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1 <br />MINNESOTA STATUTES 2024 201.225 <br />201.225 ELECTRONIC ROSTER AUTHORIZATION. <br />Subdivision 1. Authority. A county, municipality, or school district may use electronic rosters for any <br />election. In a county, municipality, or school district that uses electronic rosters, the head elections official <br />may designate that some or all of the precincts use electronic rosters. An electronic roster must comply with <br />all of the requirements of this section. An electronic roster must include information required in section <br />201.221, subdivision 3, and any rules adopted pursuant to that section. <br />Subd. 2. Technology requirements. An electronic roster must: <br />(1) be able to be loaded with a data file that includes voter registration data in a file format prescribed <br />by the secretary of state; <br />(2) allow for data to be exported in a file format prescribed by the secretary of state; <br />(3) allow for data to be entered manually or by scanning a Minnesota driver's license or identification <br />card to locate a voter record or populate a voter registration application that would be printed and signed <br />and dated by the voter. The printed registration application can be a printed form, a label printed with voter <br />information to be affixed to a preprinted form, a combination of a form and label, or an electronic record <br />that the voter signs electronically and is printed following its completion at the polling place; <br />(4) allow an election judge to update data that was populated from a scanned driver's license or <br />identification card; <br />(5) cue an election judge to ask for and input data that is not populated from a scanned driver's license <br />or identification card that is otherwise required to be collected from the voter or an election judge; <br />(6) immediately alert the election judge if the voter has provided information that indicates that the voter <br />is not eligible to vote; <br />(7) immediately alert the election judge if the electronic roster indicates that a voter has already voted <br />in that precinct, the voter's registration status is challenged, or it appears the voter maintains residence in a <br />different precinct; <br />(8) provide immediate instructions on how to resolve a particular type of challenge when a voter's record <br />is challenged; <br />(9) provide for a printed voter signature certificate, containing the voter's name, address of residence, <br />date of birth, voter identification number, the oath required by section 204C.10, and a space for the voter's <br />original signature. The printed voter signature certificate can be a printed form, a label printed with the <br />voter's information to be affixed to the oath, or an electronic record that the voter signs electronically and <br />is printed following its completion at the polling place; <br />(10) contain only preregistered voters within the precinct, and not contain preregistered voter data on <br />voters registered outside of the precinct, unless being utilized for absentee or early voting under chapter <br />203B or for mail balloting on election day pursuant to section 204B.45, subdivision 2a; <br />(11) be only networked within the polling location on election day, except for the purpose of updating <br />absentee ballot records; <br />(12) meet minimum security, reliability, and networking standards established by the Office of the <br />Secretary of State in consultation with the Department of Information Technology Services; <br />Official Publication of the State of Minnesota <br />Revisor of Statutes <br />