Check this site out. Read about the requirement needed to be able to vote in any of our states. Compare Minnesota's requirements versus any other state. Does Minnesota make it easier to vote or more difficult than most states. Thinking of moving? Find out what is required of a voter to be able to participate in this great civic action wherever you may be headed or thinking of going.
Mr. Thompson
Most states have a variation of the following voter requirements: U.S. citizenship, age, time of residence in the state, criminal record, and mental competence. MN is different from many states in that they not only require current freedom from the law, but in order to vote in MN, one must have an ultimately clean criminal record. Also, many states require a 1-month residence in the state before obtaining voter eligibility, but MN only requires 20 days. As with most states, MN voters must be 18 by election day. They must be legally competent, and must obviously be a U.S. citizen. All in all, it seems that MN has moderate voting requirements in relation to the other 49 states.
ReplyDelete--Josh Rackham
Out of all of the information from the web site, there are two requirements that are of interest to me. The first one is being disqualified for mentally imcompetence, which means you lack the ability to think right. This makes me wonder if there was an accident that happened and a law had to be made so that the mentally ill could not vote, but then doesnt that go against the Bill of Rights, and so does an amendment have to be created for that? Second, under the state of Hawaii, it said that you only have to be at least 16, but 18 by election day to vote. I'm a bit confuse by this, but then I found out that it's just for registration. I dont get why you even need to register to vote that early.
ReplyDeleteDanh Vo
According to the list of states, Minnesota is one of the easiest states to vote in because you only have to be a US citizen, 18 years old, and live in Minnesota 20 days before the next election day. The last requirement is you cannot be convicted of a felony. other sate are similar but not identical because they have a few more requirements.
ReplyDeleteTim Hanenberger
Most states have a most of the following voter requirements to be a US citzen, certain age, time of residence in the state, and clean criminal record. Minnesota is different from many states because they not only require current freedom from the law, but in order to vote, people must have a clean criminal record. Many states require a 1-month residence in the state before having the right to vote but Minnesota only requires 20 days. As with most states, Minnesota voters must be 18 by election day. They must be legally competent, and have be a U.S. citizen.
ReplyDeletemckenzie eggert
Most of the states have the same basic voting requirements, the requirements are just worded differently. Minnesota is one of the states that make a specific length of time in which you must be a resident before you can vote. Minnesota's requirement is 20 days, which seems to be pretty average out of these states. Wisconsin is only 10 days while many others are at least 30 days. Many of the states also have preregistering ages but Minnesota just says you have to register 20 days before election day. Overall, most of the states have the same voting requirements.
ReplyDelete- Katy Eckerman
As I was skimming through the voting requirements, some of them jumped out at me. First of all, I realized that being able to register for voting on election day, like one can in Minnesota, isn't actually very common. In fact, I only saw a couple other states where you can do this, such as Maine, New Hampshire, and Wisconsin. Besides this,I noticed that Minnesota's other voting requirements are roughly the same as other states': the need to be 18 years old to vote, be a citizen of the United States, be a resident of the state where one votes, and, (usually), not be convicted of a felony. Besides Minnesota, another state I looked at was North Dakota, since most of my family lives there. I was surprised because unlike most states, North Dakota's voting policy is the bare minimum; there isn't even a requirement about having not committed a crime.
ReplyDelete-Beth Daede
I wonder about why can't all of our states just have the same list of requirements to vote. We are one country. The requirements that all the states have in common is to be at the age of eighteen, be a residence, and also not have troubles with the government. To compare Minnesota to other states, I would say our requirements are reasonable. By skimming through the lists, Minnesota doesn't have a requirement stated regarding not being mentally incompetent, while a number of other states do. Minnesota also differs from other states by enforcing the requirement of having to be a resident for at least twenty days. I question the difference that it makes the longer you are a residence. Overall, mainly all states have the same requirements, but different states include a couple of differences.
ReplyDelete-Theresa Bui
In most of the states they have the same requirements, but some are a little differnt. In the majority of the states you have to me a US citizen, be 18 years old, have a clean criminal record. In Minnesota, I think its weird that you only have to be a resident for 20 days before the election. I think that it makes it really easy for people to vote in Minnesota. Especially if they have all of the other requirements met. Anyone can come in 20 days before the election day and be a registered voter in Minnesota. Which I think is kind of odd that they would basically like anyone come into our state and let them vote. I feel like we should make the requirements a little bit harder so that people that have lived in Minnesota for a long time can feel better about not just letting anyone vote.
ReplyDelete-Kaitlyn Bjorngaard
Every state requires a voter to be a u.s citizen, which is obviously going to be requirement. What i don't understand is why every state may vary on their requirmens to vote, like theresa said we are one nation and why do different states have different requirments? Most of the states state you cant not vote if you have any withstanding felonies or are mentally incompitent. Now in minnesota its stated that you cannot vote if you are under the guardianship of someone is mentally incompitent, does this requirment stand because the state of minnesota thinks that even if someone is 18 that their vote may be persuaded by ther mentally ill guardian? If i was to move anywhere it would be illinois, whos requirements are very simmilar to minnesota and the other states, and illinois does not judge you on who your gaurdian is or their state of mentall ability. - kelly fredericksen
ReplyDeleteWhen i was skimming through the states' vote requirement, i found all of the states' requirement to vote is about the same like; U.S. citizen, lived in the state for a certain amount of time (live in MN for 20 days), not have committed a felony, and etc. The state that surprised me the most was Vermont, because Vermont is letting people who did cause a felony to vote. I hope in the near future Vermont may change the voting requirements by adding people who have committed a felony should not be able to vote.
ReplyDeleteKong T.
