MN SF4049

Requires automatic voter registration for individuals applying for new or renewed Minnesota driver's licenses, instruction permits, or identification cards, unless they decline registration.

Expands automatic voter registration to applicants for medical assistance, MinnesotaCare, food support, economic assistance, child care assistance, and online game and fish licenses, with opt-out provisions.

Requires state agencies to modify application forms to include voter registration information and transmit applicant data daily to the secretary of state, subject to system testing and certification.

Directs the secretary of state to process registrations by verifying eligibility through age, citizenship, and statewide voter registration records, with data on ineligible applicants classified as private.

Specifies that registration applications filed during the 20 days before an election are not effective until the day after the election, and requires the secretary of state to absorb implementation costs using existing appropriations.