Dayton issued a “mock” veto of the Voter ID Amendment today:<\/p>\n
Governor Dayton has ceremoniously vetoed a proposed constitutional amendment that would require people to present a photo ID to vote. Dayton’s veto won’t prevent the measure from going to the voters in November but he said he’s vetoing the bill because the Legislature sent it to him in bill form.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Well, that and to give the DFL a chanting point to put in front of the same gullible Elmers that put him in office in the first place. \u00a0“Well, heck, Ethel, if da Govner vetoed it, I should vote against it, ya?”<\/p>\n
“Ya”.<\/p>\n
Dayton says the amendment could disenfranchise thousands of voters, including overseas military members and seniors who are unable to drive.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Although those numbers come from Mark Ritchie, who can’t even count real ballots; how good could he be at counting estimates?<\/p>\n
Dayton says ending same-day registration and replacing it with a provisional balloting system could lower the state’s nation-leading voter participation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
And that’s the DFL’s most curious chanting point on elections; the idea that we cart more people to the polls than other states, absent any insurance that those votes have any integrity, is just bizarre. \u00a0By that measure, the elections in North Korea are the best in the world, since 99+% of North Koreans make it to the polls.<\/p>\n
If the ballots themselves have no integrity, the number that get cast is meaningless.<\/p>\n
“This amendment is a proverbial wolf in sheep’s clothing,” Dayton said. “It goes far beyond its purported intention to require photo identification. Instead it dismantled Minnesota’s best in the nation election system…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
…which is sort of like the Minnesota Twins’ “Best In The Nation” first series in Baltimore. \u00a0Or the Vikings’ “Best In The Nation” 2011 season. \u00a0Or the Go-Go football team’s “Best In The Big Ten” record last year.<\/p>\n
Marks Dayton and Ritchie are going to turn the phrase “Minnesota’s Best In The Nation…” into a synonym for overweening, malignant mediocrity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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