Tremendous MN Win for Integrity in Early Voting!

| Breaking News: Election Integrity Victory in Minnesota |

The Minnesota Supreme Court just issued an emergency order that detonates illegal early voting practices carried on by cities like Minneapolis.

Minnesota Voters Alliance, represented by the Upper Midwest Law Center, petitioned the high court for speedy resolution under the Errors and Omissions election statute when it was learned that Minneapolis (among several other municipalities) was ignoring a key tenet of Minnesota election law: Party balance.

On Election Day, Minnesotans have always expected to be greeted by election judges from their neighborhood representing different political parties. In fact, the law has always required a roughly equal balance of viewpoints for polling place workers.

With the advent of “early voting,” many cities thought they could ignore the requirement of having party-balanced election judges – or even having any judges at all for the new 18-day “early voting period.” According to today’s ruling from the Minnesota Supreme Court, they have been running an illegal election operation.

The Court agreed, unambiguously, without a single caveat with every single point raised by Minnesota Voters Alliance and ordered the City of Minneapolis (and by precendent, every municipality in Minnesota) to employ election judges, party-balanced, starting with lists of volunteers provided by the major political parties.

This is the biggest win for election Integrity of the year, but there’s more! We have another, similar case pending with the Supreme Court over the establishment and composition of Absentee Ballot Boards. Dispositive scheduling in that case has already begun but oral arguments have not yet been announced. Stay Tuned!