by Clean Elections Minnesota | Sep 14, 2017 | For Your Consideration
Clean Elections MN meets monthly on the second Thursday. Our current meeting place is the church office at St. Joan of Arc Church, 4537 3rd Ave. S. Minneapolis, MN. at 1:00 p.m. An agenda is sent before the meeting to all on our e-mail list. Please join us! You may...
by Clean Elections Minnesota | Sep 14, 2017 | For Your Consideration
Several years ago a prominent DFL legislator with acknowledged tax expertise retired early, returning almost immediately to the capitol as a registered lobbyist for private interests. Earlier that year, a Republican representative left the MN House and was back within...
by Clean Elections Minnesota | Sep 10, 2017 | For Your Consideration
Every ten years, after the census, the Minnesota legislature is responsible for drawing new legislative and congressional districts in our state. While redistricting might sound like a ministerial duty, it is anything but. As it stands, drawing new lines produces a...
by Clean Elections Minnesota | Sep 1, 2017 | For Your Consideration
Iowa’s redistricting plan (Iowa Code §§ 42.1 – 42.6) was first adopted in 1980 and has been successful in having a proposed plan adopted quickly by the legislature and in avoiding judicial review. The plan has firm deadlines for actions by all participants. The plan...
