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:
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.
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.
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.
