Tag: Steve Simon
Early voting underway in several contentious primary elections
Update: A communications director for the Secretary of State's Office told Alpha News after publication that the office has since decided to include a...
EXCLUSIVE: ‘We are election verifiers’: Anoka citizen group makes progress on...
Concerned and committed north metro citizens have met every week for nearly two years as part of a group they call ACEIT, the Anoka...
Simon touts new automatic voter registration system
If you’ve renewed your driver’s license anytime over the last month or so, you’ve also more than likely ensured you’re registered to vote this...
Minnesota now allows for permanent absentee voting
(The Center Square) -- Any Minnesota voter can now sign up for a permanent absentee ballot.
As of June 1, Minnesota joined eight other states...
J. Christian Adams: Elections should not be conducted in darkness
(Daily Caller News Foundation) -- This week, the Public Interest Legal Foundation filed two federal lawsuits in Minnesota and Wisconsin to end these states’ special exemptions from...
Dr. Osterholm pushes ranked-choice voting at the legislature
Dr. Mike Osterholm, a University of Minnesota infectious disease expert, is perhaps best known for his opinions on the COVID-19 pandemic.
But the longtime director of the...
Bill would allow ‘unhoused’ to register to vote without physical address...
The chair of the Minnesota House Elections Committee introduced a bill this week that would give people without an official residence wider latitude to...
House Dems push for pop-up style polling places for absentee voting...
A bill that would mandate counties to provide pop-up style absentee voting locations on college and university campuses that ask for it is headed to...
Scorecard puts Minnesota among worst states for election integrity
(The Daily Signal) -- The primary election season is about to start, and the country is just 10 months away from the general election,...
Flag redesign commissioner signs onto lawmakers’ report criticizing new flag and...
Two Republican lawmakers who served as non-voting members of a commission that redesigned a new state seal and flag late last year have authored a “minority report” criticizing...