Network partner TakeAction Minnesota has led a grassroots pushback against the proposed voter ID constitutional amendment in their state. The Senate panel that was set to approve the voter ID constitutional amendment and send it to the full body for…
After a contentious and partisan redistricting process in 2002, Minneapolis is opening up the way that it draws new city council and park board lines by providing citizens an opportunity to have a say in how the new lines are…
Demos has released a new report on immigrant voter turnout and registration showing that structural barriers still exist for new citizens when they want to register to vote. Restrictive requirements, language access, socioeconomic status, location of immigrant community, and country…
Network partner Common Cause Minnesota has released a new report that connects the dots between state legislators in Minnesota, the bills they introduce, and the American Legislative Exchange Council, or ALEC. Bills introduced in the…
Network partners at the Brennan Center and Justice At Stake wrote an op-ed for Reuters on the threats to the judicial system. Adam Skaggs and Bert Brandenburg write about Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s outspoken attacks against judges who make decisions…
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Network partner organizations in Ohio have been closely following a bill that would require voters to show photo identification when they cast a ballot. A similar initiative is being considered now in Minnesota as well.Network partner League…
The Government Operations and Elections Committee heard testimony on two bills requiring Minnesota residents to provide a photo ID before they vote.Mike Dean of Common Cause Minnesota argued a process involving…
Minnesota Republican leaders hope to repeal several easy-to-vote laws, including same-day registration and allowing someone with no voter registration and no identification to vote – known as “vouching”.
Despite a potentially uphill battle in the upcoming legislative session, proponents of judicial election reform are moving full speed ahead with their message, according…
From the sweltering Mississippi of 1964’s “Freedom Summer” to Washington’s marbled corridors of power to the rough-and-tumble of Illinois politics, Larry Hansen devoted his nearly 50-year career to making American democracy work better. Hansen, vice president of the Joyce Foundation…
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