SF3494 Summary

• Modifies voter registration instructions to require provision of valid Minnesota driver's license, state ID card number, or last four digits of Social Security number instead of making it optional.

• Establishes new reporting requirements for county auditors to notify the secretary of state by February 15 of odd-numbered years regarding nondeliverable registration notices and voter eligibility issues from the previous state general election.

• Allows absentee ballot applications to be submitted electronically through a secure website maintained by the secretary of state for federal, state, and county elections, with verification of applicant information against government databases.

• Makes absentee ballot applications and lists of applicants unavailable for public inspection until close of voting on election day, then available as public information.

• Changes the standard of acceptable performance for voting system accuracy from one-half of one percent to one-quarter of one percent when compared to manual counts in postelection reviews.

• Extends the availability of election equipment grant money appropriation to June 30, 2021.