These States Made Voting Easier This Year
“If you need a reminder that elections have consequences, check out what’s happening in Minnesota,” former President Barack Obama recently shared. “Earlier this year, Democrats took control of the State Senate by one seat after winning a race by just 321 votes. It gave Democrats control of both chambers of the state legislature and the governor’s mansion.”
With that narrow — but consequential — power, Minnesota’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party advanced a host of progressive policies, including voting reforms. While some state legislatures are still meeting, others have wrapped up for the year. Minnesota, along with New Mexico and Washington, have led the way on improving voting access so far.
Minnesota Democrats restored voting rights to over 55,000 people and passed a myriad of pro-voting reforms.
New Mexico enacted a Native American Voting Rights Act and more.
Washington State lowered the barriers to voter registration and bolstered its pathbreaking state-level Voting Rights Act.
In 2023, a handful of other states enacted pro-voting bills so far.
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Delaware town seeks to give businesses right to vote
A rural Delaware town is seeking to allow local businesses the right to vote, causing concern that corporate interests could sway local elections.
Seaford, Del., with a population of about 7,000 in the state’s rural west, changed its charter in April to allow each business in the town one vote in local elections. For that measure to go into effect, it would have to be approved by the state legislature.
There are 234 businesses registered in the town. Only 340 people turned out to vote in the last municipal election on April 15, according to state records, raising questions about corporate influence on election results.
“‘One person, one vote’ is a long agreed upon principle that governs our elections. Proponents of this bill have tried to frame this as an innocuous way to give business owners more power, but in reality, this legislation has the power to transform our elections for the worse,” Common Cause Delaware Director Claire Snyder-Hall said in a statement.
The law would not allow a Seaford business owner to vote twice, but would allow a non-town resident to vote multiple times: once where they live and once in Seaford on behalf of their business.
Any business that wants a vote must own property in the town, allaying concerns related to the state’s lax business registration law.
Delaware is a hotspot for shell companies due to limited registration and tax requirements. The state has more registered businesses — more than 1.8 million, according to state records — than residents.
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BAD idea, but Romney would approve.
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