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Ritchie Alters Title For Voter Photo ID Amendment
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie has reworked the title for a constitutional amendment seeking to impose a photo ID requirement for voting. The state elections chief...
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Legal Action Planned Against Amendment Wording Changes
ST. PAUL (WCCO) – Gov. Mark Dayton is considering a special legislative session for state aid to flood-weary northeastern Minnesota. But some lawmakers are talking about adding another item to the...
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Minn. Supreme Court Pulled Into New Amendment Case
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — A tussle over the title for a proposed constitutional amendment seeking changes to Minnesota voting is headed for the state Supreme Court. Proponents of the push to require photo...
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Altered Minn. Amendments Spur Partisanship Charges
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Charges of partisanship flew at a Minnesota Senate hearing into proposed constitutional amendments that gained different topline names than the Legislature voted on earlier....
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Minn. Court Weighs Edited Ballot Question Titles
ST. PAUL (WCCO) — The Minnesota Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday morning regarding two ballot question titles. One is for the proposed Marriage Constitutional Amendment passed by the 2011...
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City Releases Report On Voter ID Amendment Costs, Changes
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – The office responsible for administering elections in Minneapolis released a report Wednesday saying that the proposed voter ID constitutional amendment could cost, if passed, an...
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Poll Shows Marriage Amendment Is A Toss-Up
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A new poll shows voters are at a virtual toss-up when it comes to Minnesota’s proposed marriage amendment that will be on the November ballot. Public Policy Polling found 48...
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Minnesotans Of Faith Come Together To Combat Voter ID Amendment
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Dozens of Minnesota clergy and religious leaders gathered Thursday to voice their opposition to Minnesota’s Voter ID amendment. The Faith in Democracy campaign believes requiring...
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Divisions Persist On Need For Voter ID Amendment
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Supporters of a proposed Minnesota voter ID amendment say it will protect the integrity of the state’s election system, while opponents point to several studies finding the kind...
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Some Voter ID Amendment Foes Frustrated With DFL
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Some opponents of the proposed amendment to require Minnesota voters to show a photo ID at the polls are angry at the Minnesota DFL Party. They say the party is not putting...
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Hennepin Co. Att’y Touts Clean Elections, Criticizes Voter ID
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman released a video called “Case Closed: Clean Elections in Hennepin County,” which touts clean elections and criticizes the voter ID amendment....
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Voter ID Complaint Targets Minn. Election Official
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota’s top election official is the target of a complaint from Republican senators who accuse him of misleading voters on a proposed voter identification requirement. Sens....
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Reality Check: Voter ID, Marriage Amendments And ‘Skipping The Vote’
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Public opinion polls this week are showing the campaigns for two constitutional amendments are getting very close. But adding the marriage and voter ID amendments to the state...
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Vote ‘Yes’ Strategist Will Vote ‘No’
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A once powerful Minnesota Republican at the center of a sex scandal broke his 10-month silence. Michael Brodkorb lost his job after admitting an affair with then Senate Majority...
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Deadline Arrives For Minn. Voters To Pre-Register
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota voters who don’t want to bring ID or other documentation on Election Day face a Tuesday deadline to pre-register to vote. Voters can also register at the polls on...
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Valid Or Not? Voter ID Vagueness Causing Confusion
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Charges flew Wednesday over the controversial photo ID amendment. With only two weeks to Election Day, supporters of the amendment are crying foul, because of a TV ad saying...
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SCSU Survey: More Voting No On Marriage Amendment
ST. CLOUD, Minn. (WCCO) – A new survey from St. Cloud State University suggests that, of the two Minnesota ballot initiatives in next month’s election, one may pass while the other may not. According...
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Ritchie: Expect Voting Results Delays In St. Louis County
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — State officials think we might have to wait some time before learning the election results. So if you’re staying up Tuesday night to see how things shake out, expect that it will...
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Minn. Voters Decide On Gay Marriage, Photo ID
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota voters voted on two major changes to their state constitution Tuesday, proposals to prohibit gay marriage and require photo identification for voting that sparked...
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Minn. Photo ID Requirement Down In Early Returns
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A constitutional amendment to require a photo ID to vote in Minnesota is trailing slightly in early returns. If the amendment is approved, all voters would have to present valid...
