Minnesota's new automatic voter registration system is up and running. How does it work?
The state says the program is already registering between four and six thousand people to vote each week.
Minnesotans who are eligible but not registered to vote will now automatically be signed up when they get or renew their driver's license — unless they opt out — a change that could mean up to 120,000 more voters in the system by the November election.
The new program, which passed the Legislature last year, officially got up and running at the end of April. Since then, more than 15,000 Minnesotans have already been registered to vote, outpacing state projections for the new program.
Simon said between four and six thousand Minnesotans are being registered each week through automatic voter registration, which is also helping to pre-register 16 and 17-year-olds to vote. His office estimates there are hundreds of thousands of Minnesotans who are eligible to vote but aren't yet registered in the state.
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