ROOKE: Democrats Are Already Cooking Up New Election Law Shenanigans For 2024

[Leroy N. Soetoro]

https://dailycaller.com/2024/02/15/rooke-democrats-are-already-cooking-up-
new-election-law-shenanigans-for-2024/

Democrats in the Minnesota House of Representatives introduced a bill to
drastically expand the state’s already progressive absentee ballot laws
just in time for the 2024 presidential election.

The bill, HF 3447, requires county auditors and municipal clerks in
Minnesota to place temporary voting locations on college and university
campuses that ask for them. Democrat state Rep. Kristi Pursell argued
during the House Elections Committee hearing on HF 3447 that it would
“remove proven barriers to participation” despite the state’s existing
laws that give ample opportunities and time for residents to vote.

“HF 3447 is an opportunity to ensure more college students are able to
cast a ballot and perhaps for the first time,” Pursell said. She argues
that many post-secondary campuses do not host election-day polling places,
which causes a disparity in the number of voters.

“For example, in District 58A, where I represent, there are two small
liberal arts colleges: one of which has an on-campus polling place on
election day, one of which does not. And we see the pretty stark disparity
in voter participation in each of those,” Pursell said. “HF 3447 will
remove proven barriers to participation information, transportation, and
time for young adults currently in colleges of all kinds of institutions
across Minnesota. Given that young adults are least likely to own a car,
and many 18- and 19-year-olds do not even have a driver’s license, it can
be very difficult for them to reach early voting and Election Day voting
sites.”

Minnesota’s election laws already allow for “no excuses needed” absentee
and mail-in voting, giving voters over 40 days to cast a ballot before
election day. Still, several Minnesota students argued in front of the
committee that despite the state leading the nation in student voter
turnout, their state’s laws were not inclusive enough. (ROOKE: One Big
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“Although historically, youth voter turnout has lagged behind other
demographics, recent elections have seen a remarkable surge in
participation among young voters,” University of Minnesota Twin Cities
Campus student Karina Villeda told the committee. “Notably, Minnesota
students have led the nation in student voter turnout over the past three
elections. However, disparities persist. Stemming from unequal access to
information, avenues for engagement, particularly across racial/ethnic
lines, educational backgrounds, geographical regions, and age groups.”

Minnesota Republican state Rep. Ben Davis pushed back on the assertion
that current state laws don’t allow an equal opportunity for college
students to vote in a question-and-answer period with Pursell. Davis got
Pursell to admit that Minnesota does not have any laws excluding eligible
college students (U.S. citizens 18 or older) from voting.

The state representative then calls HF 3447 an “unfunded mandate” for
counties, adding that “college students already have the right to vote.”

“College students already have the right to vote. They have a month and a
half—forty-six days to get that done. To vote,” Davis said. “But here we
are going to set up a polling place on college campuses that we are going
to expect the counties to take care of all the funding, the staffing, and
the organizing for it. And again, this is going to increase costs when
they already have a month and a half to vote. They already have the right
to vote. I think this is very fiscally irresponsible for us once again, as
the state wasting taxpayers’ money.”

Republican state Rep. Pam Altendorf said the fact that the bill allows
colleges and universities with 1500 or more students to request an on-
campus polling place is biased against Republican voters because it
excludes smaller institutions, which are typically more conservative.
“That is a concern to the public that we would be picking and choosing who
we are driving to the polls to vote,” Altendorf said.

The Minnesota Association of County Officers (MACO) also opposed HF 3447
in written testimony sent to House Elections and Finance Policy Committee
Chair state Rep. Mike Frieberg. (ROOKE: Trump Needs An Ultimate Wingman As
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“We are concerned with the bill’s use of prescriptive language mandating
county auditors to establish a polling place rather than current
permissive language authorizing county auditors to designate absentee and
early voting polling places prior to election day,” MACO wrote.

The organization represents the Minnesota County Recorders Association
(MCRA), the Minnesota Association of County Auditors, Treasurers, and
Financial Officers (MACATFO), and county officers from all 87 Minnesota
Counties, including county election administrators.

The House Elections Committee voted to put HF 3447 to a floor vote on a
Democrat party-line voice vote.

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