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Voter Id Amendment

Friday, November 9, 2012

How Did Inver Grove Heights Vote on Voter ID, Marriage Amendments?

Check out our citywide results for IGH and a number of other Dakota County communities.

Follow us on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our newsletter  Want to know how Inver Grove voted on the Voter ID or marriage amendments? Check out our tables below for citywide results for IGH and a number of other Dakota County communities, as well as countywide results for both measures. The Voter ID amendment, if passed, would have required Minnesotans to present valid photo identification to vote. The marriage amendment would have defined marriage as between one man and one woman. Statewide, the Voter ID ballot measure failed to pass the 50 percent level of support it needed (46.34 percent with all but three Minnesota precincts' results). The marriage amendment likewise failed, with only 47.58 percent of voters casting a '…

Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Poll: Is the Voter ID Amendment Necessary, or a Political Ploy?

Minnesota voters will have a chance to vote on the issue in November; Patch readers can debate the issue now.

Should proof-of-identity be required at the voting booth? Republicans, in general, say "yes." They point out that people are often required to show their identification: When purchasing alcoholic beverages, when boarding a plane, when using a credit card, when pulled over by the police for a traffic violation. Why not require positive identification, then, before stepping into the voting both—that most sacred right in a democracy? Democrats, in general, say "no." They say requiring voter ID is a solution in search of a problem. They point out that aside from a few isolated incidents, there's been no evidence of voter fraud, and they worry that such proposals are simply a way of keeping the poor, and ethnic minoriites, out of the voting …

Smokin' Joe

2:38 pm on Wednesday, October 31, 2012

The new poster child of a clueless politician who has no shame and counts on us having no memory is Gov. Dayton, who as the voice of reason on a television ad with Arnie Carlson is telling us to send it back to the legislature so they can fix it.   more ›

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