The Capitol Letter™ is a recurring publication that provides reports from LWV Minnesota volunteer Observer Corps and Lobby Corps members on what is happening in the current legislative session.This issue of the Capitol Letter™ will cover the two state government...
The Capitol Letter™ is a recurring publication that provides reports from LWV Minnesota volunteer Observer Corps and Lobby Corps members on what is happening in the current legislative session.RedistrictingSF1715 / HF1884Redistricting principles for legislative and...
by Cassidy Pelkey, Policy CoordinatorThe Minnesota House and Senate have been in session for roughly a month and a half now. So, what’s happening?There are a vast number of bills that are being authored, presented in committee, discussed, passed through to different...
Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations and the League of Women Voters of Minnesota reach an agreement with Atlas Aegis to settle a Voting Rights Act lawsuit via a consent decree. (MINNEAPOLIS, MN, 2/16/21) -- A federal judge today approved...
Note: This blog post was written by Cassidy Pelkey. She is a current intern at LWVMN. We asked her, as a young woman, to pen a reflection on this historic milestone.At one point or another, almost every woman has been told she could not do something, simply because...
Today, the LWVMN State Board met and approved this letter to be sent to the Minnesota House of Representatives and Senate leadership in both parties. We are especially concerned about the growing evidence of possible violence being directed at elected and...
ST. PAUL – Today, the Senate State Government Finance and Policy and Elections Committee held a hearing to review the administration and security of the 2020 election. Michelle Witte, executive director for the League of Women Voters of Minnesota, released the...
It’s Too Late To Mail Your Ballot.If you mail your ballot, it will not be received in time to be counted. Instead, you should vote in person at your polling place or return your ballot by hand by 3 p.m. on Election Day to your local election office. You cannot return...
Order issued against private mercenary company and its chairman.MINNEAPOLIS—Today, a federal district court judge ruled in favor of the Council on American-Islamic Relations of Minnesota and the League of Women Voters of Minnesota, granting a preliminary injunction in...
COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS OF MINNESOTA AND LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF MINNESOTA SUE ATLAS AEGIS FOR PLANS TO DEPLOY ARMED EX-SOLDIERS TO POLLING PLACES ACROSS MINNESOTA. MINNEAPOLIS—The Council on American-Islamic Relations of Minnesota (CAIR-MN)...
There have been a number of claims floating around recently about potential droves of poll watchers and vote challengers being recruited for Election Day. But Minnesota has protections to ensure voters can cast their ballots uninterrupted. Vote challengers As the term...
What is election interference? One of the most common perceptions of election interference is direct vote tampering or manipulation. People often imagine foreign hackers trying to manipulate the vote count directly. But that would be incredibly difficult to do, and...