Minnesota Senate passes bill making it even easier to vote
The DFL-led bill intends to make voting easier and more accessible and ensure fair elections.
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The DFL-led bill intends to make voting easier and more accessible and ensure fair elections.
The bill implements automatic voter registration, allows those ages 16 and 17 to pre-register to vote and creates a permanent absentee ballot list.
Gov. Tim Walz signed a bill into law Friday that will give formerly incarcerated Minnesotans the right to vote.
Minnesota's governor signed a bill into law Friday that will give formerly incarcerated Minnesotans the right to vote.
The Minnesota Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled current state law barring felons from voting until after their sentence is complete is constitutional, delivering a long-awaited opinion that impacts thousands of Minnesotans' access to the polls.
The bill would allow 16- and 17-year-olds to preregister to vote. It would also establish standards for publishing voting materials in languages other than English.
One prominent Twin Cities Pastor is telling his story to inspire passage of the bill that will allow felons to vote once they are released from prison.
A bill ready for a vote in the Minnesota House would restore voting rights for thousands of Minnesotans with felony convictions currently barred from the ballot box until their sentence is complete.
The ACLU of Minnesota estimates that more 50,000 Minnesotans can't vote because they were convicted of a felony and are still on probation or parole.
