How Did Mendota Heights Vote on Voter ID, Marriage Amendments?

Check out our citywide results for Mendota Heights and a number of other Dakota County communities.

Follow Mendota Heights Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our daily newsletter| Blog for us Want to know how Mendota Heights voted on the Voter ID or marriage amendments? Check out our tables below for citywide results for Mendota Heights and a number of other Dakota County communities, as well as countywide results for both measures. The Voter ID amendment, if passed, would have required Minnesotans to present valid photo identification to vote. The marriage amendment would have defined marriage as between one man and one woman. Statewide, the Voter ID ballot measure failed to pass the 50 percent level of support it needed (46.34 percent with all but three Minnesota precincts' results). The marriage amendment likewise …

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MN Voter ID Amendment Fails: 'Vote No' Wins

With most ballots in, Yes votes were mired well below the 50 percent needed to change the Minnesota Constitution.

Minnesota voters rejected a constitutional amendment Tuesday that would have required them to show photo ID before they cast their ballots. It was past 1:30 a.m. Wednesday when the Associated Press called the ballot question for the Vote No forces. At 1:45 a.m., with 87.47 percent of precincts reporting, the Minnesota Secretary of State estimated that yes votes were 45.74 percent of all ballots cast. Update (Wednesday, 3:30 p.m.). Unofficial results now show these results: The ballot measure needed more than 50 percent to pass. Growing Optimism Earlier in the long evening, with about 675,000 ballots counted, Our Vote Our Future spokesman Eric Fought said, "We're optimistic" about the Vote No chances. He added, "It could tighten up a little…

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South Metro News Roundup

Walmart Opens Doors in Bunsville, Eagan Outlet Mall a Big Step Closer to Reality

In other news from around the South Metro, a construction worker is killed at Fort Snelling and two more Minnesotans contract fungal meningitis.

  You can't be in front of your computer 24 hours a day, so each weekend, Patch reviews the week's top stories from throughout the region. Here's a look at recent stories, which first appeared on this site or those of our neighbors, that may interest you or have an impact on your life. To read the full stories, click on the headline links:   Rosemount Man Pleads Guilty in Hit-And-Run Death of Apple Valley Woman A retrial for Eric James Hunter, 44, was scheduled to begin Monday. Rosemount, Eastview Boys Go 1-2 in Section 3AA Cross Country Meet Rosemount, Eastview teams qualify for the state cross country meet by finishing first and second in the Section 3AA meet at Valleywood on Thursday.   It's Official: Burnsville, We Have A Walmart At …

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Election 2012

Church Council Urging Vote Against Voter ID

Minnesota Council of Churches represents the leaders of many Protestant denominations.

Seeking to bring attention to what it calls the "voter restriction amendment," the Minnesota Council of Churches announced its opposition to a state constitutional amendment that would require voters show photo identification at the polls.  The amendment, said Rev. Peg Chemberlin, the Council's Executive Director, has fallen too far out of the public eye. "We encourage and want a vigorous debate and conversation in the next few weeks on this amendment," Chemberlin said. "In fact, I hope there's some pushback. I hope people ask 'What's going on? Why have you taken this position?'" In a written statement, the Council's President, St. Paul Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America Bishop Peter Rogness said “the fundamental issue …

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(WATCH) On-Demand Video of MN Voter ID Debate

See a supporter and opponent go head to head on whether the Minnesota Constitution should require voters to show photo identification at the polling place.

Watch archived video of the two sides of the Minnesota voter ID ballot question clash for 90 minutes in an Oct. 4, 2012 debate sponsored by Debate Minnesota, brought to you by The UpTake. Debating for proponents of the proposed amendment: Dan McGrath, executive director at Minnesota Majority. Representing opponents: Doran Schrantz, executive director of ISAIAH, on behalf of Our Vote Our Future. The moderater was St. Paul Pioneer Press reporter Bill Salisbury. The debate was held at Founders Hall, Metropolitan State University, 700 E. Seventh St., St. Paul.  The ballot question is: "Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to require all voters to present valid photo identification to vote and to require the state to provide free …

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POLL: Do You Agree With the Supreme Court's Amendment Decisions?

