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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We brought you a Redistricting Round-Up earlier this week, but there have been some big developments in Midwest redistricting since then.First, Midwest Democracy Network’s Draw the Line campaign has…
Redistricting continues to move forward in the Midwest! Here’s some of the latest news from throughout the region, including a plug for Draw the Line Midwest in a CNN.com article.Draw the Line Midwest mentioned on CNN.com Midwest Democracy Network’s redistricting…
Report shows heavy partisan gerrymander in proposed Minnesota maps.
Minnesota has been right in the thick of their redistricting process, with both the state house and senate introducing their proposed redistricting maps. However, the maps were drawn with little public input and appear to show a heavily partisan gerrymander,…
Updates throughout the midwest on the redistricting front as all states in the Network are engaged and moving forward in the process.MichiganKyle Caldwell of the Michigan Nonprofit Association pens an article for the Detroit Free Press on the importance of…
Census data for all states has been released, and redistricting is well under way all across the Network . Keep up with redistricting news throughout the week at Draw the Line Midwest. Here’s some of the news…
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