Election judges who assist a voter outside of a polling place required to handle only one voted ballot at a time.

Elections

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Gordon, Altendorf, Knudsen, Van Binsbergen
Last action: 2026-03-26
Official status: Committee report, to adopt as amended
Effective date: Not listed

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Bill History

2026-03-26 House
Committee report, to adopt as amended
2026-03-12 House
Author added Van Binsbergen
2026-03-05 House
Author added Knudsen
2026-02-23 House
Introduction and first reading, referred to Elections Finance and Government Operations

Official Summary Text

Election judges who assist a voter outside of a polling place required to handle only one voted ballot at a time.

Current Bill Text

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A bill for an act

relating to elections; requiring election judges who assist a voter outside of a polling

place to handle only one voted ballot at a time; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025

Supplement, section 204C.15, subdivision 2.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 204C.15, subdivision 2, is amended

to read:

Subd. 2.

Outside the polling place.

An individual who is unable to enter a polling place

where paper ballots or an electronic voting system are used may register or update the voter's

registration and vote without leaving a motor vehicle. Two election judges who are members

of different major political parties must assist the voter to register or to update a registration,

as applicable, and to complete a voter's certificate and must provide the necessary ballots.

The voter may request additional assistance in marking ballots as provided in subdivision

1.
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An election judge providing assistance under this subdivision may only handle one voted

ballot at a time.
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