Minnesota is the 23rd state to adopt automatic voter registration. Not bad for a policy that didn’t exist in any state as recently as eight years ago. (via MaddowBlog)
In the recent past, automatic voter registration was a familiar policy in many advanced democracies, but not in the United States. Slowly but surely, however, the idea is gaining traction on American soil.Minnesota’s Democrat Gov. Tim Walz on Friday signed the “Democracy for the People Act” into law, a sweeping bill aimed at expanding access to the polls that includes long-sought after provisions from voting rights advocates.
“Today is a great day for democracy,” the Democratic governor declared. “The ballot is the most powerful thing we have. Your voice is in your ballot. And if you don’t have access to that or it’s made more difficult, your voice is stifled.” According to Minnesota’s secretary of state’s office, there are roughly 575,000 eligible voters in the Land of 10,000 Lakes who are currently unregistered. The newly signed “Democracy for the People Act” is expected to move many of them onto the voter rolls.in the Pioneer Press in St. Paul, applications for the following would result in automatic voter registration:Initial or renewal application for MinnesotaCare or Medical Assistance.
As of today, it’s reached nearly half of the nation’s states. The holdouts tend to be Republican strongholds, led by GOP officials who are generally reluctant to open up the electoral process, but AVR advocates continue to made progress in ways that were tough to predict in the recent past.: At the federal level, it’s worth noting that automatic voter registration was a key element of the Democrats’ “For the People Act,” which Republicans derailed in the last Congress.
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