requiremen…

201.11 MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 675 art 13 s 1] 201.11 PRECINCT BOUNDARIES; HOUSE NUMBER; STREET ADDRESS CHANGED, CHANGE OF FILES. § Subdivision 1.Precinct boundaries changed. When the boundaries of a precinct are changed, the county auditor shall immediately update the voter re…

201.12 MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 675 art 13 s 1] 201.12 PROPER REGISTRATION; VERIFICATION BY MAIL; CHALLENGES. § Subdivision 1.Notice of registration. To prevent fraudulent voting and to eliminate excess names, the county auditor may mail to any registered voter a notice stating …

201.121 ENTRY OF NAMES; MAILED NOTICE. § Subdivision 1.Entry of registration information. (a) At the time a voter registration application is properly completed, submitted, and received in accordance with sections 201.061 and 201.071, the county auditor must enter or update the i…

201.13 MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 675 art 13 s 1] 201.13 REPORT OF DECEASED VOTERS; CHANGES TO VOTER RECORDS. § Subdivision 1.Commissioner of health; reports of deceased residents. Pursuant to the Help America Vote Act of 2002, Public Law 107-252, the commissioner of health shall …

201.14 MS 1957 [Repealed, 1959 c 675 art 13 s 1] 201.14 COURT ADMINISTRATOR OF DISTRICT COURT; REPORT CHANGES OF NAMES. The state court administrator must regularly report by electronic means to the secretary of state the name, address, and, if available, driver's license or stat…

201.145 REPORTS ON GUARDIANSHIPS, LEGAL INCOMPETENCE, FELONY INCARCERATIONS, AND CITIZENSHIP; STATUS CHANGES. § Subdivision 1.Report requirements. Reports required by this section must be submitted to the secretary of state as provided in this section. Reports from the state cour…

201.161 AUTOMATIC VOTER REGISTRATION. § Subdivision 1.Automatic registration. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an individual must be registered to vote if the individual is eligible to vote under section 201.014 and properly completes and submits one of the follo…

201.1611 POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTION AND SCHOOL DISTRICT VOTER REGISTRATION. § Subdivision 1.Forms. (a) All postsecondary institutions that enroll students accepting state or federal financial aid must provide voter registration forms to each student during the fall and spring of e…

201.1615 INFORMATION SHARING; USE OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER. The secretary of state shall enter into an agreement with the commissioner of public safety to match information in the statewide voter registration system with information in the Department of Public Safety database to…

201.162 DUTIES OF STATE AGENCIES. The commissioner or chief administrative officer of each state agency or community-based public agency or nonprofit corporation that contracts with the state agency to carry out obligations of the state agency must provide voter registration serv…

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 …

201.195 CHALLENGES. § Subdivision 1.Petition; timing. (a) Upon petition filed with the county auditor, any voter registered within a county may challenge the eligibility or residence of any other voter registered within that county. A petition filed pursuant to this section must …

201.211 COSTS. The office required to perform the functions and duties of this chapter shall bear the costs incurred. If these functions and duties are delegated to another office, that office shall bear the costs. The secretary of state shall pay the costs of operating and maint…

201.221 RULES. § Subdivision 1.Adoption of rules. To implement the provisions of this chapter, the secretary of state shall adopt rules consistent with federal and state election laws. § Subd. 2.Uniform procedures for counties. The secretary of state shall assist local election o…

201.225 ELECTRONIC ROSTER AUTHORIZATION. § Subdivision 1.Authority. A county, municipality, or school district may use electronic rosters for any election. In a county, municipality, or school district that uses electronic rosters, the head elections official may designate that s…

201.27 MS 1957 [Renumbered 201.30] 201.27 VIOLATIONS, PENALTY. § Subdivision 1.Intentional violation. No officer, deputy, clerk, or other employee shall intentionally: (1) fail to perform or enforce any of the provisions of this chapter except subdivision 2; (2) remove a registra…

201.275 INVESTIGATIONS; PROSECUTIONS. (a) A law enforcement agency that is notified by affidavit of an alleged violation of this chapter must promptly investigate. Upon receiving an affidavit alleging a violation of this chapter, a county attorney must promptly forward it to a la…

201.276 DUTIES OF SECRETARY OF STATE; INFORMATION ABOUT VOTING RIGHTS. The secretary of state shall develop accurate and complete information in a single publication about the voting rights of people who have been charged with or convicted of a crime. This publication must be mad…