The Minnesota House of Representatives, after more than nine hours of debate, passed the voter ID state constitutional amendment by a vote of 72-62 along party lines, Republicans voting in support and Democratic Farmer-Labor voting against. If the measure passes…
No Midwest Democracy Network states rank higher than 10th in a 50-state ranking of state transparency laws and corruption risk standards, and none received a higher grade than C. Michigan’s F grade ranks amongst the lowest in the country, while…
The Campaign Finance Institute has published an article in the peer-reviewed Election Law Journal called “Small Donors, Big Democracy: New York City’s Matching Funds as a Model for the Nation and States.” Michael Malbin,…
Network partners TakeAction Minnesota, League of Women Voters Minnesota, and Minnesota Council of Nonprofits have been closely tracking and reacting to the debate over a possible voter ID state constitutional amendment.TakeAction Minnesota released a report showing the money behind the…
The Minnesota special redistricting panel has released its final maps for state and congressional level districts. Instead of choosing a map that was submitted by one of the political parties (three were submitted: one by…
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Common Cause Minnesota and the League of Women Voters Minnesota applaud the decision by the Minnesota Supreme Court to protect the separation of powers.While the court did not…
A Democratic group is asking the Federal Election Committee if they can side-step a 2002 law that restricts members from raising soft money for their campaigns.According to the Hartford Courant, the National Democratic Redistricting Trust is…
Justice Sandra Day O’Connor has been on a conference tour discussing the likely impact the Supreme Court’s decisions on the Caperton v. Massey and Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission will have on future election.During a…
Supreme Court Justices are skeptical a commonly used ethics law is too vague to convict someone of fraud. Enacted in 1988, the law states it is a crime “to deprive another of the intangible right of…
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