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Strengthening voter access and equity

With early voting underway in Minnesota and a new law protecting the electoral process, Attorney General Keith Ellison released updated guidance on the right to vote safely in a new electronic Election Report Form that Minnesotans can use if they encounter challenges in exercising their right to vote. “Minnesotans cherish our democracy and our freedom to […]

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The cost of a vote

Fifty-one years ago, on March 24, 1966, the United States Supreme Court struck down the last poll taxes in this country. It was a victory for the American people and for the case’s lead plaintiff, Annie A. Harper, an elderly African American woman who could not afford to pay Virginia’s poll tax to cast her […]

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