HF 3097 Summary

• Voters who register on election day must cast provisional ballots instead of regular ballots, with their votes counted only after verification of voter registration within seven days after the election.

• Tribal identification cards issued by Minnesota tribes recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs are now acceptable forms of identification for voting and other purposes.

• Election day registration deadlines for entering voter information into the statewide registration system are shortened from 42 days to 3 days after the election.

• County canvass dates for primaries and general elections are extended from the second or third day to the tenth day following elections, and state canvass dates are moved from seven to fourteen days after primaries.

• Secretary of state must conduct a public awareness campaign to encourage pre-election day voter registration, running from June 1 until the voter registration period ends before the state general election in even-numbered years.