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In making the case for his federal same-day voter registration bill, U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison points to how much voter fraud was alleged in the “highly scrutinized” Norm Coleman-Al Franken U.S. Senate contest due to Minnesotans’ ability to register to vote on Election Day: none.
That statistic is part of an op-ed by Ellison and the chief sponsor of a companion bill, Sen. Russ Feingold of Wisconsin, at the Huffington Post.
Another statistic they offer: The top five states for 2008 voter turnout — including Minnesota and Wisconsin — all have same-day registration.
Ellison and Feingold urge the District of Columbia’s city council to adopt reforms today that would allow voters to register at the polls.
The new federal legislation, introduced last week, has not yet attracted co-sponsors beyond its original Democratic backers. They include Minnesota Reps. Tim Walz and Jim Oberstar and Sen. Amy Klobuchar.
Also quoted in the piece is Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie: “EDR [Election Day Registration] is much more secure because you have the person right in front of you — not a postcard in the mail. … We have 35 years of experience with this.”
Click here for information from Ritchie’s office on how to register to vote on Election Day in Minnesota.
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Comment posted November 3, 2009 @ 4:37 pm
U. S. Representative Ellison is either woefully misinformed or deliberately misleading the public when he states that in the last election there was no alleged voter fraud resulting from Election Day registration in Minnesota. One only needs to be aware of the information provided to the Secretary of State, Mark Ritchie, by the Minnesota Majority or the investigative report that was aired, recently, by KSTP-TV.
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