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News & Updates

Voter ID Passes the Senate, Headed for the November Ballot

Submitted by Jim Sanborn on March 24, 2012

Late Friday night, the Minnesota Senate passsed SF2738, the Voter ID Amendment, letting the voters decide the issue on the November ballot.  If you remeber, the Legislature passed a similar measure in the 2011 session, but Governor Dayton vetoed it.

The five-hour debate was contentious, several amendments were offered by the DFL. Many were defeated on procedural grounds, and others were voted down by the Senate.  When at last the measure came to a final vote, 36 Republicans voted "YES" (including our own Senator Ortman) and 29 DFL +1 GOP voted "NO."

Senator Ortman tells Bureaucrats to "Try Harder."

Submitted by Jim Sanborn on March 22, 2012

In Senate Tax Committee Hearings this morning (March 22, 2012) Senator Ortman sparred with Management and Budget Commissioner Jim Schowalter.  Schowalter complained that further budget cuts in State administrative offices would be hard to find.

'Right to work' passes committee by 7-6 vote

Submitted by Jim Sanborn on March 12, 2012

The bill passed the Judiciary Committee and was moved to the Senate Rules Committee.  Senator Ingebritsen was the only Republican  on the committee who voted "no."

Senator Ortman was among the seven Republicans who voted for the bill. She stated that the voters of Minnesota "are perfectly capable of deciding the issue."

Star Tribune Article: HERE

Updated Results of Delegates Alternates

Submitted by Ben Maas on March 8, 2012

The tellers have announced two minor changes to the voting results from Saturday's BPOU Convention.  Please see the attached files for more details.

A Message From The Chair Regarding Convention Results

Submitted by Steve Nielsen on March 5, 2012

I know that attendees at our annual convention last Saturday are anxiously waiting for the results of the elections for State and Congressional District Convention Delegates.  Our tellers worked on this until 10:00 p.m. Saturday evening, and again yesterday from 1:00p.m. until midnight.