1.1.................... moves to amend H.F. No. 1113 as follows:
1.2Page 3, after line 13, insert:

1.3    "Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 203B.05, is amended to read:
1.4203B.05 DESIGNATION OF MUNICIPAL CLERKS TO ADMINISTER
1.5EARLY AND ABSENTEE VOTING LAWS.
1.6    Subdivision 1. Generally. The full-time clerk of any city or town shall administer
1.7the provisions of sections 203B.04 to 203B.15 if:
1.8(a) the county auditor of that county has designated the clerk to administer them; or
1.9(b) the clerk has given the county auditor of that county notice of intention to
1.10administer them.
1.11A clerk may only administer the provisions of sections 203B.04 to 203B.15 if the
1.12clerk has technical capacity to access the absentee ballot module of the statewide voter
1.13registration system in the secure manner prescribed by the secretary of state. The secretary
1.14of state must identify hardware, software, security, or other technical prerequisites
1.15necessary to ensure the security, access controls, and performance of the statewide voter
1.16registration system. A clerk designated under this subdivision must receive training
1.17approved by the secretary of state on the use of the statewide voter registration system.
1.18A clerk may not use the statewide voter registration system until the clerk has received
1.19the required training.
1.20    Subd. 2. City, school district, and town elections. For city, town, and school
1.21district elections not held on the same day as a statewide election, applications for
1.22absentee ballots shall be filed with the city, school district, or town clerk and the duties
1.23prescribed by this chapter for the county auditor shall be performed by the city, school
1.24district, or town clerk unless the county auditor agrees to perform those duties on behalf
1.25of the city, school district, or town clerk. The costs incurred to provide absentee ballots
2.1and perform the duties prescribed by this subdivision shall be paid by the city, town, or
2.2school district holding the election.
2.3    Notwithstanding any other law, this chapter applies to school district elections held
2.4on the same day as a statewide election or an election for a county or municipality wholly
2.5or partially within the school district.

2.6    Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 203B.11, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
2.7    Subdivision 1. Generally. Each full-time municipal clerk or school district
2.8clerk who has authority under section 203B.05 to administer absentee and early voting
2.9laws shall designate election judges to deliver absentee ballots in accordance with this
2.10section. The county auditor must also designate election judges to perform the duties in
2.11this section. A ballot may be delivered only to an eligible voter who is a temporary or
2.12permanent resident or patient in a health care facility or hospital located in the municipality
2.13in which the voter maintains residence. The ballots shall be delivered by two election
2.14judges, each of whom is affiliated with a different major political party. When the election
2.15judges deliver or return ballots as provided in this section, they shall travel together in the
2.16same vehicle. The election judges must bring a ballot box. Both election judges shall be
2.17present when an applicant completes the certificate of eligibility signs the certification
2.18required by section 204C.10, paragraph (b) and marks the absentee ballots, and may assist
2.19an applicant as provided in section 204C.15. Voters must insert their ballots into the
2.20ballot box. The election judges shall deposit the return envelopes containing the marked
2.21absentee ballots remove the ballots from the ballot box, place them in a sealed container
2.22and return them to the clerk on the same day that they are delivered and marked.
2.23Election judges may bring an electronic ballot counter to serve as the ballot box.
2.24Election judges may bring an electronic ballot marker."
2.25Page 3, line 18, after "voter" insert "as provided in section 203B.32"
2.26Page 3, line 19, delete "the eighth day" and insert "15 days" and delete "the third"
2.27and insert "5:00 p.m. on the fourth"
2.28Page 3, line 20, after the period insert "All voters in line at 5:00 p.m. on the fourth
2.29day before the election must be allowed to vote."
2.30Page 3, line 27, before "Early" insert "(a)"
2.31Page 3, line 29, delete "mail" and insert "absentee"
2.32Page 3, after line 32, insert:
2.33"(b) The county auditor must make at least one ballot box available in each polling
2.34place. As soon as practicable following the public accuracy test, the county auditor must
2.35make an electronic ballot counter available."
3.1Page 4, line 14, delete "The early voting rosters must be marked no later" and insert
3.2"The county auditor or municipal clerk must immediately record that a voter has voted
3.3early on the voter's record in the statewide voter registration system. After a voter's record
3.4has been marked to record that an individual has voted early, the individual must not be
3.5allowed to vote again at that election. Voters who are not preregistered at the voter's
3.6current address must be considered election day registrants."
3.7Page 4, delete lines 15 and 16 and insert
3.8"(b) The early voting rosters must be marked no later than the start of voting on
3.9election day to indicate the voters who have cast a ballot at an early voting location.
3.10The roster may be marked either:"
3.11Page 4, line 20, delete "(b)" and insert "(c)"
3.12Page 7, after line 2, insert:

3.13    "Sec. 16. REPEALER.
3.14Minnesota Statutes 2008, section 203B.11, subdivision 2, is repealed.

3.15    Sec. 17. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY.
3.16(a) Sections 1 to 16 are effective when the secretary of state has certified that:
3.17(1) the statewide voter registration system has been tested, shown to properly allow
3.18for the tracking of the information required to conduct early voting, and can handle the
3.19expected volume of use; and
3.20(2) that voting equipment that can tabulate at least 30 different ballot styles has
3.21been certified for use in this state.
3.22(b) Upon certification, sections 1 to 16 apply to all federal, state, county, and city
3.23elections held in 2010 and thereafter, and to all other elections held in 2014 and thereafter.
3.24A municipality may implement the requirements of this chapter prior to the date provided
3.25in this paragraph, if the secretary of state has made the certification required in paragraph
3.26(a) at least 90 days prior to the date of the election at which early voting will be used."
3.27Renumber the sections in sequence and correct the internal references
3.28Amend the title accordingly