1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 2096 as follows:
1.2Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.3    "Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 201.061, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
1.4    Subdivision 1. Prior to election day. (a) At any time except during the 20
1.5days immediately preceding any regularly scheduled election, an eligible voter or any
1.6individual who will be an eligible voter at the time of the next election may register to vote
1.7in the precinct in which the voter maintains residence by completing a voter registration
1.8application as described in section 201.071, subdivision 1, and submitting it. A completed
1.9application may be submitted:
1.10(1) in person or by mail to the county auditor of that county or to the Secretary
1.11of State's Office; or
1.12(2) electronically through a secure Web site that shall be maintained by the secretary
1.13of state for this purpose, if the applicant has an e-mail address and provides the applicant's
1.14verifiable Minnesota driver's license number, Minnesota state identification card number,
1.15or the last four digits of the applicant's Social Security number.
1.16A registration that is received no later than 5:00 p.m. on the 21st day preceding any
1.17election shall be accepted. An improperly addressed or delivered registration application
1.18shall be forwarded within two working days after receipt to the county auditor of the
1.19county where the voter maintains residence. A state or local agency or an individual that
1.20accepts completed voter registration applications from a voter must submit the completed
1.21applications to the secretary of state or the appropriate county auditor within ten calendar
1.22days after the applications are dated by the voter.
1.23(b) An application submitted electronically under paragraph (a), clause (2) may only
1.24be transmitted to the county auditor for processing if the secretary of state has verified the
1.25application information matches the information in a government database associated with
1.26the applicant's driver's license number, state identification card number, or Social Security
1.27number. The secretary of state must review all unverifiable voter registration applications
2.1submitted electronically for evidence of suspicious activity and must forward any such
2.2application to an appropriate law enforcement agency for investigation.
2.3An individual may not electronically submit a voter registration application on
2.4behalf of any other individual.
2.5(c) For purposes of this section, mail registration is defined as a voter registration
2.6application delivered to the secretary of state, county auditor, or municipal clerk by the
2.7United States Postal Service or a commercial carrier.

2.8    Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 201.061, is amended by adding a subdivision
2.9to read:
2.10    Subd. 8. Web site security. The secretary of state shall maintain a log of each
2.11Internet Protocol address used to submit a voter registration application electronically
2.12under subdivision 1, paragraph (a), clause (2), and must monitor the log, volume of
2.13Web site use, and other appropriate indicators for suspicious activity. Evidence of
2.14suspicious activity that can not be resolved by the secretary of state must be forwarded to
2.15an appropriate law enforcement agency for investigation.

2.16    Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 201.071, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.17    Subdivision 1. Form. Both paper and electronic voter registration applications must
2.18contain the same information unless otherwise provided by law. A voter registration
2.19application must be of suitable size and weight for mailing and contain spaces for the
2.20following required information: voter's first name, middle name, and last name; voter's
2.21previous name, if any; voter's current address; voter's previous address, if any; voter's
2.22date of birth; voter's municipality and county of residence; voter's telephone number, if
2.23provided by the voter; date of registration; current and valid Minnesota driver's license
2.24number or Minnesota state identification number, or if the voter has no current and valid
2.25Minnesota driver's license or Minnesota state identification, the last four digits of the
2.26voter's Social Security number; and voter's signature. The paper registration application
2.27may include the voter's e-mail address, if provided by the voter, and. The electronic
2.28voter registration application must include the voter's e-mail address. The registration
2.29application may include the voter's interest in serving as an election judge, if indicated by
2.30the voter. The application must also contain the following certification of voter eligibility:
2.31"I certify that I:
2.32(1) will be at least 18 years old on election day;
2.33(2) am a citizen of the United States;
2.34(3) will have resided in Minnesota for 20 days immediately preceding election day;
3.1(4) maintain residence at the address given on the registration form;
3.2(5) am not under court-ordered guardianship in which the court order revokes my
3.3right to vote;
3.4(6) have not been found by a court to be legally incompetent to vote;
3.5(7) have the right to vote because, if I have been convicted of a felony, my felony
3.6sentence has expired (been completed) or I have been discharged from my sentence; and
3.7(8) have read and understand the following statement: that giving false information
3.8is a felony punishable by not more than five years imprisonment or a fine of not more
3.9than $10,000, or both."
3.10The certification must include boxes for the voter to respond to the following
3.11questions:
3.12"(1) Are you a citizen of the United States?" and
3.13"(2) Will you be 18 years old on or before election day?"
3.14And the instruction:
3.15"If you checked 'no' to either of these questions, do not complete this form."
3.16A paper voter registration application must be of suitable size and weight for
3.17mailing. The form of the voter registration application and the certification of voter
3.18eligibility must be as provided in this subdivision and approved by the secretary of state.
3.19Voter registration forms authorized by the National Voter Registration Act must also be
3.20accepted as valid. The federal postcard application form must also be accepted as valid if
3.21it is not deficient and the voter is eligible to register in Minnesota.
3.22An individual may use a voter registration application to apply to register to vote in
3.23Minnesota or to change information on an existing registration.

