As the dust settled from last Tuesday’s election, one of the key players in the successful effort to defeat the proposed voter ID constitutional amendment reflected on how his side
Democracy & Voting Rights
Voter ID: The More You Know, The Less You Like It
On first hearing, voter ID laws sound like an obvious and innocent idea. After all, don’t you need ID for everything else these days? So it’s not surprising that 80
Foes did ‘the unthinkable’ in stopping the voting amendment
Voting amendment opponents carved out a solid victory at the polls on Tuesday that would have been nearly unthinkable just months ago. Advocates of requiring citizens to show a photo
How voter ID opponents defeated the amendment
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Bud Johnston’s decision about whether he would support the proposed voter identification amendment on Tuesday’s ballot came down to the wire. For weeks, Johnston, of Pipestone,
MN only state to vote down voter ID referendum
Voter ID opponents claimed victory early Wednesday morning with 95 percent of precincts reporting only 45.8 percent in favor of the proposed amendment that would require photographic identification for voting.
Fights over marriage, voter ID go down to wire
Across Minnesota, volunteers and politicians are dug in for the final stretch before Election Day. From daylong bus tours to daybreak rallies, Republicans and Democrats are fanning out across Minnesota
Chris Conry, Your Vote or Your Job? A New Low in Corporate Electioneering
SuperPACs are old news. As we near November 6th, the trendsetters in corporate electioneering are drafting a disturbing new tool: a letter from the boss. A growing number of C.E.O.s
