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BREAKING: In a loss for voters, the Minnesota Supreme Court upheld a state law requiring absentee ballots to include a witness signature. As a result, absentee voters must continue to: ✔️mark ballots in the presence of a witness ✔️sign a certificate stating all voter eligibility requirements are met

Democracy Docket
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Missing witness signatures were one of the reasons the state rejected around 6,000 ballots in the 2022 election. The decision means Minnesota remains one of only eight states with the restrictive condition. Read the full story:

democracydocket.comMinnesota Supreme Court upholds witness signatures for absentee ballots, which can make voting harderThe decision means Minnesota remains one of only eight states with the restrictive condition, according to data from the U.S. Vote Foundation. Missing witness signatures were one of the reasons the st...

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