SF4084

Purpose

To ensure dead voters are removed from Minnesota’s statewide voter registration system. The bill adds a rule so that when a voter’s status is changed to deceased, that voter is removed from the statewide registration list. This aims to keep voter rolls accurate and up-to-date.

Main Provisions

• Adds a new subdivision (Subd. 2a Deceased voter removal) to Minnesota Statutes 2024 section 201.13.
• The county auditor must remove a voter from the statewide voter registration system after the voter's status is changed to deceased.

How it Changes the Law

• Establishes a mandatory duty for county auditors to purge or remove deceased individuals from the statewide voter registration system.
• Links the removal action directly to the trigger of changing a voter’s status to deceased.

Practical Impact

• Helps keep voter rolls current by removing individuals who are deceased.
• Clarifies the responsibility of local officials (county auditors) in updating registration records after death is recorded.

Relevant Terms

• deceased
• voter
• statewide voter registration system
• county auditor
• Minnesota Statutes 2024 section 201.13
• Subd. 2a
• Deceased voter removal
• remove from the statewide voter registration system
• voter status
• purge from rolls