In 14 Cities Patch Covers, Voters Favored MN Voter ID Amendment

Apple Valley voters split down the middle on the constitutional amendment to require photo ID to vote.

  Here's how residents in a selection of Minnesota cities voted on the proposed Voter ID amendment to the state Constitution, which would have required photo ID at polling places. Statewide, the ballot measure failed to pass the 50 percent level of support it needed (46.34 percent with all but three Minnesota precincts' results). But if citizens in 14 of these 36 Patch communities had their way, the state Constitution would have a new amendment. Support for the amendment in these cities covered by Patch ranged from 19.30 percent in Southwest Minneapolis to 61.23 percent in St. Michael.* (Lake Minnetonka Patch covers several cities, including Minnetrista, Tonka Bay, Wayzata, Mound, Shorewood, Orono, Spring Park, Deephaven, Long Lake and …

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MN Voter ID Amendment Fails: 'Vote No' Wins

With most ballots in, Yes votes were mired well below the 50 percent needed to change the Minnesota Constitution.

Minnesota voters rejected a constitutional amendment Tuesday that would have required them to show photo ID before they cast their ballots. It was past 1:30 a.m. Wednesday when the Associated Press called the ballot question for the Vote No forces. At 1:45 a.m., with 87.47 percent of precincts reporting, the Minnesota Secretary of State estimated that yes votes were 45.74 percent of all ballots cast. Update (Wednesday, 3:30 p.m.). Unofficial results now show these results: The ballot measure needed more than 50 percent to pass. Growing Optimism Earlier in the long evening, with about 675,000 ballots counted, Our Vote Our Future spokesman Eric Fought said, "We're optimistic" about the Vote No chances. He added, "It could tighten up a little…

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South Metro News Roundup

Walmart Opens Doors in Bunsville, Eagan Outlet Mall a Big Step Closer to Reality

In other news from around the South Metro, a construction worker is killed at Fort Snelling and two more Minnesotans contract fungal meningitis.

  You can't be in front of your computer 24 hours a day, so each weekend, Patch reviews the week's top stories from throughout the region. Here's a look at recent stories, which first appeared on this site or those of our neighbors, that may interest you or have an impact on your life. To read the full stories, click on the headline links:   Rosemount Man Pleads Guilty in Hit-And-Run Death of Apple Valley Woman A retrial for Eric James Hunter, 44, was scheduled to begin Monday. Rosemount, Eastview Boys Go 1-2 in Section 3AA Cross Country Meet Rosemount, Eastview teams qualify for the state cross country meet by finishing first and second in the Section 3AA meet at Valleywood on Thursday.   It's Official: Burnsville, We Have A Walmart At …

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Election 2012

Church Council Urging Vote Against Voter ID

Minnesota Council of Churches represents the leaders of many Protestant denominations.

Seeking to bring attention to what it calls the "voter restriction amendment," the Minnesota Council of Churches announced its opposition to a state constitutional amendment that would require voters show photo identification at the polls.  The amendment, said Rev. Peg Chemberlin, the Council's Executive Director, has fallen too far out of the public eye. "We encourage and want a vigorous debate and conversation in the next few weeks on this amendment," Chemberlin said. "In fact, I hope there's some pushback. I hope people ask 'What's going on? Why have you taken this position?'" In a written statement, the Council's President, St. Paul Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Bishop Peter Rogness said “the fundamental issue …

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POLL: Do You Agree With the Supreme Court's Amendment Decisions?

On Monday, the justices voted 4-2 in favor of the Republican-controlled Legislature on the wording of the voter ID and same-sex marriage amendments.

On Nov. 6, the ballot titles and questions for the voter ID and same-sex marriage amendments will appear as the Republican-controlled Legislature wrote them, according to the Star Tribune. The Minnesota Supreme Court on Monday affirmed the wording legislators chose, instead of those submitted by Secretary of State Mark Ritchie. On the ballot, the title above the voter ID amendment will be, "Photo Identification Required for Voting." Ritchie changed it to "Changes to In-Person & Absentee Voting & Voter Registration; Provisional Ballots," but Chief Justice Lorie Skjerven Gildea and justices G. Barry Anderson, Christopher Dietzen and David Stras rejected his change. The title above the same-sex marriage amendment will say, "Recognition of …

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Doomsayer2012

7:37 pm on Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Try buying a pack of smokes a stiff drink chasing a check driving a car even unless you are a illegal. Don't get your undies to tight because there is only 73 days left till DOOMSDAY   more ›

LIVE VIDEO: Minnesota Senate to Vote on Voter Photo ID

If the bill passes the Senate on Friday, the question of whether a photo ID should be required to vote will go on the November ballot.

The Minnesota Senate will be voting today on whether photo IDs should be required at the polls on Election Day. If the bill passes, the question will go on November's ballot as a proposed constitutional amendment to be decided by Minnesota voters. The state House passed its version of the bill after a nine-hour debate Tuesday that spilled into Wednesday morning. Because the issue is being handled as a proposed constitutional amendment, Gov. Mark Dayton would not get a chance to approve or veto the bill. Both of Senate District 57's House members—Republican Reps. Kurt Bills and Tara Mack—voted in favor of the proposal. The final 72-62 vote in the House was, in fact, purely along party lines. Republican supporters have argued that the bill …

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Anthony Werner

7:06 pm on Friday, March 23, 2012

Anthony Werner 7:04 pm on Friday, March 23, 2012 How many potential disenfranchised witnesses have been brought to the floor to testify bring out the truth of this matter into the sunlight for all to see? How many? Are there any who even know what year or day it is today? I am sure there are concerned senators who would like to know how they, in their impoverished lives, manage to exist... and …   more ›

Lawsuit Reform Bills Pass House, Ticket Sales Bill Moves on in Minnesota Legislature

See what Apple Valley's legislators worked on last week at the Capitol.

Catch up on some of the things Apple Valley's legislators—Reps. Kurt Bills (R-District 37B), Rosemount, and Tara Mack (R-District 37A), Apple Valley and Sen. Chris Gerlach (R-District 37), Apple Valley—were up to last week at the Capitol. Rep. Kurt Bills Rep. Tara Mack Sen. Chris Gerlach Gerlach House Omnibus torts bill—reforms the process of making a class action lawsuit, including authorizing an appeal of right for the certification of a class action lawsuit before parties incur the initial costs (Senate file 149) Limitation period for civil actions reduction—shortens Minnesota's statute of limitations in civil actions from six years to four years (Senate file 373) Attorney fees awards determining factor establishment—courts must …

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