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Candidate Q&A: Key Questions You Should Ask to Find Out if a Candidate Supports Clean Elections
We’ve compiled a list of questions you can ask candidates at forums and town halls to find out if they support clean elections and want to protect our democracy.
SCOTUS at Age 234 – Time for an Ethical Tune-Up?
A few months shy of 234 years ago the US Constitution established one federal court, the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Stay in the know about upcoming events, news, legislation, and ways to get involved.
Ukraine’s lessons about democracy
To be an American is not about place, race or heritage. It is about knowing that freedom and rights are God-given gifts that we dare not take for granted and that we must always fight to preserve and expand. It is to believe that all men and women are created equal,...
Protect election officials
Chair Nelson, members – Clean Elections Minnesota is a nonpartisan nonprofit that supports fair elections in our state. We support H. F. 3666, offered by Rep. Emma Greenman, that prohibits intimidation of and interference with election officials. The bill applies to...
2021 State Law Changes to Voting Processes
A recent letter to the Minneapolis Star Tribune questioned the need for Federal voting rights legislation. The system of electing presidents, in the writer’s view, has worked for more than two centuries; “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”
Thank you letter to election officials
Clean Elections Minnesota invites you to join the League of Women Voters of Minnesota in saying “Thank You” to our local election officials for standing on the front lines of our democracy. Together, state, county and city staff work with over 30,000 paid and...
HR1 and HR 4
H.R. 1: For the People Act H.R. 1, the For the People Act, will make it easier to vote, take big money out of politics, and clean up corruption in government. Among its provisions, the legislation would expand access to voting: EXPANDS VOTER REGISTRATION We don’t have...
“Big Election Spenders” – Part 1
Saturday, April 10, 10 a.m. CST. This event with Richard Painter was the first in a series of American Promise sponsored events on Big Election Spenders. More information will appear here as it becomes available. If you missed Richard Painter in real time, go here for...
“Money in Elections Matters”
May 4, 2021, Noon - 1 p.m. CST: Clean Elections Chair George Beck participated in a virtual event, a panel discussion of the influence of money in our politics. Also participating, Associate Professor Kathryn Pearson. The moderator was Ricardo Lopez of the Minnesota...
HF 9 Summary
House File 9 - 2021-22 MN House session This is a large and comprehensive bill providing much improved election access, encouragement to small donors, and improved transparency of large contributions. The measure provides solutions to many of the problems with our...
Democracy Quiz #1: Oops! Not quite
The correct response was c) 82% of respondents agreed that all political contributions should be disclosed: No more “dark money” in Minnesota. See below for a summer of all responses to our questions on the SCSU survey. SCSU survey results: A nonpartisan road map for...
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