Tag: Steve Simon
Minnetonka sticks with ranked choice voting
Minnetonka residents overwhelmingly rejected a measure Tuesday to repeal ranked choice voting as the method used for electing city officials.
In Tuesday’s election, residents were...
State claims in court filing that felon voting law also restores...
Attorneys gathered in an Anoka County courtroom Monday to debate a lawsuit that challenges a new Minnesota law granting felons the right to vote...
Appeals court blocks judge’s ruling declaring felon voting law ‘unconstitutional’
Without ruling on the merits of the law itself, the Minnesota Court of Appeals said Thursday that a lower court judge had “no authority”...
Dayton-appointed judge calls felon voting law unconstitutional in ‘unprecedented’ move
A Mille Lacs County judge who was appointed to the bench by former Democratic governor Mark Dayton said in two orders last week that...
Minnesotans have until Oct. 30 to submit new state flag, seal...
The floodgates were opened this week for those creative types looking to make their mark on Minnesota history -- as the commission tasked with redesigning...
Commission already debating whether it needs an extension to redesign new...
A newly created commission tasked with redesigning Minnesota’s state flag and seal by the end of this year met for the first time on Tuesday. Among...
On school campuses and state fairgrounds, teenagers preregister to vote for...
The last days of August often are associated with the sights and sounds of back-to-school activities and, of course, the Minnesota State Fair.
This year...
Simon: Election officials within their rights to work with Big Tech...
Fresh off a legislative session where Steve Simon was able to check off nearly every item on his election reform “wish list,” the recently...
Minnesota Voters Alliance files lawsuit challenging new felon voting rights restoration...
A trio of Minnesota residents, along with a conservative voters rights watchdog organization, have filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a new law that restores the right to vote...
James Dickey: UMLC receives victory in election integrity lawsuit
Today is the first part of a two-part episode of Minnesota Law Weekly, as we have news from one of UMLC’s cases decided by...












