Voter Registration

The words “veto” and “vote” may share the same letters but they’re at odds on Gov. Pawlenty’s desk the last two days. He won’t let Minnesotans get registered automatically as voters when they get licensed as drivers, and he won’t let felons get a letter about it when they get their voting rights back, either.

The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), which has come under fire this year for voter registration practices that have resulted in the submission of fake registrations in some states, has released the following 30-second ad, which is set to air in New York, Chicago, LA and DC.
Also this morning: ACORN filed a [...]

John McCain’s attempt to magnify allegations of voter registration fraud could mitigate the impact of a Barack Obama victory and deter black Democrats from turning out to vote in future elections.

Sen. McCain (R-Ariz.) and his allies have seized on the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, ACORN, which has worked to register more than 100,000 lower-income and minority voters. Some of the registrations have been faked and investigations are underway in some key states.

On Saturday Bruce Springsteen played a seven-song acoustic set on Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway mall–the first of three such appearances, followed by a stop at Ohio State University in Columbus on Sunday and one in Ypsilanti, Michigan Monday afternoon.
“After the disastrous administration of the past eight years,” Springsteen told the crowd in the course of [...]

Last weekend former Minnesota Secretary of State Mary Kiffmeyer got the endorsement nod from House District 16B Republicans to replace embattled Rep. Mark Olson, whose conviction for domestic assault got him booted from the House Republican caucus. If they were looking to replace Olson with someone less controversial, Kiffmeyer may have not been the best [...]

If the nation followed Minnesota’s lead in same-day voter registration, it could drastically increase voter turnout, Minnesota legislators say. Rep. Keith Ellison and Sen. Amy Klobuchar have offered a bill, the Election Day Registration Act, which would allow voters nationwide to register to vote at the polls for federal elections in the hopes that it [...]