Hearing her tell it, Mary Kiffmeyer’s eight years as Minnesota Secretary of State sounds a bit like the biblical story of Job. Hounded by “unrelenting attacks” by Democrats, linked by association to the questionable tactics…
As Mary Kiffmeyer prepares to leave office, she’s not taking any chances: to “protect my record and my reputation
Editor’s Note: This space will contain live coverage from the Mary Kiffmeyer (R) and Mark Ritchie (DFL) campaigns, and will be updated throughout the day.
1:46 pm: This morning, The Nation called Ritchie “the most outspoken champion of reform” among…
Just five days before the election, Bruce D. Kennedy, an independent candidate for Secretary of State and an advocate for Instant Runoff Voting (IRV), has thrown in the towel–and thrown his support behind DFLer Mark Ritchie, but reluctantly. In a…
Incumbent Secretary of State Mary Kiffmeyer appears to be picking up endorsements right and left in her re-election bid: in a single week, she nabbed the nod from the Bemidji Pioneer, the Daily Globe in Worthington, the
It seems the charge leveled by the DFL against Mary Kiffmeyer yesterday–that she failed to maintain accurate and updated information on the frequently-asked-questions page on the Secretary of State’s website (including adding language approved in May 2005 that…
Minnesota’s biggest newpaper chooses Mark Ritchie for Secretary of State in an editorial that could do wonders for his name recognition.
“Thank you all for thinking this down-ballot race is important!” So introduced Nancy Gaschott, wife and campaign treasurer of DFL-endorsed Secretary of State candidate Mark Ritchie at a fundraiser last night. But for a relatively low-profile office, the night…
We still haven’t heard the reasoning behind the Supreme Court’s decision in Louis H. Reiter vs. Mary Kiffmeyer, the case involving the Gutknecht petition in lieu of paying a filing fee. Buried deep within the documents the Court considered,…
The perhaps now infamous DFL lawsuit against Minnesota Secretary of State Mary Kiffmeyer alleging she improperly accepted signatures on a candidate’s petition in lieu of paying a filing fee is now over. The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled in…
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