The bill amends Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 201.171, to improve access to voter history by reducing the timeframe for posting voting history from six weeks to ten days. This change aims to ensure that the voting history for every person who voted in an election is made available more promptly. Additionally, the bill outlines the responsibilities of the secretary of state regarding list maintenance, which includes determining the status of registrants who have not voted in the past four years and changing their status to "inactive" if necessary.

Furthermore, the bill emphasizes that a voter must not be removed from the official list of eligible voters unless they are ineligible or not registered. It mandates that list maintenance procedures must eliminate duplicate names and requires the secretary of state to report to the county auditor on registrants whose status has changed to "inactive." Registrants with an "inactive" status must re-register before participating in any elections, and it clarifies that late or rejected absentee or mail ballots are considered votes for registration purposes but do not count as voting history for public information lists.

Statutes affected:
Introduction: 201.171