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GOP-led Minnesota Senate approves voter ID bill, but it s unlikely to become law

GOP-led Minnesota Senate approves voter ID bill, but it s unlikely to become law Jeremiah Jacobsen © Provided by KARE-TV Minneapolis-St. Paul The Republican-led Minnesota Senate narrowly approved a voter identification bill on Monday, even though the proposal has little chance of gaining the support of the DFL majority in the Minnesota House of Representatives or Democratic Gov. Tim Walz. The measure passed on a vote of 34-32, with Independent Sen. David Tomassoni joining Senate Democrats in opposition to the bill. The proposed bill (SF173) would require Minnesota voters to present photo identification at the polls before casting a ballot. The plan also calls for replacing the state s current same-day voter registration process with a provisional ballot system, setting aside ballots from same-day registered voters or those without identification until their residence or identity can be verified.

Last year s election rules should be the new normal

Nathan Howard/Getty Images Pallets filled with mail-in ballots for Washington and Oregon sit in a Portland, Ore., Postal Service processing and distribution center on Oct. 14, 2020. Numbers tell the story: Last year s election rules should be the new normal McDonald is an associate professor of political science at the University of Florida and runs the U.S. Elections Project, which maintained a comprehensive database on 2020 voting methods and turnout in every state. As the coronavirus pandemic raged across the country last year, several states worked diligently to make it easier for voters to cast mail ballots and to provide more access for in-person voters. And after the dust of the general election settled, we began to see major success stories — including the highest voter turnout rate for a general election in a century, with turnout increases in every state.

Election Integrity and the Threat of HR1, Natelson Weighs In

Election Integrity and the Threat of HR1, Natelson Weighs In I ve been getting your emails and your phone calls into our statewide radio show, and the message is clear: Montanans want to focus on election security and election integrity, especially after the shenanigans we saw in the 2020 elections in parts of the country. Montanans are also very concerned about HR1, the proposed federal takeover of our elections in the wake of COVID-19. This bill is seen as an attempt to make permanent some of the shenanigans that occurred in the 2020 elections. What s the threat of HR 1 and what actions need to be taken in order to secure election integrity in this country? We ll talk about that and more with former University of Montana Constitutional law professor Rob Natelson on Wednesday s Montana Talks statewide radio show from 9-10 a.m. Natelson heads up the Constitutional Studies Center with the Independence Institute in Denver.

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