Joe Mansky

Legislation to rejigger the state’s redistricting system passed the state Senate last week. Stakes are high, as the state may lose a congressional seat after the 2010 U.S. Census, and whether it’s Michele Bachmann’s in the Sixth District or someone else’s will be decided during redistricting. But some people closest to the work of shaping Minnesota’s political boundaries last time around say the system worked pretty well.

The Humphrey Institute put together a rather remarkable panel on Wednesday morning to discuss the ongoing U.S. Senate recount. Secretary of State Mark Ritchie, Ramsey County elections manager Joe Mansky, and former Vice President Walter Mondale were among the speakers. You can listen to the entire discussion here and here. Or watch a clip featuring [...]

The manual recount of the U.S. Senate race is well under way in Ramsey County. Eight teams of inspectors are scrutinizing ballots at the county’s election offices while authorized representatives of the two campaigns hover nearby. It’s just one of roughly 110 locations across the state where ballots will be manually inspected over the next two weeks to determine the winner of the closest senate race in Minnesota history.