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Read. Follow. Verify.Minnesota House Bill 368 Restricts Absentee Ballot Collection Limits and Modifies Election Penalties
Last action · February 24, 2025: Author added KnudsenSponsors: Tom Murphy and 2 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Minnesota House Bill 368 prohibits individuals from acting as a voter's agent to solicit, collect, accept, or deliver absentee ballots beyond permitted statutory limits, and applies penalties to violations. The measure also expands restrictions on payment structures for absentee ballot collection and application handling, taking effect the day following final enactment.
The measure changes criminal liability and collection practices for individuals handling absentee ballots or applications on behalf of voters, affecting campaign workers, third-party groups, and election administrators across the state.
- Minnesota Statutes section 203B.03 governs prohibited acts and penalties related to absentee voting and election materials. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Voters
Voters face new restrictions on who may collect, accept, or deliver their absentee ballots to drop boxes or election officials.
County Auditors and Local Election Officials
Election officials oversee absentee ballot submissions and must enforce compliance with the revised collection and application rules.
Third-Party Ballot Collection Workers
Workers and organizations handling absentee ballot applications are prohibited from receiving volume-based compensation or exceeding agent collection limits.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
2 actions- Feb 24, 2025HouseAuthor added Knudsen
- Feb 13, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduction and first reading, referred to Elections Finance and Government Operations
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Stricter Enforcement on Ballot Collection
The bill upgrades penalties for violating absentee ballot rules to a felony and explicitly restricts agent collection and drop box deliveries.
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www.revisor.mn.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy80Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz50Current news / social attention level
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