SF640

The bill involves changes to the handling and public accessibility of the political party affiliations of election judges in Minnesota. Specifically, it mandates that:

1) Each authority appointing election judges must keep a list that shows whether each judge is affiliated with a major political party, or has no such affiliation. 2) This list will be accessible to the public, making it transparent which political party, if any, election judges are affiliated with. 3) It repeals the existing rule that allows sharing an election judge's political party affiliation only within the precinct to ensure party balance, without the information being used for other purposes.

In essence, this bill aims to make the political party affiliations of election judges publicly available, ensuring transparency in the election process.