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201.016

Statute ID: 13773

Voting - Residence Requirements

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Statute Number:

201.016

Enactment Date:

Jan 1, 1859

Effective Date:

Aug 1, 1981

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Voting - Residence Requirements

Statute ID:

13773

Created:

Mar 17, 2011 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

Mar 17, 2011 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

Enacted 1981 c 29 art 2 s 3; Added per request

Summary Text:

Voting - Residence Requirements

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/201/016.html

Legislative Session:

1981 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Mar 17, 2011

Subd. 1a.   
(a) The county auditor shall mail a notice to any voter who the county auditor can determine has: (1) provided the address at which the voter maintains residence, but was allowed to vote in a precinct other than the precinct in which the voter maintains residence; and (2) not voted in the wrong precinct previously. The notice must be in the form provided by the secretary of state.

(b) The county auditor shall mail a violation notice to any voter who otherwise voted in a precinct in which the voter did not maintain residence on election day. The county auditor shall also change the status of the voter in the statewide registration system to "challenged" and the voter shall be required to provide proof of residence to either the county auditor or to the election judges in the voter's precinct before voting in the next election. Any of the forms authorized by section 201.061 for registration at the polling place may be used for this purpose. 

(c) A voter who votes in a precinct other than the precinct in which the voter maintains residence after receiving an initial violation notice as provided in this subdivision is guilty of a petty misdemeanor.

(d) A voter who votes in a precinct other than the precinct in which the voter maintains residence after having been found to have committed a petty misdemeanor under paragraph (b) is guilty of a misdemeanor.

(e) Reliance by the voter on inaccurate information regarding the location of the voter's polling place provided by the state, county, or municipality is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under this subdivision.