3.24    Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 201.071, subdivision 3, is amended to read:
3.25    Subd. 3. Deficient registration. No voter registration application is deficient if it
3.26contains the voter's name, address, date of birth, current and valid Minnesota driver's
3.27license number or Minnesota state identification number, or if the voter has no current and
3.28valid Minnesota driver's license or Minnesota state identification number, the last four
3.29digits of the voter's Social Security number, if the voter has been issued a Social Security
3.30number, prior registration, if any, and signature. The absence of a zip code number does
3.31not cause the registration to be deficient. Failure to check a box on an application form
3.32that a voter has certified to be true does not cause the registration to be deficient. The
3.33election judges shall request an individual to correct a voter registration application if it is
3.34deficient or illegible. No eligible voter may be prevented from voting unless the voter's
4.1registration application is deficient or the voter is duly and successfully challenged in
4.2accordance with section 201.195 or 204C.12.
4.3    A voter registration application accepted prior to August 1, 1983, is not deficient
4.4for lack of date of birth. The county or municipality may attempt to obtain the date of
4.5birth for a voter registration application accepted prior to August 1, 1983, by a request to
4.6the voter at any time except at the polling place. Failure by the voter to comply with this
4.7request does not make the registration deficient.
4.8    A voter registration application accepted before January 1, 2004, is not deficient for
4.9lack of a valid Minnesota driver's license or state identification number or the last four
4.10digits of a Social Security number. A voter registration application submitted by a voter
4.11who does not have a Minnesota driver's license or state identification number, or a Social
4.12Security number, is not deficient for lack of any of these numbers.
4.13    A voter registration application submitted electronically through the Web site of the
4.14secretary of state prior to the effective date of this section is not invalid as a result of
4.15its electronic submission.

4.16    Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 201.081, is amended to read:
4.17201.081 REGISTRATION FILES.
4.18    (a) The statewide registration system is the official record of registered voters.
4.19The voter registration applications and the terminal providing access to the statewide
4.20registration system must be under the control of the county auditor or the public official
4.21to whom the county auditor has delegated the responsibility for maintaining voter
4.22registration records. The voter registration applications and terminals providing access
4.23to the statewide registration system must not be removed from the control of the county
4.24auditor except as provided in this section. The county auditor may make photographic
4.25copies of voter registration applications in the manner provided by section 138.17.
4.26    (b) A properly completed voter registration application that has been submitted
4.27 electronically or in paper form to the secretary of state or a county auditor must be
4.28maintained by the secretary of state or the county auditor for at least 22 months after the
4.29date that the information on the application is entered into the database of the statewide
4.30registration system. The secretary of state or the county auditor may dispose of the
4.31applications after retention for 22 months in the manner provided by section 138.17.
4.32    (c) Data contained on a voter registration application submitted electronically
4.33through the secure Web site established in section 201.061, subdivision 1, must be
4.34maintained in its original form, in a manner suitable for printing, for the period required
5.1by this section. The Internet Protocol address used to submit an application electronically
5.2must be maintained with the voter registration application data.

