§ 203B.16 — Absent Voters in the Military or Outside the United States
Plain-Language Summary
This section covers absentee voting for military members, their spouses and dependents, and voters who are temporarily or permanently living outside the United States. These voters have special protections to make sure they can vote.
203B.16 ABSENT VOTERS IN THE MILITARY OR OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES.
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Subdivision 1.Military service; temporary residence outside United States.
Sections 203B.16 to 203B.27 provide alternative voting procedures for eligible voters who are absent from the precinct where they maintain residence because they are:
(1) either in the military or the spouses or dependents of individuals serving in the military; or
(2) temporarily outside the territorial limits of the United States.
Sections 203B.16 to 203B.27 are intended to implement the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, United States Code, title 52, sections 20301 to 20310. §
Subd. 2.Indefinite residence outside United States.
Sections 203B.16 to 203B.27 provide the exclusive voting procedure for United States citizens who are living indefinitely outside the territorial limits of the United States who meet all the qualifications of an eligible voter except residence in Minnesota, but who are authorized by federal law to vote in Minnesota because they or, if they have never maintained residence in the United States, a parent maintained residence in Minnesota for at least 20 days immediately prior to their departure from the United States. Individuals described in this subdivision shall be permitted to vote only for the offices of president, vice-president, senator in Congress, and representative in Congress. §
Subd. 3.
[Repealed, 2008 c 190 s 14] §
Subd. 4.Duties of secretary of state.
The secretary of state shall provide information regarding voter registration and absentee balloting procedures to be used by absent uniformed services voters, their spouses and dependents, and overseas voters.
History:
1981 c 29 art 3 s 16; 1997 c 147 s 24; 1Sp2001 c 10 art 18 s 14; 2004 c 293 art 1 s 24; 2010 c 201 s 19; 2015 c 70 art 1 s 16,17; 2023 c 62 art 4 s 62
History: History: 1981 c 29 art 3 s 16; 1997 c 147 s 24; 1Sp2001 c 10 art 18 s 14; 2004 c 293 art 1 s 24; 2010 c 201 s 19; 2015 c 70 art 1 s 16,17; 2023 c 62 art 4 s 62