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By Kent Kaiser
Apr 18, 2012
Gov. Mark Dayton, Secretary of State Mark Ritchie and DFL legislators have repeatedly said that passing a constitutional amendment requiring people to show photo ID to vote would end "same-day" voter registration. This is completely untrue.
By Kent Kaiser
Oct 29, 2011
This month, Minnesota’s State Executive Council — which includes the governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general and state auditor—voted to delay 77 leases to explore for copper and nickel on private lands in northern Minnesota.
By Kent Kaiser
May 4, 2011
About a decade ago, a recording studio owner, Rod, responded to a request for proposals from the Minnesota Secretary of State’s Office, which needed video-production services. Rod was confident he’d land the job. In the end, Rod lost to another bidder named Candy. Rod was surprised and disappointed.
By Kent Kaiser
Feb 21, 2011
To a fair amount of attention, a well-conceived bill to require photo IDs for voting was introduced in the Minnesota Legislature this session. This would be an important and long-overdue election reform, but one that has been stymied by DFL leadership, more so than by rank-and-file DFL lawmakers; 10 DFL House members voted for it in the last legislative session.
By Kent Kaiser
Dec 30, 2010
There's one thing that the 2010 election and the recent recount in the governor's race made clear: It's time to stop arguing about whether we should institute photo ID for voting and time to start discussing how best to implement it.
By Kent Kaiser
Nov 26, 2010
There is no question that the new DNR commissioner should not be learning about mining on the job. He or she needs to understand that the economic impact domestically, and the environmental impact globally, of mining critical nonferrous metals in Minnesota would be very positive.
By Kent Kaiser
Nov 1, 2010
The beginning of a new administration presents an opportunity for re-evaluation and change in many policy areas. Because natural resources are such an important topic to so many Minnesotans, we believe this is a good time to review the state’s natural resource management objectives and practices and to make recommendations for reform and improvement.
By Kent Kaiser
Apr 22, 2010
Last fall, Center of the American Experiment issued a report recommending 15 reforms of our state's election system, informed largely by experiences from the 2008 U.S. Senate election recount.
By Kent Kaiser
Mar 29, 2010
When the topic of election integrity arises, people often think about voter fraud and ways to prevent it, and rightly so. Yet election integrity is about more than just abuse of the election system; it is also about being able to prove the accuracy of the system.
By Kent Kaiser
Jan 26, 2010
In a recent commentary, Betsy Daub of Friends of the Boundary Waters suggested that the movie "Avatar" was being played out in the narrative of new mining operations proposed for northeastern Minnesota. But Daub had in mind the wrong part of the narrative from that movie.
