Foes of photo ID measure unleash first TV ad

Our Vote Our Future, a coalition of groups that opposes the proposed photo ID constitutional amendment, has begun running a 30-second TV spot featuring Democrat Joan Growe, who was Minnesota's Secretary of State from 1975 to 1999, the Star Tribune reports.

Author:: BMTN Staff
Publish date:: Oct 15, 2012

Three weeks before Minnesotans vote on whether to require voters to bring a photo identification to the polls, a group opposing the measure has released its first TV ad, the Star Tribune reports. The 30-second spot began running in the Twin Cities this week, a spokeswoman for Our Vote Our Future said.

The ad features Democrat Joan Growe, who was Minnesota's Secretary of State from 1975 to 1999.

Meanwhile Monday, opponents of the measure say it poses real problems for the elderly, MPR reports.

Here's the spot:

The group Protect My Vote, which supports the measure, has an ad of its own:

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Students and an employee of the Secretary of State's office were among the opponents of an idea to require an identification card to vote. Critics say it would deter some voters. The Legislature's Republican majority likes the idea and hopes to put it on the November ballot as a Constitutional amendment.

A coalition opposing the voter ID constitutional amendment has picked former Vice President Walter Mondale and former Gov. Arne Carlson to help lead its statewide campaign.

In a shocking upset, the voter ID amendment has failed, and by a sizable margin. With 98 percent of precincts reporting, the "no" votes led by nearly 8 percentage points, MPR says. The measure would have amended the state constitution to require voters to bring photo IDs to the polls.

The Senate Local Government and Elections Committee passed the voter ID bill on a party-line vote, with DFLers opposing it. The measure has several more stops before it would appear on the November ballot as a proposed Constitutional amendment.

A group opposed to a constitutional amendment that would require voters to show photo IDs at the polls is accusing the other side of engaging in race-baiting. An image on the website of Minnesota Majority showed a line of people outside a voting booth. The lineup includes three characters in what could be Halloween costumes next to a man in a mariachi outfit and a black man in a prison jumpsuit.

The measure advanced through a House committee on a party-line vote Monday. If the House and Senate pass the proposal, then voters in the November election will decide whether to amend the state constitution to require that all would-be voters present a photo ID before they cast a ballot.

A new ad against the proposed amendment that would require voters to use a government-issued ID at the polls takes a bipartisan approach. Our Vote Our Future began airing the 30-second ad Friday featuring Gov. Mark Dayton, a Democrat, and former Gov. Arne Carlson. a Republican.

Passage of the voter ID constitutional amendment next month would require Minnesotans to bring a government-issued photo identification to the polls when they vote, beginning in 2013. But the devil is in the details. The Pioneer Press reports that critics say the specifics still aren't clear – what kind of ID, what happens if you don’t have one, how much it would cost and who pays? The 2013 Legislature could be left to sort it out.