State and local jail and prison inmates required to be housed in publicly owned and operated jails and prisons, and state and counties prohibited from contracting with private prisons.
Covenants not to compete provided to be void and unenforceable; protection of substantive provisions of Minnesota law provided to apply to matters arising in Minnesota; and coding for new law proposed in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 181.
Voter registration, absentee voting, and campaign finance provisions modified; voting instructions, sample ballots, and election judges required to be multilingual; intimidation, deceptive practices, and interference with voter registration and voting regulated; Democracy Dollar coupon program established; political contribution refund program repealed; and definition of express advocacy expanded.