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CEM Overview
Development - 2021 Overview & Strategic Plan 9 13 21 (1)
Redistricting Webinar with Peter Wattson and Lori Sturdevant
On September 28, Peter Wattson explained redistricting--the process of drawing new political maps based on population changes determined by the 2020 census. Responding to questions posed by journalist and author Lori Sturdevant, Wattson clarified the importance of the...
George Beck testifies for HF2594
Chair George Beck's Testimony on HF 2594 – Few things are as important to democracy as a fair redistricting process as our sister state, Wisconsin, has illustrated. Wisconsin is one of the most gerrymandered states in our nation due to the manipulation of voting...
George Beck writes for LWVMN May newsletter
An essay about Clean Elections MN by George Beck appears in the May 2021 issue of the Minnesota League of Women Voters' "All Member News." Scroll down to find CEM Chair Beck's essay in the "Partner Spotlight." On the way there, you can stop to learn about Asian...
Nancy MacLean Zooms Again
Last Fall we hosted a fascinating conversation with Nancy MacLean, author of Democracy in Chains, a finalist for the National Book Award, about the decades-long campaign the well-financed radical right has conducted to subvert our democracy. On May 19th of this year...
HR1 for MN
HR 1 - Minn.
April 13: Conversation with author David Litt
April 13, 7:00-8:00 pm CST: David Litt, Obama speechwriter and author most recently of Democracy in One Book or Less--How It Works, Why It Doesn't, and Why Fixing It Is Easier Than You Think, was interviewed by Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author, Dave Hage....
Town Halls
FairVote Minnesota and Clean Elections MN launched a virtual Democracy Town Hall Series beginning on February 21 at 4 pm to explore solutions and provide opportunities for voters across Minnesota to hear from state leaders on critical issues including Ranked Choice...
G Beck testimony on HF 9
Testimony – House State Government committee – 1/28/21 – HF9 Chair Nelson, members, my name is George Beck. I am a retired administrative law judge, former Chair of the Minnesota Campaign Finance Board, and presently Chair of Clean Elections Minnesota, a non-partisan,...
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