The 2022 election in Minnesota will be very consequential for democracy. The Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party controls the House of Representatives and the governor’s office at present, and the Republicans control the state Senate. The legislative margins are small in both chambers. Many are predicting the possibility of a conservative trifecta, or control of both chambers and […]
Minnesota has an enviable, squeaky clean political elections system, right? Not quite. What we do have is the highest voter participation in the nation. But we have not ensured truly democratic elections in our state. Minnesota, in fact, lags behind other progressive states — like Maine, Arizona, Washington, and California — in election reform. Let’s […]
