Category: Minnesota

The Right to Vote Needs Defenders in High Places

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What does the secretary of state do, exactly? No, not John Kerry: the secretaries of state of the STATES. Well,... Read more

New Guides to Helping Citizens Register to Vote

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Project Vote has released new guides to voter registration laws for several states. Project Vote developed these guides on behalf of our... Read more

Online Voter Registration Rule is a Real Breakthrough

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Minnesota’s innovative secretary of state, Mark Ritchie has developed an online voter registration tool that is now available on the... Read more

Minnesota Launches Online Voter Registration Site

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Citizens in Minnesota now may register to vote or update their registration status online, says Secretary of State Mark Ritchie. Read more

New Census Report Shows Voter Participation Trends in U.S.

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Recent U.S. census data, culled from a survey of 50,000 households, underscores a lot of the patterns that election-watchers have... Read more

Photo IDs Are Roadblocks to Voting

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Minnesotans don’t want to have to present a photo voter ID in order to exercise their right to vote. This... Read more

Officials Dispute Need for Voter ID in Their States

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Since the 2010 midterm elections and the Republican takeover of several state houses, the fight to enact controversial photo voter... Read more

Minnesota Republicans’ Efforts to Pass Voter ID Don’t Compute

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Today, members of the Minnesota House will hear two controversial bills that could cost the state millions and hamper voter... Read more

Newly Elected Minnesota Legislators Announce Intent to make Voting More Difficult

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Minnesota has some of the most progressive voter registration laws in the country, laws like same day registration and vouching,... Read more

Voter Fraud Hysteria Leads to Fruitless Investigations, Voter Intimidation in Two States

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The conservative activists’ largely partisan voter fraud debate, as Ian Urbina at the New York Times wrote this morning, “is... Read more