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New - July 24
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for the interview with Keesha Gaskins, executive director,
Minnesota League of Women Voters, on elections and other
issues.
New - July 29
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for Civic Caucus interview with Duane Benson on early
childhood learning for at-risk children.
Legislature shouldn't draw its own district boundaries
Position Report - 4-18-08 Because of
"an inherent conflict of interest" in writing its own election
rules the Minnesota Legislature should give someone else the
job of drawing legislative and congressional districts, the
Civic Caucus recommended today in a statement to the
Legislature. Click to read more
Change system
for selecting judges
Position Report - 2-24-08 To
preserve public confidence in an impartial judiciary and to
minimize outside influence, judges in Minnesota should be
initially selected via appointment based on merit; they should
be systematically evaluated, and be subject to retention
elections after each term.
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Verne C. Johnson, chair; Lee Canning, Charles Clay, Bill Frenzel,
Paul Gilje, Jim Hetland, John Mooty, Jim Olson,
Wayne Popham and John Rollwagen.
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Verne Johnson, Charles Clay, Paul Gilje, Marianne Curry, Jim Hetland