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TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press
April 4, 2018
This aspect of Minnesota's election laws has been on the books since 1912. It was adopted by the Legislature in a special session addressing “corrupt practices,” which Mansky describes as a “failrly common feature” of Minnesota elections until that time. The idea of either deceiving, intimidating or coercingÃâà...
wtip.org
April 4, 2018
At the end of March, Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon received a federal security clearance of “secret,” one of 20 state election officials nationwide with this clearance. Simon and other officials were granted this clearance after Senate Intelligence Committee leaders said efforts to protect state andÃâà...
CBS Minnesota / WCCO
April 4, 2018
Dallet's victory follows a surprising Democratic win in January in a special election for a state Senate seat held by Republicans for 17 years. Two other special legislative elections are coming this June, giving Democrats more chances to build momentum heading into the fall. Dallet, 48, has been aÃâà...
CBS Minnesota / WCCO
April 4, 2018
Expert: Minnesota Teachers Aren't Protesting, Just Leaving The ProfessionFor the second day in a row, thousands of teachers in Oklahoma shut down schools and marched on the state capitol, demanding higher pay. In Wisconsin Elections, State Treasurer Wins; Hudson Mayor ReelectedWisconsin votersÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
April 4, 2018
RCV does a better job of producing a majority winner in multiple-candidate elections than does today's plurality-wins system. Yet it's friendlier than the status quo to third-party candidacies because it eases voters' fears that a vote for a third-party candidate will inadvertently lead to the election of the voter'sÃâà...
New York Times
April 4, 2018
The district, which Mr. Trump won by 15.6 percentage points in 2016, according to DailyKos Elections, could be one of the Republicans' best chances of ... Minnesota's United States senators, Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith, both Democrats, are up for election, and the state's Democratic governor, MarkÃâà...
TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press
March 27, 2018
Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon discusses election security issues in his office on Friday, March 16, 2018 in St. Paul, Minn. Minnesota's legislative auditor says the state needs to upgrade its aging computerized voter registration system. The recommendations won a strong endorsement fromÃâà...
Minnesota Lawyer
March 23, 2018
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Republican leaders' efforts to stop Pennsylvania from using a new congressional district map in midterm elections were dealt a potentially fatal blow Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court and a panel of federal judges both ruled against them. The courts rejected requests to throw outÃâà...
Minnesota Public Radio News
March 22, 2018
"The Russians were relentless in attempting to meddle in the 2016 elections and they will continue their efforts to undermine public confidence in Western democracies and in the legitimacy of our elections," said Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, during a Tuesday press conference announcing the committee'sÃâà...
MinnPost
March 20, 2018
If we properly invest in our election security, we can continue to do things our way in Minnesota. We can continue to be a leader in the nation for access to voting, and we can have faith that our votes are counted and our voices heard. Securing and modernizing our elections is not a partisan issue; it is aÃâà...
The Regulatory Review
March 20, 2018
The Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in a case challenging the constitutionality of a Minnesota election law that prohibits voters from ... that the prohibition on politically themed apparel at the polling place bore a reasonable relationship to preserving the sanctity of Minnesota's elections.
Minnesota Daily
March 20, 2018
The University of Minnesota's 2018 all-campus elections were marred with setbacks, complaints and controversy, but the policy responsible for some of these issues could be changed in the future. On March 5, professional students who participated in the election found that they were unable to vote on aÃâà...
Government Technology
March 20, 2018
Again, the state's SVRS system has nothing to do with how ballots are cast on election day. Ballots are instead handled at the individual county level — and as for any threat of compromising those county systems, Simon said, “That's not the principle threat, here. The fundamentals in Minnesota are veryÃâà...
fox6now.com
March 18, 2018
In Montana and Minnesota the job duties were given to governor appointees. Former Treasurer Jack Voight, a Republican who served from 1995 to 2007, has taken up the somewhat lonesome fight to preserve the office. He's joined by Sarah Godlewski, a Democratic venture capitalist and philanthropistÃâà...
TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press
March 17, 2018
Again, the state's SVRS system has nothing to do with how ballots are cast on election day. Ballots are instead handled at the individual county level — and as for any threat of compromising those county systems, Simon said, “That's not the principle threat, here. The fundamentals in Minnesota are veryÃâà...
CBS Minnesota / WCCO
March 16, 2018
(AP) — An audit of Minnesota's voter registration system is about to be released, and it may shed light on claims that it's too easy for ineligible people to vote. The legislative auditor's office has been examining the system for months. One of the goals was to determine whether election-day registration, andÃâà...
KSTP.com
March 16, 2018
Counties in Minnesota will still use voting machines manufactured during the George W. Bush Administration during the upcoming midterm election. At least 20 counties ... Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon said it will take between $7 and $14 million more to update all of the state's voting machines.
CBS Minnesota / WCCO
March 16, 2018
(AP) — Minnesota needs to upgrade its aging computerized voter registration system and take steps to better help county election officials identify people who aren't eligible to vote, the legislative auditor's office recommended Friday. The recommendations won a strong endorsement from the state's chiefÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
March 10, 2018
Back in November, when the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to rule on the fate of Minnesota's voter-dress-code law, I wondered in a column whether I might run afoul of this peculiar statute by wearing one of our stylish Star Tribune T-shirts to my polling place. Since I am employed by the Star Tribune as aÃâà...
SCOTUSblog (blog)
February 23, 2018
A decision in the case is expected by June, approximately two months before Minnesota voters go to the polls for the state's primary elections in August. Until then, election officials and groups like MVA will be watching the Supreme Court closely, as will their counterparts in the nine other states that haveÃâà...
Minneapolis Star Tribune
December 31, 1999
Minnesota will receive a $6.5 million federal grant in mid-May to upgrade and modernize its voter registration system. ... The next step in ensuring secure and fair elections, Klobuchar said, is to curtail the sale of individual data online and to ensure that the purchasers of online campaign and issueÃâà...
West Central Tribune
December 31, 1999
When a student asked what he's doing to eliminate voter fraud, Simon said the state has very little voter fraud — 11 people were convicted of fraud after the 2016 election, among nearly 3 million votes. "The number one threat to elections is cyber attacks," he said. Minnesota was one of 21 states whoseÃâà...
Detroit Lakes Online
December 31, 1999
Minnesota was one of 21 states whose election systems were "targeted by agents acting on the behest of the Russian government" prior to the 2016 elections, Simon said, quoting from a public intelligence report. "We (in Minnesota) weren't hacked, but there were people out there looking for a way in—likeÃâà...
