1.1Senator .................... moves to amend the committee engrossment (SCS1577CE1)
1.2of S.F. No. 1577 as follows:
1.3Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:

1.4    "Section 1. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT PROPOSED.
1.5An amendment to the Minnesota Constitution is proposed to the people. If the
1.6amendment is adopted, article VII, section 1, will read:
1.7Section 1. (a) Every person 18 years of age or more who has been a citizen of the United
1.8States for three months and who has resided in the precinct for 30 days next preceding
1.9an election; who, at the time of voting in person, shall present government-issued
1.10photographic identification as prescribed by law, or who, when not voting in person, shall
1.11provide government-issued proof of identity as prescribed by law; and whose eligibility
1.12to vote has been established under this section shall be entitled to vote in that precinct.
1.13The state must make photographic identification available to eligible voters at no charge.
1.14The place of voting by one otherwise qualified who has changed his residence within 30
1.15days preceding the election shall be prescribed by law. The following persons shall not be
1.16entitled or permitted to vote at any election in this state: A person not meeting the above
1.17requirements; a person who has been convicted of treason or felony, unless restored to civil
1.18rights; a person under guardianship, or a person who is insane or not mentally competent.
1.19(b) All voters must be subject to substantially equivalent eligibility verification prior
1.20to a ballot being cast or accepted. Provisional and absentee ballots shall be counted if
1.21government-issued photo identification is presented or provided within ten calendar days
1.22to the appropriate elections official as prescribed by law.
1.23(c) If any provision in this section is found invalid under the United States
1.24Constitution or federal law, the remaining provisions in this section shall remain valid to
1.25the extent that the United States Constitution and federal law permit.

1.26    Sec. 2. SUBMISSION TO VOTERS.
1.27The proposed amendment must be submitted to the people at the 2012 general
1.28election. If approved, the amendment is effective for elections on or after June 30, 2014.
1.29The question submitted must be:
1.30"Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended effective June 30, 2014, to
1.31require that all in person voters present an approved form of government-issued
1.32photographic identification at the time of voting; that those not voting in person provide
1.33government-issued proof of identity at the time of voting; that all voters be subject to
1.34substantially equivalent eligibility verification before a ballot is cast or accepted; and that
1.35the state provide at no charge an approved photographic identification to eligible voters?

2.1		Yes .....
2.2		No ..... ""