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Day and Kiffmeyer trash oval-impaired voters; Ritchie preaches oval love

By Chris Steller | 01.13.09 | 10:19 am

Left to right: Kiffmeyer, Day, Ritchie
Left to right: Kiffmeyer, Day, Ritchie

Voters who have trouble filling in an oval on a ballot get no sympathy from state Sen. Dick…

Ballot reforms unlikely to help voters who think outside the oval

By Chris Steller | 01.08.09 | 4:47 pm

Minnesotans whose political preferences can’t be expressed within the outlines of a tiny oval aren’t likely to get relief this year from ballot reforms proposed at the state Legislature. That’s the message state Sen. Ann Rest and state Rep. Laura Brod had for the breed of voters whose enigmatically marked ballots were on display during the recent Senate recount.