Bill Summary

• Restores voting rights to individuals convicted of felonies upon completion of incarceration or upon sentencing if no incarceration is imposed; voting rights are lost only during actual periods of incarceration.

• Requires correctional facilities to designate an official to provide notice of voting rights restoration and voter registration applications to persons released from incarceration for felony offenses.

• Requires probation officers and supervised release agents to provide notice of voting rights restoration and voter registration applications to all individuals under correctional supervision for felony-level offenses.

• Updates voter registration and polling place certification forms to reflect the new voting eligibility standard by replacing language about "completed" sentences with "am not currently incarcerated for a felony offense."

• Repeals Minnesota Statutes section 201.275, which previously required county attorneys to promptly investigate and prosecute alleged voter registration violations.