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HF 3722

Removal of deceased voters from statewide voter registration system required.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Jimmy Gordon and 2 co-sponsors

Requires Minnesota to systematically remove deceased individuals from voter registration rolls to maintain accurate election records and prevent potential fraud vulnerabilities.

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Bill Summary · HF 3722

Legislative bill overview

HF 3722 requires Minnesota to remove deceased voters from the statewide voter registration system. The bill mandates that election officials implement procedures to identify and purge records of individuals who have died, ensuring the voter rolls reflect only living, eligible voters.

Why is this important

Maintaining accurate voter registration lists is fundamental to election integrity and public confidence in voting systems. Deceased voters remaining on rolls can create vulnerabilities to fraud, administrative errors, and inflated registration statistics that affect resource allocation and election planning.

Potential points of contention

  • Data sharing and privacy: The bill may require information-sharing agreements between election officials and vital statistics agencies, raising questions about data security, privacy protections, and cross-agency coordination costs
  • Timeliness and accuracy: Deaths may not be reported uniformly across jurisdictions or to election officials promptly, creating gaps between when someone dies and when records are updated; errors in name matching could inadvertently remove living voters
  • Implementation costs and burden: Smaller counties or municipalities may lack resources to establish robust deceased voter identification systems, potentially creating disparate implementation across the state

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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