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Mister Ed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-26-11 06:57 PM
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5. Next Battle: MN Republicans are aiming to make voter suppresion part of the MN Constitution
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The bill from Rep. Mary Kiffmeyer would make all voters show photo IDs before getting a ballot. Provisional ballots cast by those who couldn't show IDs would be counted only if the voter personally went to a local election office to prove his or her identity.

Kiffmeyer is also pursuing the bill as a constitutional amendment that would bypass Dayton and go directly to 2012 voters if approved by the Legislature.


They've already made a ballot initiative of a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage, in order to get around the governor's potential veto.

This infuriates me. Basic civil rights - to vote, to marry - should not be subject to the popular whim. The constitution is the fortress in which those rights must be harbored.
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