How New Voting Laws Fared On Super Tuesday
A flurry of recently enacted voting and election laws were put to the test during yesterday’s Super Tuesday elections, and the results were a bit of a mixed bag.
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A flurry of recently enacted voting and election laws were put to the test during yesterday’s Super Tuesday elections, and the results were a bit of a mixed bag.
Minnesota Democrats are hoping to make the Gopher State the latest to adopt a state-level Voting Rights Act.
Yesterday, the Minnesota Alliance for Retired Americans, a nonprofit organization of retired trade union members, and two voters filed a lawsuit challenging Minnesota’s absentee ballot witness requirement.
A Minnesota judge on Wednesday dismissed a right-wing lawsuit seeking to invalidate legislation that restores voting rights to over 55,000 Minnesotans.
Today, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that former President Donald Trump is eligible to appear on the state’s 2024 presidential primary ballot despite his involvement in the Jan. 6 insurrection.
On Friday, March 3, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) signed House File 28, a bill which will restore voting rights to over 50,000 Minnesotans on parole, probation or community release due to a felony conviction once the law goes into effect in July.
On Thursday, April 20, the Minnesota Senate passed House File 1830, an omnibus state government funding bill that includes several pro-voting election reforms.
On Friday, May 5, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) signed House File 3, the “Democracy for the People Act,” into law.
On Wednesday, April 26, the Minnesota Senate passed House File 3, the “Democracy for the People Act,” sending the omnibus pro-voting bill to Gov. Tim Walz (D).
On Friday, Jan. 6, the two year anniversary of the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor state lawmakers announced the formation of a legislative caucus focused on “defending democracy.”
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