Minnesota Bill Facilitates College Student Registration
Minnesota Senators Higgins, Sams, Kleis, Marty and Pogemiller
introduced S.F. 852, a bill to facilitate voter registration of college
students. This bill requires all postsecondary institutions receiving
state or federal funding to submit a current list of all students
residing in its county and contiguous counties to the elections boards
of those counties for the purpose of verifying student addresses. This
list, combined with Minnesota's practice of same day registration, will
make it easier for college students to vote by allowing them to present
only their student identification card at the polls and not an
acceptable address verification document. This bill also expands
the list of documents accepted as proof of residency to include
wireless phone bills, residential leases and rental agreements, tax
documents and more. [Read S.F. 852]To support this legislation, please contact your local State Senator or one of the authors:
| Linda
Higgins: | (651) 296-9246 | [email protected] |
| Dallas C. Sams | (651) 297-8063 | |
| Dave Kleis | (651) 296-6455 | [email protected] |
| John Marty | (651) 296-5645 | [email protected] |
| Lawrence J. Pogemiller | (651) 296-7809 | [email protected] |