MN HF718

Secretary of State must develop and distribute accurate information about voting rights for people charged with or convicted of felony-level offenses to judges, court personnel, probation officers, corrections officials, parole officers, and the public.

Absentee ballot applications listing a correctional facility address for persons convicted of felony-level sentences must be rejected, and the Department of Corrections must implement procedures to prevent incarcerated offenders from receiving or mailing absentee ballots.

State correctional facility officials must provide notice of restoration of civil rights and voting rights to inmates being released after sentence discharge, and probation officers must provide the same notice to individuals discharged from correctional supervision.

Courts must notify defendants prior to accepting a guilty plea or entering judgment on felony-level offenses that conviction will result in loss of civil rights, including voting rights, until sentence discharge.