On Monday, the justices voted 4-2 in favor of the Republican-controlled Legislature on the wording of the voter ID and same-sex marriage amendments.

On Nov. 6, the ballot titles and questions for the voter ID and same-sex marriage amendments will appear as the Republican-controlled Legislature wrote them, according to the Star Tribune. The Minnesota Supreme Court on Monday affirmed the wording legislators chose, instead of those submitted by Secretary of State Mark Ritchie. On the ballot, the title above the voter ID amendment will be, "Photo Identification Required for Voting." Ritchie changed it to "Changes to In-Person & Absentee Voting & Voter Registration; Provisional Ballots," but Chief Justice Lorie Skjerven Gildea and justices G. Barry Anderson, Christopher Dietzen and David Stras rejected his change. The title above the same-sex marriage amendment will say, "Recognition of …

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Doomsayer2012

7:37 pm on Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Try buying a pack of smokes a stiff drink chasing a check driving a car even unless you are a illegal. Don't get your undies to tight because there is only 73 days left till DOOMSDAY   more ›

Discuss: Will You Vote in Favor of Voter ID?

The Minnesota Legislature approved putting a photo ID question on the ballot in November.

Should you have to provide government-issued or -approved photo identification to vote?  Should that requirement be written in the state Constitution? Will presenting photo identification prevent voter fraud? Mendota Heights legislators say no, but the Legislature approved last week putting the question to voters. Gov. Mark Dayton symbolically vetoed the bill on April 10, but constitutional amendments do not require the signature of the governor to proceed.  So now it's your turn. How will you vote on the statewide referendum? What issues sway your decision?    See Also: Mendota Heights Legislators Remain Cool to Voter ID as Debate Heats Up MN Voters to Decide on Photo ID Amendment to Constitution March Madness II: College for Kids, …

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Danielle Cabot

2:02 pm on Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Gov. Mark Dayton symbolically vetoed the bill today, which doesn't actually change anything, but I'm wondering if that will make the photo ID amendment even more of a partisan issue than it already was. Thoughts? Does this run right down the DFL/GOP divide?   more ›

MN Voters to Decide on Photo ID Amendment to Constitution

Senate OKs amendment, which goes to voters on November ballot.

The Minnesota Senate voted 36-30 Friday night in favor of putting a Photo ID constitutional amendment on the ballot in November. Voters in this year's general election will decide by ballot referendum whether to amend the state Constitution to require photo identification at the polls. It does not need Gov. Mark Dayton's signature. Sen. Jim Metzen (D-South St. Paul), who represents the Mendota Heights area, voted against the referendum.  Both Mendota Heights legislators oppose Voter ID. The only amendment to the proposal that passed on the Senate floor would allow government-approved IDs to be allowed as permissible identification as well as government-issued IDs.  This is a point that Rep. Rick Hansen (D-South St. Paul) said was of …

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Capitol Review

Mendota Heights Legislators Remain Cool to Voter ID as Debate Heats Up

Proponents of voter ID laws are pushing for a constitutional amendment.

A proposed constitutional amendment to require voters to present photo identification drew nearly five hours of testimony last week in a Senate hearing. Meanwhile, on the House side, District 39A Rep. Rick Hansen (D-South St. Paul) said he received 78 emails as of last Thursday night opposing the initiative. “That makes opposition to that the number one thing I’ve heard from so far this year,” said Hansen. If the Legislature passes the initiative, voters will decide in November whether to add a fourth criteria to determine voter eligibility into the constitution. Referendums bypass the veto pen of the executive branch. Not having sat on the Local Government and Elections committee that heard testimony last Wednesday,  Sen. Jim Metzen (D-…

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