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Minn. Rejects Amendment Requiring Photo ID To Vote
Election 2012: Live Results | Local Political News | Live Electoral Map MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesotans have rejected a constitutional amendment that would have required a photo ID before they could...
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Minnesota’s Voter ID: What Was Supposed To Pass — Didn’t
ANOKA, Minn. (WCCO) — Minnesota voters have shot down the Voter ID amendment, but even just a few weeks ago, it had overwhelming support. So, how did this happen? A few months back, voter Kim Holbrook...
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Reality Check: Republicans Leaders Miscalculated; Amendments Backfired
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – Nearly 3 million Minnesotans showed up at the polls on Election Day –that’s a voter turnout of 76 percent. Minnesotans defeated two constitutional amendments: one to define...
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MN Officials Cite Few Election Problems, Group Checks Possible Fraud
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minnesota voters came out in record numbers this year. Nearly 3 million voters went to the polls. The Secretary of State’s Office says the election was run smoothly, and virtually...
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Minn. Senate Leader Wants Higher Amendment Bar
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Following the failure in November of two constitutional amendments championed largely by Republicans, DFL lawmakers now at the Capitol’s helm said Thursday they want to make it...
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Esme’s Blog: Gay Marriage – What A Difference A Year Makes?
In early 2012, a public policy poll found that 50 percent of Minnesotans surveyed favored a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, and only 40 percent said they opposed the amendment. The...
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Hearing To Assess Electronic Voting Roster Costs
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — With voters having rejected a photo ID requirement, Minnesota lawmakers are testing out electronic polling place rosters intended to make verifying voters easier and more...
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Wis. Liberal Group Complains Voters Can’t Get ID
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A liberal group plans to file a brief in the legal battle over Wisconsin’s voter photo identification law alleging state offices aren’t open enough to produce enough IDs for...
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Judge Denies Plea To Expand Acceptable Forms Of Voter ID
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge on Monday denied a civil rights group’s request that voters be allowed to use more forms of photo identification at Wisconsin’s polls, marking another chapter in a...
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Wis. Governor Approves Revision To Voter ID Process
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — People working to obtain Wisconsin photo identification without the proper underlying documents will be able to vote with a receipt they’ll receive within days of submitting their...
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Appeals Court Won’t Reconsider Wisconsin Voter ID Cases
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal appeals court has refused to reconsider a pair of rulings affecting Wisconsin’s voter ID law, meaning no more changes to the requirement are likely before the November...
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Appeals Court Refuses To Reconsider Voter ID Cases In Wis.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal appeals court has refused to reconsider a pair of rulings affecting Wisconsin’s voter ID law, meaning no more changes to the requirement are likely before the November...
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Gov. Walker: Voter ID Issues Found At DMV Offices
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Department of Justice’s spot checks found problems with how the state’s voter ID law was being administered at Division of Motor Vehicle driver’s license stations,...
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ID Law Proves Insurmountable For Many Wis. Voters
MILWAUKEE (AP) — State Sen. Mary Lazich was adamant: The bill Republicans were about to push through the Wisconsin state Senate, requiring that voters present identification at the polls, would do no...
View ArticleState House DFL Looks To Expand Opportunities To Vote; Senate GOP Pursues...
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — The Minnesota House DFL has introduced a sweeping bill aimed at boosting access to the ballot box. It’s a proposal leaders say protects our democratic institutions. In a news...
View ArticleTarget, Best Buy Among 150+ Companies Urging Congress To Pass Voting Rights Bill
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Minnesota-based Target and Best Buy are among the more than 150 companies that have signed onto a letter urging the U.S. Congress to pass a sweeping voting reforms bill. “Congress...
View ArticleGroup Fighting Voter ID Plan Enlists Big Names
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Former Democratic Vice President Walter Mondale and former Republican Gov. Arne Carlson became the public faces Tuesday of a fight against a proposed Minnesota constitutional...
View ArticleRitchie: Act Quickly On Voter ID Case
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP)— Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie is urging the state Supreme Court to act quickly on the lawsuit challenging the validity of a ballot question that seeks to make photo...
View ArticleMinn. Lawmakers Defend Voter ID Measure Validity
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Lawyers for the Minnesota Legislature argue that lawmakers deserve wide latitude to design constitutional ballot questions as they fight an attempt to scuttle a photo ID measure...
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