A financial consultant wants to shift St. Paul's city council and mayoral elections from odd years to even years. As of mid-June, Peter Butler said he had gathered the 7,011 signatures from registered St. Paul voters he'll need to get his proposed city charter amendment on the November ballot.
Instead of the typical 65 precincts, there will be 13 for the upcoming November 3rd $167 million referendum for the St. Cloud area school district. The change is due to the school district deciding to use larger precincts for the referendum vote, resulting in fewer polling places.
A Minnesota task force studying a higher-tech voter verification process appears unlikely to push for electronic poll books in every precinct for the 2014 statewide election.
Gov. Mark Dayton says he supports letting Minnesota voters register online, but believes Secretary of State Mark Ritchie should have had the Legislature's OK before implementing the system.
It's the day of the third and final presidential debate before election time, and many students at St. Cloud State University will be casting a vote for the first time.