(OPINION) Simon, Winkler: Voter ID Will Dismantle Election System
The Minnesota House passed the Voter ID conference committee report shortly after midnight.
(The following news release comes from House DFL staff.) Shortly after midnight, the Minnesota House of Representatives passed the conference committee report on HF 2738, the Voter ID constitutional amendment. The conference committee report is the most extreme version of the constitutional amendment to date. The conference committee added the word “identity” to the following language: “All voters, including those not voting in person, must be subject to substantially equivalent identity and eligibility verification prior to a ballot being cast or counted.” According to the Secretary of State’s office, this could effectively eliminate absentee voting by mail, and voting by overseas military members. Rep. Steve Simon (DFL – St. Louis …