5.3    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 201.275, is amended to read:
5.4201.275 INVESTIGATIONS; PROSECUTIONS.
5.5A law enforcement agency that is notified by affidavit of an alleged violation of this
5.6chapter shall promptly investigate. Upon receiving an affidavit alleging a violation of this
5.7chapter, a county attorney shall promptly forward it to a law enforcement agency with
5.8jurisdiction for investigation. If there is probable cause for instituting a prosecution,
5.9the county attorney shall proceed by complaint or present the charge, with whatever
5.10evidence has been found, to the grand jury. A county attorney who refuses or intentionally
5.11fails to faithfully perform this or any other duty imposed by this chapter is guilty of
5.12a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall forfeit office. The county attorney, under
5.13the penalty of forfeiture of office, shall prosecute all violations of this chapter except
5.14violations of this section; if, however, a complainant withdraws an allegation under this
5.15chapter, the county attorney is not required to proceed with the prosecution.
5.16Where the matter relates to a voter registration application submitted electronically
5.17through the secure Web site established in section 201.061, subdivision 1, alleged
5.18violations of this chapter may be investigated and prosecuted in the county in which the
5.19individual registered or attempted to register.

5.20    Sec. 7. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 203B.04, subdivision 1, is
5.21amended to read:
5.22    Subdivision 1. Application procedures. (a) Except as otherwise allowed by
5.23subdivision 2 or by section 203B.11, subdivision 4, an application for absentee ballots for
5.24any election may be submitted at any time not less than one day before the day of that
5.25election. The county auditor shall prepare absentee ballot application forms in the format
5.26provided by the secretary of state and shall furnish them to any person on request. By
5.27January 1 of each even-numbered year, the secretary of state shall make the forms to be
5.28used available to auditors through electronic means. An application submitted pursuant
5.29to this subdivision shall be in writing and shall be submitted. An application may be
5.30submitted in person or by mail to:
5.31    (1) the county auditor of the county where the applicant maintains residence; or
5.32    (2) the municipal clerk of the municipality, or school district if applicable, where
5.33the applicant maintains residence.
6.1For a federal, state, or county election, an absentee ballot application may alternatively
6.2be submitted electronically through a secure Web site that shall be maintained by the
6.3secretary of state for this purpose. Notwithstanding paragraph (b), the secretary of state
6.4must require applicants using the Web site to submit the applicant's e-mail address and
6.5verifiable Minnesota driver's license number, Minnesota state identification card number,
6.6or the last four digits of the applicant's Social Security number.
6.7An application submitted electronically under this paragraph may only be transmitted to
6.8the county auditor for processing if the secretary of state has verified the application
6.9information matches the information in a government database associated with the
6.10applicant's driver's license number, state identification card number, or Social Security
6.11number. The secretary of state must review all unverifiable applications for evidence
6.12of suspicious activity and must forward any such application to an appropriate law
6.13enforcement agency for investigation.
6.14    (b) An application shall be approved if it is timely received, signed and dated by
6.15the applicant, contains the applicant's name and residence and mailing addresses, date
6.16of birth, and at least one of the following:
6.17(1) the applicant's Minnesota driver's license number;
6.18(2) Minnesota state identification card number;
6.19(3) the last four digits of the applicant's Social Security number; or
6.20(4) a statement that the applicant does not have any of these numbers.
6.21(c) To be approved, the application must contain an oath that the information
6.22contained on the form is accurate, that the applicant is applying on the applicant's own
6.23behalf, and that the applicant is signing the form under penalty of perjury.
6.24(d) An applicant's full date of birth, Minnesota driver's license or state identification
6.25number, and the last four digits of the applicant's Social Security number must not be
6.26made available for public inspection. An application may be submitted to the county
6.27auditor or municipal clerk by an electronic facsimile device. An application mailed or
6.28returned in person to the county auditor or municipal clerk on behalf of a voter by a
6.29person other than the voter must be deposited in the mail or returned in person to the
6.30county auditor or municipal clerk within ten days after it has been dated by the voter and
6.31no later than six days before the election. The absentee ballot applications or a list of
6.32persons applying for an absentee ballot may not be made available for public inspection
6.33until the close of voting on election day.
6.34    (e) An application under this subdivision may contain an application under
6.35subdivision 5 to automatically receive an absentee ballot application.

7.1    Sec. 8. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 203B.04, is amended by adding a subdivision
7.2to read:
7.3    Subd. 7. Web site security. The secretary of state shall maintain a log of each
7.4Internet Protocol address used to submit an absentee ballot application electronically under
7.5this section, and must monitor the log, volume of Web site use, and other appropriate
7.6indicators for suspicious activity. Evidence of suspicious activity that can not be resolved
7.7by the secretary of state must be forwarded to an appropriate law enforcement agency for
7.8investigation.

