Voting
SoS Ritchie and Rep. Emmer Share Thoughts on Minnesota Election Reform
Last Friday four of Minnesota’s prominent leaders on election reform convened at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs to discuss what work needs to be done for the Gopher State to improve on its nationally renowned election system. Moderated by…
Read MoreSen. Rest and Rep. Emmer to Speak on U.S. Senate Recount and MN Election Reform
Two leaders from the State Capitol will be speaking at a forum hosted by the Humphrey Institute on Friday morning to pinpoint reforms that could be made in the Minnesota election system to avoid recount pitfalls in the future. DFL…
Read MorePolitical Luminaries Rally in Support of Ranked Choice Voting at FairVote Minnesota Fundraiser
More than two hundred Minnesotans – from party leaders, to legislators, to mayors, to city council members, to interested citizens – rallied in support of ranked choice voting at a fundraising event held for FairVote Minnesota in Minneapolis Tuesday evening….
Read MoreMarty Seifert Not Impressed with DFL ‘Mavericks’ Nor Their Party’s ‘Sloppy Majority’
In a media availability held at the Minnesota House Minority Leader’s office Friday morning, Republican Marty Seifert expressed great ‘disappointment’ that voter ID, his caucuses’ top priority on election reform, failed to get out of committee this week. Seifert…
Read MoreDFLers in Safe Districts Shoot Down Voter ID Bill
To the surprise of few, the House State and Local Government Operations Reform, Technology and Elections Committee voted down Republican Tom Emmer and Mary Kiffmeyer’s “Voter Integrity Act of 2009” on Thursday morning by a vote of 11 to 8….
Read MoreKiffmeyer Challenges DFL on Voter ID: ‘What Are You Afraid Of?’
Secretary of State Mark Ritchie outlined a long legislative ‘wish-list’ at a press conference Wednesday morning to improve the state’s electoral process: · Permitting early voting of 15, 30, or even 45 days before an election to alleviate the…
Read MoreHouse GOP Voter ID Legislation Has Strong Support Statewide
Even though the Voter Integrity Act of 2009 (HF 57) introduced earlier this week by Minnesota Representative Tom Emmer (R-Delano) has been characterized by some in the media as a “politically divisive idea” (“Requiring Voter IDs Is Back on the…
Read MoreMinnesota Leads Nation in Voter Turnout for Seventh Straight Election Cycle
Minnesota voters, buoyed perhaps both by a strong sense of civic duty, a high interest in politics, and a little thing called same-day registration, have once again led the country in voter turnout in the 2008 election. The Gopher State…
Read MoreCSPG Report: Voter Registration Declines in Many States
A new report released by the Center for the Study of Politics and Governance was released today that finds – contrary to press accounts of a surge in voter registration across the country – that a large number of states…
Read MoreWhat Will We Learn From the Minnesota U.S. Senate Primaries?
As several polls show a tight race between Norm Coleman and Al Franken heading into the Minnesota U.S. Senate primary, the campaigns – and the media – will be looking for clues as to which candidate is in the stronger…
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