A proposal to legally allow early voting in Minnesota is being called “unconstitutional” by those who led last year’s unsuccessful attempt to restrict voting through a “photo ID” constitutional amendment. Continue Reading →
Senator Al Franken gives a prime example of why Minnesota’s proposed “Voter ID” or Voter Restriction constitutional amendment is a bad idea. Seniors who have given up their drivers license because they are too old to drive safely may have trouble voting.
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What could happen if the Voter Restriction Amendment passes? ACLU-Minnesota Executive Director Chuck Samuelson discusses some outcomes. Continue Reading →
First Lady pushes against Voter ID laws as a new MN poll shows support for such laws dropping drastically. Continue Reading →
“The Constitution doesn’t say anything about the right to fly in a plane, it doesn’t say anything about the right to buy a beer, but an awful lot of people did die for the right to vote. You have to have these conversations even with good, strong Democrats.” Continue Reading →
“Photo ID will make voting much more difficult for college students,” activist and Iraq War veteran Alex Erickson told a town hall meeting in St. Louis Park earlier this month. “College students rely on same-day registration.” Continue Reading →
Bitterness and acrimony now looms over the American political debate. It didn’t in the 60s and 70s. Continue Reading →
Marchers against the controversial voter restriction amendment on the November ballot gathered for a demonstration. These opponents compare the amendment to voting restrictions in the civil rights era. Continue Reading →
Minnesota’s Supreme Court rules on challenges to two proposed amendments scheduled to be on this November’s election ballot. Both rulings side with Republican backed challenges by a 4-2 margin. Continue Reading →
Former Minneapolis School Board member and citizen of the White Earth Nation Peggy Flanagan says her tribal ID may be invalid if Minnesota voter restriction constitutional amendment passes. She’s prepared to take legal action if it passes. Continue Reading →
Several St. Louis Park residents who volunteer as election judges every other November said that if Minnesota’s voter restriction amendment passes, it would make their jobs as election judges more difficult. Continue Reading →
An attack on voting rights is an emotional issue for Dr. Josie Johnson, a veteran of the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s. Johnson spoke about the consequences of Voter Photo ID legislation during a town hall meeting sponsored by Congressman Keith Ellison. Continue Reading →
At issue is the title given to the amendments, which could influence how people vote on them, and whether one of them will appear on the ballot at all. Continue Reading →
Before she immigrated to the United States and became an American citizen, Julia Olson saw how Photo ID requirements dissuade many rural Mexicans from voting. Continue Reading →
“To come home and see some of those (voting) rights under attack is something that I couldn’t stand for.”— Iraq war vet Alex Erickson Continue Reading →
“People with disabilities have worked really hard to pass laws that make it easier for people with disabilities to vote. This would be a huge step backwards if this amendment is passed,” said Mai Thor. Continue Reading →
Forces trying to suppress voting in Minnesota were thwarted today when a U.S. District Court Judge ruled the state’s same day voter registration is constitutional.
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Community forum with Rep. Ellison to inform Minnesotans about the photo ID amendment’s dangerous consequences and how they can take action to defeat it.
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Senator Al Franken at the dedication of a Hubert Humphrey memorial statue says the the former Vice President would be oppose discriminatory legislation such as the voter photo ID and anti-gay marriage constiutional amendments Minnesotans will be voting on this fall. Continue Reading →
Opponents of a proposed “voter photo ID” Minnesota constitutional amendment argue it shouldn’t be on the fall ballot because the question put to voters is misleading. However it’s very possible that the Minnesota Supreme Court could instead just declare the entire amendment unconstitutional. Continue Reading →
Governor Mark Dayton’s veto of an anti-gay marriage constitutional amendment isn’t so meaningless after all. It and a voter photo ID constitutional amendment may get new titles on the November ballot.
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Minnesota’s Supreme Court has agreed to hear a petition that could remove from the fall ballot an amendment requiring a government issued photo ID to vote. Continue Reading →
The lawsuit isn’t a surprise. During the partisan battle over the amendment at the legislature Democrats argued that the ballot measure should include mention of the new provisional balloting system the amendment requires. Continue Reading →
What are the civil rights implications of a proposed Minnesota constitutional amendment requiring a photo ID to vote and creates a whole new provisional balloting system for Minnesota? Continue Reading →
Thousands marched in Milwaukee for immigrants rights and against voter suppression. Continue Reading →
