Minnesota Supreme Court Prevents Secretary of State from Changing Amendment Titles (polls, independent)

[Oldhag1]

I've got to give the guy credit, he was pretty slick with his word dancing.

Ritchie changed the title for the marriage ban from "Recognition of Marriage Solely Between One Man and One Woman" to "Limiting the Status of Marriage to Opposite Sex Couples." He rewrote the photo ID title from "Photo Identification Required for Voting" to "Changes to In-Person & Absentee Voting & Voter Registration; Provisional Ballots."

http://www.twincities.com/ci_21410796/minnesota-supreme-court-rejects-secretary-state-wording-constitutional


I would think it was kind of politically risky given that requiring ID for voting at the polls seems to be a unifying issue.

86 percent of self-identified Republicans support voter I.D. measures. 67 percent of independents and 60 percent of Democrats also voiced their support. 78 percent of white adults, 65 percent of African Americans and 64 percent of Hispanics support voter I.D. 75 percent of men and 73 percent of women agree: voter I.D. laws are necessary

Fear of voter suppression high, fear of voter fraud higher - The Washington Post