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Candidate positionI will focus on policy issues in alignment with the Green Party’s pillars of Social & Economic Justice, Grassroots Democracy, Nonviolence, and Ecological Wisdom & how those values dovetail with the roles and responsibilities of the Secretary of State.
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I will focus on policy issues in alignment with the Green Party’s pillars of Social & Economic Justice, Grassroots Democracy, Nonviolence, and Ecological Wisdom & how those values dovetail with the roles and responsibilities of the Secretary of State.
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Candidate positionThe Secretary of State chairs the State Canvassing Board and convenes Minnesota's electoral college. The Secretary of State serves on the MN Executive Council, the MN State Board of Investment, and the board of the Minnesota Historical Society. The Secretary of State oversees an office staff of approximately 100 and the work of the Office affects Minnesotans in all 87 counties of the state. The Office’s main responsibilities include overseeing statewide elections and operating the statewide voter registration system; the review, approval, and filing for all businesses and organizations operating in the state; and administering the state's address confidentiality program to help protect victims of domestic violence and others who fear for their safety.
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The Secretary of State chairs the State Canvassing Board and convenes Minnesota's electoral college. The Secretary of State serves on the MN Executive Council, the MN State Board of Investment, and the board of the Minnesota Historical Society. The Secretary of State oversees an office staff of approximately 100 and the work of the Office affects Minnesotans in all 87 counties of the state. The Office’s main responsibilities include overseeing statewide elections and operating the statewide voter registration system; the review, approval, and filing for all businesses and organizations operating in the state; and administering the state's address confidentiality program to help protect victims of domestic violence and others who fear for their safety.
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Candidate positionI understand the success of several of my priorities is reliant on state level legislative action and support and/or changes to the Minnesota constitution. With me as Secretary of State, the Office would carry a much greater state legislative agenda to achieve many of these policy issues. Some initiatives will also involve working closely with other MN executive branch elected officials and engaging deeply with MN residents and voters.
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I understand the success of several of my priorities is reliant on state level legislative action and support and/or changes to the Minnesota constitution. With me as Secretary of State, the Office would carry a much greater state legislative agenda to achieve many of these policy issues. Some initiatives will also involve working closely with other MN executive branch elected officials and engaging deeply with MN residents and voters.
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Candidate positionI will lean on the skills I have learned and practiced through my many years of varied professional work and board service experience. Through keeping inclusion, collaboration, teamwork, and strong communication at the center, I as Secretary of State and our Office will nurture a strong partnership with state legislators, the Attorney General’s office, the State Auditor’s office, the Governor’s office, and Minnesotans across the state.
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I will lean on the skills I have learned and practiced through my many years of varied professional work and board service experience. Through keeping inclusion, collaboration, teamwork, and strong communication at the center, I as Secretary of State and our Office will nurture a strong partnership with state legislators, the Attorney General’s office, the State Auditor’s office, the Governor’s office, and Minnesotans across the state.
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Candidate positionUPHOLD ELECTION INTEGRITY & INCREASE VOTER PARTICIPATION through continuing the use of paper ballots, early and absentee voting, and same-day registration; establishing Election Day as a paid state holiday; and expanding voting rights to all MN residents regardless of US citizenship or criminal conviction.
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UPHOLD ELECTION INTEGRITY & INCREASE VOTER PARTICIPATION through continuing the use of paper ballots, early and absentee voting, and same-day registration; establishing Election Day as a paid state holiday; and expanding voting rights to all MN residents regardless of US citizenship or criminal conviction.
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Candidate positionFOSTER A HEALTHY MN BUSINESS & WORKER ENVIRONMENT by facilitating the creation and growth of cooperatives, credit unions, and community land trusts and honoring employers that provide living wages, practice just-cause employment, and support the right of workers to unionize.
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FOSTER A HEALTHY MN BUSINESS & WORKER ENVIRONMENT by facilitating the creation and growth of cooperatives, credit unions, and community land trusts and honoring employers that provide living wages, practice just-cause employment, and support the right of workers to unionize.
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Candidate positionADVOCATE FOR STATE & GLOBAL WELL-BEING by divesting from weapons manufacturers, genocidal nations, nuclear power and fossil fuel extraction, animal harm, and any such companies that profit from those actions and shifting those state investments into entities that uphold peace, human rights, ecological health, and animal welfare.
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ADVOCATE FOR STATE & GLOBAL WELL-BEING by divesting from weapons manufacturers, genocidal nations, nuclear power and fossil fuel extraction, animal harm, and any such companies that profit from those actions and shifting those state investments into entities that uphold peace, human rights, ecological health, and animal welfare.
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Candidate positionINSTITUTE AN ELECTORAL SYSTEM THAT HONORS THE WILL OF MN VOTERS through adopting proportional representation for the MN House of Representatives and ranked choice voting for MN executive branch offices, allowing cities and counties to use these methods for the election of their multi-member and single-seat local officials, and abolishing the Electoral College and move to direct election of the US President by ranked choice voting.
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INSTITUTE AN ELECTORAL SYSTEM THAT HONORS THE WILL OF MN VOTERS through adopting proportional representation for the MN House of Representatives and ranked choice voting for MN executive branch offices, allowing cities and counties to use these methods for the election of their multi-member and single-seat local officials, and abolishing the Electoral College and move to direct election of the US President by ranked choice voting.
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Candidate positionFIGHT THE CONCENTRATION OF ECONOMIC & POLITICAL POWER by supporting the effort to amend the Minnesota constitution to establish that money is not speech and human beings, not corporations, are entitled to constitutional rights.
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FIGHT THE CONCENTRATION OF ECONOMIC & POLITICAL POWER by supporting the effort to amend the Minnesota constitution to establish that money is not speech and human beings, not corporations, are entitled to constitutional rights.
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Candidate positionIn these spaces, I have held inclusion, collaboration, teamwork, and strong communication at the center. I have not been afraid to push the envelope and fight for what is right. These are the experiences and qualities I will bring to lead the Minnesota Secretary of State’s Office.
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In these spaces, I have held inclusion, collaboration, teamwork, and strong communication at the center. I have not been afraid to push the envelope and fight for what is right. These are the experiences and qualities I will bring to lead the Minnesota Secretary of State’s Office.
