Minnesota has automatically enrolled an additional 15,116 eligible residents since an April automatic voter registration initiative took effect.

A law passed earlier this year allowed the Department of Public Safety to enroll eligible Minnesota residents to vote automatically when they renew or obtain a state-issued ID, such as a driver’s license. The measure also allows 16-year-olds to preregister to vote, and 13,283 16- and 17-year-olds had already been preregistered.