Title: Establishes Various Election Policies and Campaign Finance Laws
Signed by Governor Tim Walz
Title: Establishes Various Election Policies and Campaign Finance Laws
Vote to adopt a conference report vote and pass a bill that establishes various election policies and state campaign finance laws in Minnesota.
Authorizes VOTER account funds to be used for transitioning to a .gov domain (Article 2).
Requires any county and municipality that uses absentee voting to use a .gov domain for their web address (Article 2).
Requires the county auditor or municipal clerk to establish a temporary polling place that is accessible, close by the institution, and meets state and federal requirements for a state general election or an odd-year city election for at least 1 day requested by a postsecondary institution or its student government (Article 2).
Establishes the Minnesota Voting Rights Act to combat voter suppression and dilution and establishes conditions and penalties for violation (Article 3).
Authorizes transfers within various Minnesota Secretary of State Office accounts to provide more funds in the VOTER Account (Article 3).
Appropriates $200,000 for reimbursement to local governments that set up a temporary polling location on the campus of a postsecondary institution (Article 3).
Requires the Secretary of State will reimburse cities and counties for the actual costs of operating the location up to $5,000 for one polling place the first year, and $3,000 for each additional location in the first year, and all locations in subsequent years (Article 4).
Establishes a Voting Rights Act cost sharing account and appropriates $144,000 (Article 4).
Title: Establishes Various Election Policies and Campaign Finance Laws
Vote to adopt a conference report vote and pass a bill that establishes various election policies and state campaign finance laws in Minnesota.
Authorizes VOTER account funds to be used for transitioning to a .gov domain (Article 2).
Requires any county and municipality that uses absentee voting to use a .gov domain for their web address (Article 2).
Requires the county auditor or municipal clerk to establish a temporary polling place that is accessible, close by the institution, and meets state and federal requirements for a state general election or an odd-year city election for at least 1 day requested by a postsecondary institution or its student government (Article 2).
Establishes the Minnesota Voting Rights Act to combat voter suppression and dilution and establishes conditions and penalties for violation (Article 3).
Authorizes transfers within various Minnesota Secretary of State Office accounts to provide more funds in the VOTER Account (Article 3).
Appropriates $200,000 for reimbursement to local governments that set up a temporary polling location on the campus of a postsecondary institution (Article 3).
Requires the Secretary of State will reimburse cities and counties for the actual costs of operating the location up to $5,000 for one polling place the first year, and $3,000 for each additional location in the first year, and all locations in subsequent years (Article 4).
Establishes a Voting Rights Act cost sharing account and appropriates $144,000 (Article 4).
Title: Establishes Various Election Policies and Campaign Finance Laws
Title: Establishes Various Election Policies and Campaign Finance Laws
Title: Establishes Various Election Policies and Campaign Finance Laws