State preps for a half million voters, GOP preps to challenge them
Monday, October 26, 2009 at 2:04 pm
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Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie is encouraging people to vote in local elections Nov. 3 that are expected to generate 500,000 ballots across the state. Ritchie’s office is also offering an online Polling Place Finder to find whether an election will be held in your area and where you can vote. The Republican Party of Minnesota is offering training to learn how to challenge voters’ eligibility to vote.
In some cases, the Secretary of State’s Polling Place Finder also provides a list on candidates who will appear on local ballots, along with a map showing where to vote. Minnesota has same-day voter registration for people with basic proof of residency.
The GOP poll-challenger training sesssion will take place four times through Sunday:
Tuesday, Oct. 27 at 6:30 p.m. at RPM Headquarters
Thursday, Oct. 29 at 6:30 p.m. at RPM Headquarters
Saturday, Oct. 31 at 10 a.m. at RPM Headquarters
Sunday, Nov. 1 at 1 p.m. at RPM Headquarters
2 Comments
Comment posted October 26, 2009 @ 3:37 pm
Isn’t it off how there are Republican challengers at DFL DFL precincts, but not DFL challengers at Republican precincts? There are DFL challengers, I was one once, but they’re at DFL precincts to keep the Republicans from harassing legitimate voters.
It never ceases to amaze me how Republicans try to stop certain demographic groups from voting, and then don’t get why those groups vote Democratic.
Comment posted October 26, 2009 @ 6:41 pm
If I go to vote and some partisan asks me about eligibility, my impulse would be to ignore them and proceed to the registration table, sign by my name per usual, and vote.
Are these partisans “election officials” in some formal sense? Do they have the right to hassle me about my eligibility? Must I answer their questions or may I ignore them, and excercise my constitutional right to vote?
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