Constitutional Amendments and the 2012 General Election

In the 2012 General Election there will be two proposed Constitutional Amendments on the ballot in Minnesota.

The proposed changes to the Minnesota State Constitution are as follows:

PROPOSED AMENDMENT 1 
(Minnesota Session Laws 2011, Chapter 88)

UNDERLINED TEXT IS WHAT IS PROPOSED TO BE ADDED TO THE MINNESOTA CONSTITUTION
Article XIII, Sec. 13. Only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in Minnesota.

WHAT MINNESOTANS WILL SEE ON THE BALLOT

AMENDMENT 1 RECOGNITION OF MARRIAGE SOLELY BETWEEN ONE MAN AND ONE WOMAN
Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to provide that only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in Minnesota?
	YES
	NO

PROPOSED AMENDMENT 2
(Minnesota Session Laws 2012, Chapter 167)

UNDERLINED TEXT IS WHAT IS PROPOSED TO BE ADDED TO THE MINNESOTA CONSTITUTION
Article VII, Section 1. (a) Every person 18 years of age or more who has been a citizen of the 
United States for three months and who has resided in the precinct for 30 days next 
preceding an election shall be entitled to vote in that precinct. The place of voting by one 
otherwise qualified who has changed his residence within 30 days preceding the election 
shall be prescribed by law. The following persons shall not be entitled or permitted to 
vote at any election in this state: A person not meeting the above requirements; a person 
who has been convicted of treason or felony, unless restored to civil rights; a person under 
guardianship, or a person who is insane or not mentally competent.

(b) All voters voting in person must present valid government-issued photographic 
identification before receiving a ballot. The state must issue photographic identification 
at no charge to an eligible voter who does not have a form of identification meeting the 
requirements of this section. A voter unable to present government-issued photographic 
identification must be permitted to submit a provisional ballot. A provisional ballot must 
only be counted if the voter certifies the provisional ballot in the manner provided by law.

(c) All voters, including those not voting in person, must be subject to substantially 
equivalent identity and eligibility verification prior to a ballot being cast or counted.

WHAT MINNESOTANS WILL SEE ON THE BALLOT

AMENDMENT 2 PHOTO IDENTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR VOTING
Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to require all voters to present valid photo identification to vote and to require the state to provide free identification to eligible voters, effective July 1, 2013?
	YES
	NO