GOP links with legal weed candidates in spotlight again after FOX 9 investigation
A candidate says he was tricked into running by a Republican strategist, FOX 9 found.
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involves Kevin NeSe Shores, who is blind, disabled and suffers from Gulf War Illness. Shores told FOX 9 he got an unsolicited call in June 2020 encouraging him to run as a candidate for the Grassroots Legalize Cannabis Party against Democrat Collin Peterson for Minnesota s District 7 seat. It wasn t until after the 2020 election that Shores learned Kip Christenson, the person who allegedly encouraged him to run for office and paid his $300 candidate filing fee, was a Republican strategist who was then working for the Republican National Committee (RNC), FOX 9 reports.
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ST. PAUL Both State Sen. Gary Dahms, R-Redwood Falls, and Sen. Bill Weber, R-Luverne, lauded a voter ID bill that was approved by the Republican-controlled Minnesota Senate on Monday. However, it’s unlikely to receive the same reception in the Democratic-controlled House.
The bill passed the Senate 34-32, with votes falling along party lines.
The legislation calls for Minnesotans to present a valid photo identification for in-person, absentee, and mail-in voting. The bill also establishes a new voter identification card that would be available free of charge to individuals who lack proper identification and cannot afford it. The bill would make Minnesota the 37th state to require some form of identification to vote.
UpdatedThu, Apr 29, 2021 at 1:55 pm CT
Reply The accountability we saw last week for George Floyd is the floor – not the ceiling – of what we need to do in Minnesota to advance police reform, the governor said in a statement Thursday. (Shutterstock)
MINNESOTA Gov. Tim Walz Thursday called on members of the Republican-controlled Minnesota Senate to pass the package of police reforms that was recently approved by the Minnesota House. The accountability we saw last week for George Floyd is the floor – not the ceiling – of what we need to do in Minnesota to advance police reform, the governor said in a statement.
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Those registering to vote on Election Day would fill out a provisional ballot that would be counted only if it’s verified that they’re eligible to vote that among proposed election changes the Republican-controlled Minnesota Senate passed Monday after a lengthy debate with Democrats. G-O-P Senator Carla Nelson from Rochester says:
“Election integrity is… just as important as voter turnout.”
Burnsville Democrat Lindsey Port responded processes are already in place to audit elections, particularly very close ones:
“This bill does not deter fraud. It deters people’s votes from being counted.”
(St. Paul, MN) The Republican-controlled Minnesota Senate has passed a bill making it easier to end Governor Tim Walz s COVID emergency power. Under the bill, instead of allowing the