Minnesota DFLers push automatic voter registration, absentee ballots, other election changes

Minnesota lawmakers are politically divided on the best way to better protect the state’s voting system and to encourage more people to participate in elections. Democrats, who hold narrow majorities in the House and Senate, are pushing a bill they call the Democracy for the People Act. They say it would automatically register people to vote, make it easier to cast ballots, protect voters from misinformation and shed more light on who spends money to influence elections. “It really is a bill that makes a choice to protect and expand...