7.9    Sec. 9. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 203B.17, is amended to read:
7.10203B.17 APPLICATION FOR BALLOT.
7.11    Subdivision 1. Submission of application. (a) An application for absentee ballots
7.12for a voter described in section 203B.16 must be in writing and may be submitted in
7.13writing or person, by mail, by electronic facsimile device, or by electronic mail, or
7.14electronically through a secure Web site that shall be maintained by the secretary of state
7.15for this purpose, upon determination by the secretary of state that security concerns have
7.16been adequately addressed. An application for absentee ballots for a voter described in
7.17section 203B.16 may be submitted by that voter or by that voter's parent, spouse, sister,
7.18brother, or child over the age of 18 years. For purposes of an application under this
7.19subdivision, a person's Social Security number, no matter how it is designated, qualifies as
7.20the person's military identification number if the person is in the military.
7.21(b) An application for a voter described in section 203B.16, subdivision 1, shall be
7.22submitted to the county auditor of the county where the voter maintains residence or
7.23through the secure Web site maintained by the secretary of state.
7.24(c) An application for a voter described in section 203B.16, subdivision 2, shall be
7.25submitted to the county auditor of the county where the voter last maintained residence in
7.26Minnesota or through the secure Web site maintained by the secretary of state.
7.27(d) An application for absentee ballots shall be valid for any primary, special
7.28primary, general election, or special election from the time the application is received
7.29through the end of that calendar year.
7.30(e) There shall be no limitation of time for filing and receiving applications for
7.31ballots under sections 203B.16 to 203B.27.
7.32    Subd. 2. Required information. An application shall be accepted if it contains the
7.33following information stated under oath:
8.1    (a) the voter's name, birthdate, and present address of residence in Minnesota, or
8.2former address of residence in Minnesota if the voter is living permanently outside the
8.3United States;
8.4    (b) a statement indicating that the voter is in the military, or is the spouse or
8.5dependent of an individual serving in the military, or is temporarily outside the territorial
8.6limits of the United States, or is living permanently outside the territorial limits of the
8.7United States and voting under federal law;
8.8    (c) a statement that the voter expects to be absent from the precinct at the time
8.9of the election;
8.10    (d) the address to which absentee ballots are to be mailed;
8.11    (e) the voter's signature or the signature and relationship of the individual authorized
8.12to apply on the voter's behalf; and
8.13    (f) the voter's passport number, Minnesota driver's license or state identification card
8.14number, or the last four digits of the voter's Social Security number; if the voter does not
8.15have access to any of these documents, the voter or other individual requesting absentee
8.16ballots may attest to the truthfulness of the contents of the application under penalty
8.17of perjury; and
8.18    (g) the voter's e-mail address, if the application was submitted electronically through
8.19the secure Web site maintained by the secretary of state.
8.20Notwithstanding clause (f), an application submitted through the secretary of state's Web
8.21site must include the voter's verifiable Minnesota driver's license number, Minnesota state
8.22identification card number, or the last four digits of the voter's Social Security number,
8.23and may only be transmitted to the county auditor for processing if the secretary of
8.24state has verified the application information matches the information in a government
8.25database associated with the applicant's driver's license number, state identification card
8.26number, or Social Security number. The secretary of state must review all unverifiable
8.27applications for evidence of suspicious activity and must forward any such application to
8.28an appropriate law enforcement agency for investigation.

8.29    Sec. 10. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 203B.17, is amended by adding a
8.30subdivision to read:
8.31    Subd. 3. Web site security. The secretary of state shall maintain a log of each
8.32Internet Protocol address used to submit an absentee ballot application electronically under
8.33this section, and must monitor the log, volume of Web site use, and other appropriate
8.34indicators for suspicious activity. Evidence of suspicious activity that can not be resolved
9.1by the secretary of state must be forwarded to an appropriate law enforcement agency for
9.2investigation.

9.3    Sec. 11. EFFECTIVE DATE.
9.4This act is effective the day following final enactment."
9.5Amend the title accordingly