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Income, geography, and the amendments: A look at the association between income and voting

By Sally Jo Sorensen, Bluestem Prairie

There's much map-posting going on about votes on the amendments that were on Minnesota's ballots, with some expressing surprise that the voter restriction amendment fared so poorly in Greater Minnesota.

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Interesting differences between Voter and Marriage restriction amendment votes

By Joe Bodell, Minnesota Progressive Project

You may have heard that Minnesota rejected two conservative-backed constitutional amendments yesterday. But how and why turn out to be very interesting questions.

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Minnesota Progressive Project

Voting this election can be a complicated matter for Native Americans

By Allison Herrera, The Uptake

Native American voters may be in the minority across the country. But, in Minneapolis, Minnesota which has one of the highest concentration of Native Americans in the country, their votes on local issues and candidates add up, and politicians are paying attention.

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My community, my voice, my future -- Walk to say "NO"

11/03/2012 - 2:00pm

Starts at corner of Bloomington & Lake

Tricks, treats, and pumpkin outreach

By Lisa Gray, Restless Gray Girl

We carved pumpkins. It won't surprise you to know that I was going to carve VOTE NO into mine. I went to work diligently, not paying much attention to what my clan was up to. The T was giving me trouble. My knife slipped and I had to re-group. I had three letters left. I paused long enough to look around and noticed Big Man had some intricate spider and web-thing going on and Thing 1 was working on the silhouette of a cat next to a pumpkin. The cat would have a witch hat on it's head.

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Release of final campaign finance numbers shows opponents have raised more than supporters for both amendments

By Bryna Godar, The Minnesota Daily

With only days left to the election, both sides of the marriage amendment fight continue to draw millions of dollars in contributions, surpassing $13 million overall.

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Minnesota's constitutional politics and the tyranny of the majority

By David Schultz, Schultz's Take

The case against the Marriage and the Elections amendments can be made on many grounds. But one argument often overlooked is that their proposal and perhaps adoption by the people represents what America’s constitutional framers feared most–the tyranny of the majority.

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Defeating marriage restriction amendment with car decals

By Jacob Wheeler, The Uptake

Earlier this fall, Richard Herod put a Minnesotans United For all Families yard sign in front of his home that encouraged citizens to “Vote No” on the amendment that would constitutionally outlaw same-sex marriage in the state (gay marriage isn’t currently legal here). But Herod’s townhouse association sent an email asking him to take down the yard sign.

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Teach-in Against the Voter Restriction and Marriage Amendments

11/03/2012 - 2:00pm - 4:00pm

The Twin Cities-based coalition called Minnesota=Rights is calling on all groups and individuals opposing the Minnesota Marriage Amendment and the Minnesota Voter ID Amendment to attend a teach-in

My thoughts on the 2012 election and a link to a voter guide

By Kyle "Guante" Tran Myhre, Guante.info

Part of the trouble with releasing an album on Election Day is that a lot of my energy and ink is put toward promoting that, rather than the obviously-more-important election. But before we get to a deluge of music videos and promos and reviews and all that, here are my thoughts on 2012:

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