| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to elections; providing requirements related to certain mailings containing |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 an absentee ballot application or sample ballot sent by or on behalf of a committee |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4 or other private organization; proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 chapter 211B. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7 Section 1. [211B.077] ABSENTEE BALLOT APPLICATIONS DISTRIBUTED BY |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8COMMITTEES AND PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS. |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9 Subdivision 1.Required statement.(a) Any mailing sent by or on behalf of a committee |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10or other private organization that includes an absentee ballot application or a sample ballot |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11designed to encourage voting at an election must include a statement that: |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 (1) the mailing is not an official communication from a unit of government; |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13 (2) the application or ballot has not been included at the request of a government official; |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14and |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 (3) if a sample ballot is enclosed, that the sample ballot is not an official ballot that may |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16be cast by the voter. |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 (b) The statement required by this section must be printed in a typeface and format |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18designed to be clearly visible at the time the mailing is opened. The mailing envelope must |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19include markings to clearly distinguish it from official election mail sent by a unit of |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20government. |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21 Subd. 2.Absentee ballot application may not be preprinted with voter registration |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1.22information.An absentee ballot application sent by or on behalf of a committee or other |
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| 23 | 23 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 24 | 24 | | 25-00991 as introduced12/19/24 REVISOR JFK/AD |
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| 25 | 25 | | SENATE |
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| 26 | 26 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 27 | 27 | | S.F. No. 2918NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 28 | 28 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: KORAN, Mathews, Lucero and Bahr) |
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| 29 | 29 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 30 | 30 | | Introduction and first reading03/24/2025 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Referred to Elections 2.1private organization to a potential voter must not be preprinted with the voter's name, address, |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.2or any other registration information required to be provided by the voter at the time the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2.3application is submitted. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 25-00991 as introduced12/19/24 REVISOR JFK/AD |
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