Starting today, Minnesotans can take advantage of early voting ahead of the March 5 presidential primary and a growing number of rural residents will cast their ballots by mail after their communities endorsed the option full-time. In 1987, Minnesota adopted a law which allows cities with fewer than 400 registered voters or non-metro townships of all sizes to make voting by mail their only option if they approve a resolution. Steve Simon, Secretary of State, said the idea is to take pressure off local administrators who simply don t have the resources to maintain polling sites. .
Ohioans may have the chance to add a new Voters Bill of Rights to the state Constitution to support ballot access. Voting rights advocates said they want better controls on the state s purging of voter registration rolls. They also want early voting days restored, and protections enshrined in the Constitution, rather than only in law. .
New Hampshire lawmakers will consider a proposal aimed at peacefully breaking away from the United States. A similar measure failed in 2022, but new legislation says if voters approve a constitutional amendment allowing the state to secede, the national debt would then have to reach $40 trillion to trigger the event. State Rep. .