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211B.075.1

Statute ID: 18578

Statute Function ID: 37931

Voting - Intimidation in voting process

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Statute Number:

211B.075.1

Enactment Date:

May 5, 2023

Effective Date:

Jun 15, 2023

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Voting - Intimidation in voting process

Statute ID:

18578

Created:

May 18, 2023 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

May 18, 2023 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

New C34 Art 2 S2; Effective 06/15/2023

Summary Text:

Voting - Intimidation in voting process

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/211B/075.html

Legislative Session:

2023 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

May 18, 2023

(a) A person may not directly or indirectly use or threaten force, coercion, violence, restraint, damage, harm, or loss, including loss of employment or economic reprisal against:

(1) any person with the intent to compel that person to register or abstain from registering to vote, vote or abstain from voting, or vote for or against a candidate or ballot question; or

(2) any person with the intent to impede that person's efforts to encourage another to cast a ballot or assist another in registering to vote, traveling to a polling place, casting a ballot, or participating in any other aspect of the election process.

(b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), in a civil action brought to prevent and restrain violations of this subdivision or to require the payment of civil penalties, the plaintiff must demonstrate that the action or attempted action would cause a reasonable person to feel intimidated. The plaintiff does not need to show that the defendant intended to cause the victim to feel intimidated.