Number of proof of residence oaths a person can sign on any election day reduced from eight to two.

A bill for an act

relating to elections; reducing the number of proof of residence oaths a person can

sign on any election day from eight to two; amending Minnesota Statutes 2025

Supplement, section 201.061, subdivision 3.

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

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2025 Supplement, section 201.061, subdivision 3, is amended

to read:

Subd. 3.

Election day registration.

(a) An individual who is eligible to vote may register

or update a registration on election day by appearing in person at the polling place for the

precinct in which the individual maintains residence, by completing a registration application,

making an oath in the form prescribed by the secretary of state and providing proof of

residence. An individual may prove residence for purposes of registering or updating a

registration by:

(1) presenting a driver's license or Minnesota identification card issued pursuant to

section
171.07
;

(2) presenting any document approved by the secretary of state as proper identification;

(3) presenting a current student fee statement that contains the student's valid address

in the precinct together with a picture identification card; or

(4) having a voter who is registered to vote in the precinct, or an employee who provides

proof that they are employed by and working in a residential facility in the precinct and

vouching for a resident in the facility, sign an oath in the presence of the election judge

vouching that the voter or employee personally knows that the individual is a resident of

the precinct. A voter who has been vouched for on election day may not sign a proof of

residence oath vouching for any other individual on that election day. An election judge

may not sign a proof of residence oath vouching for any individual who appears in the

precinct where the election judge is working unless the election judge personally knows the

individual is a resident of the precinct. A voter who is registered to vote in the precinct may

sign up to
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eight
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two
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proof-of-residence oaths on any election day. This limitation does not

apply to an employee of a residential facility described in this clause. The secretary of state

shall provide a form for election judges to use in recording the number of individuals for

whom a voter signs proof-of-residence oaths on election day. The form must include space

for the maximum number of individuals for whom a voter may sign proof-of-residence

oaths. For each proof-of-residence oath, the form must include a statement that the individual:

(i) is registered to vote in the precinct or is an employee of a residential facility in the

precinct, (ii) personally knows that the voter is a resident of the precinct, and (iii) is making

the statement on oath. The form must include a space for the voter's printed name, signature,

telephone number, and address.

The oath required by this subdivision and Minnesota Rules, part
8200.9939
, must be

attached to the voter registration application.

(b) The secretary of state must publish guidance for residential facilities and residential

facility employees on the vouching process and the requirements of this subdivision.

(c) "Residential facility" means transitional housing as defined in section
256K.48,

subdivision 1
; a supervised living facility licensed by the commissioner of health under

section
144.50, subdivision 6
; a nursing home as defined in section
144A.01, subdivision

5
; an assisted living facility licensed by the commissioner of health under chapter 144G; a

veterans home operated by the board of directors of the Minnesota Veterans Homes under

chapter 198; a residence licensed by the commissioner of human services to provide a

residential program as defined in section
245A.02, subdivision 14
; a residential facility for

persons with a developmental disability licensed by the commissioner of human services

under section
252.28
; setting authorized to provide housing support as defined in section

256I.03, subdivision 10a
; a shelter for battered women as defined in section
611A.37,

subdivision 4
; a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter or dwelling designed to

provide temporary living accommodations for the homeless; a facility where a provider

operates a residential treatment program as defined in section
245.462, subdivision 23
; or

a facility where a provider operates an adult foster care program as defined in section

245A.02, subdivision 6c
.

(d) For tribal band members, an individual may prove residence for purposes of

registering or updating a registration by:

(1) presenting an identification card issued by the tribal government of a tribe recognized

by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, United States Department of the Interior, that contains the

name, address, signature, and picture of the individual; or

(2) presenting an identification card issued by the tribal government of a tribe recognized

by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, United States Department of the Interior, that contains the

name, signature, and picture of the individual and also presenting one of the documents

listed in Minnesota Rules, part
8200.5100
, subpart 2, item B.

(e) A county, school district, or municipality may require that an election judge

responsible for election day registration initial each completed registration application.