Nonprofits Count! 2010 Census Workshop, November 12 in Minneapolis
Wednesday, 21 October 2009
Come learn how Minnesota’s nonprofit sector is well positioned to meet the challenge of obtaining an accurate and complete count of historically “hard to count” communities, such as ethnic and minority populations, renters, immigrants, people experiencing homelessness, and residents with low-incomes. The workshop will be from 12:00-2:00 PM at the Minnesota Church Center in Minneapolis. The agenda will include:
  • The 2010 Census and what’s at stake
  • Why nonprofits?
  • Create your plan
  • Open dialogue and questions
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Same-day voter registration would go national under Ellison bill
Monday, 02 November 2009

By Chris Steller 10/29/09  The Minnesota Independent

 

U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison has introduced a bill that would extend Minnesota-style, same-day voting rights to all eligible Americans in federal elections.

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Come to Your Census in Fargo-Moorhead
Tuesday, 27 October 2009

Check out the great work that nonprofits are doing in the Fargo-Moorhead area to build form a coalition and organize a base of power around the 2010 Census! 

 
Fleeing for winter? Get counted as a Minnesotan
Tuesday, 20 October 2009

By MARIA ELENA BACA, Star Tribune

 

With the state facing the possible loss of a congressional seat, officials are urging snowbirds to make sure that the Census Bureau knows where they call home. Read more...

 
Indiana court strikes down voter ID law
Friday, 18 September 2009
By JOHN SCHWARTZ, NY Times

An Indiana law requiring voters to show identification, declared constitutional by the United States Supreme Court just last year, was struck down Thursday by a state appellate court.

The state court said the law violated the Indiana Constitution by not treating all voters equally.

The legislature passed the voter ID law in 2005, and it was challenged in federal court. The Supreme Court upheld it in April 2008, but that July the League of Women Voters brought a new suit in state court.
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Guidelines released on how the 2010 Census will process same-sex marriage data
Thursday, 20 August 2009

New guidelines have been released on how same-sex married couples will be counted in the 2010 Census.

 

According to a new decision issued by the Counsel for the Secretary of Commerce, the Defense of Marriage Act does not require the Census Bureau to edit responses from same-sex couples identifying each other as a husband or wife.

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Accounting for the Census Clause
Wednesday, 12 August 2009

In the inaccurately titled opinion piece ("Our Unconstitutional Census") published on August 9 in the Wall Street Journal, Messrs. Baker and Stonecipher, a constitutional law professor and pollster respectively, falsely claim that the current practice of counting undocumented persons in the census for the purpose of apportionment is unconstitutional.

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