When looking through the voting requirements, there were some that stood out to me. First off, I noticed that Minnesota's other voting requirements are roughly the same as other states. For example, registering to vote on election day in Minnesota is not very common. In Wisconsin, Maine, and along with others you can. Also some requirements that were the same were being you need to be the age 18, and be a U.S. citizen.
ReplyDeleteMaranda Brennan
Stop telling me about Minnesota's voting requirements as most of you have already. You need to post something that is unique from the site. 10 of the 11 posts describe Minnesota's voting requirements. Read your classmates comments and then add something new. PLEASE!!!!! Those of you who haven't done that, feel free to post again or go to a different link!
ReplyDeleteMr. Thompson
As I was looking through all the voting requirements for each state one requirement stood out to me. It is not common but, in Minnesota you can actually register to become a voter on election day. A few other states where you can register on election day are Maine, Wisconsin and New Hampshire. I also noticed that the basic requirements to be able to vote are about the same for each state in the U.S.which includes...voter must be 18 years of age, a U.S. citizen, resident of state the voter resides in,and no criminal record. Overall there are a few differences with requirements to vote from state to state and Minnesota has very basic requirements.
ReplyDeleteHannah Eckerman
Looking at all of the states requirements I was not very surprised by many of them including the voter being 18, being a citizen, and having lived in the state you are voting in for around 30 days. One thing that varried from state to state was what kind of criminal backgroud you could have a still vote. Mississippi was one of the more extreme states saying that you could not vote if you were convicted of murder, rape, bribery, theft, arson, obtaining money or goods under false pretense, perjury, forgery, embezzlement, or bigamy, or have had your rights restored as required by law. All of the people that lived in Mississippi might as well moved to Michigan, because as long as they didn't go to jail for their crime they could vote. The United States should make all of the voting rights the same because what is going to stop a person from moving if they can't vote in their state to a state where they can vote? Their is definitely a flaw in our system.
ReplyDeleteJade Spaulding
While looking through all of the voting requirements for each state I wasn't surprised to see similar rules for most states. All states have to be eighteen years old, a citizen and lived in the state for a certain amount of time. The registration date is different for a lot of states, but a good amount range from 30 to 25 days before election. There are only a couple of states including Minnesota that let you register to vote on the day of the election. Also, one thing that varies about each state is the criminal background for the voter. Massachusetts, for example only says if the voter corrupts practice of the respected election they are not allowed to vote, but in Maryland they have many reasons. The voter is not allowed to vote if thy are under sentence or on probation for an infamous crime like treason, perjury, fraud or corruption. Each state has the basic voting requirements, but each also has something a little bit different from each other.
ReplyDeleteChristina Block
I looked through all of the voting requirement for each state. All states required 18 years old american citizen and live in the state for a certain amount of time.people have to register before to vote, and each state has different registration deadlines. For example, in Georgia, people have to register the fifth Monday before any general primary, general election, or presidential preference primary, or regularly scheduled special election pursuant to the Georgia Election Code.
ReplyDeleteShiyi Li
Skimming through the voting requirements, I was informed many new things. Each state has the basic requirements of being at least an eighteen year old citizen without any extreme issues with the government, such as conviction to felonies. It has caught my attention while reading through the requirements of many states that would deny the votes of citizens who have mental disabilities. Thinking conservatively, I agree with this requirement. Voting is a major action, it would be nonsense to let someone who isn't straight minded to vote. In addition, I spotted a requirement in Mississippi that it would be unlawful to vote if you were married to two people at once. This requirement differentiates Mississippi's list of requirements from others. Furthermore, I discovered that you not only have to be a residence in Kentucky, but have a permanant home. I feel like that limits a few people, because not everyone plans to stay in one state for the rest of their lives. It also doesn't seem like a great impact on the other hand. Kentucky is mostly country areas and I would be convinced that most farmers would stay in the same state with a permanant home. To conclude, I believe that Minnesota would be more accessible for more citizens. Minnesota doesn't include any questionable, capacious requirements.
ReplyDeleteTerri Bui (REDO!)
You must be aleast 18 years of age in each state. You have to be a U.S citizen. You have to be a registered voter, and must of lived in that state for a certain amount of time.
ReplyDeleteDami A.
What i noticed as i was looking throughout the voting requirements is that a lot of states won't let you vote in you are mentally incompetent.I saw that in Indiana you cannot vote if you are currently in jail for a criminal conviction. If you live in Iowa you must give up the right to vote in any other place. Most of the other requirements are the same for every other state but i thought that those were interesting and they were different from some of the states.
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Kaitlyn Bjorngaard
As I was skimming through all the states and requirements, I notices two things: you have to be a citizen and you have to be 18 years old at least. I also noticed that the states have very different requirements that most others. I was very surprized. Some states you cannot be a convicted felon and other states don't care. In the District of Columbia you can't be "mentally incompetent" to vote. If you moved from Minnesota to Maine, you'd have to register for Maine if you wanted to vote.
ReplyDeleteAs I was skimming through all the states and requirements, I notices two things: you have to be a citizen and you have to be 18 years old at least. I also noticed that the states have very different requirements that most others. I was very surprized. Some states you cannot be a convicted felon and other states don't care. In the District of Columbia you can't be "mentally incompetent" to vote. If you moved from Minnesota to Maine, you'd have to register for Maine if you wanted to vote.
ReplyDeleteSebastian Niesche
As I was looking through the website i realized many states have different requirements and some simply have very little requirements. Some states let convicted felons, vote, but most of all; the only rule that really sticks to for all the states are that you must be a citizen and you must be at least 18 to vote;i think that there should be very strick restrictions on voting. This is a big thing to elect a new president, they should have people who are informed instead of having just anyone with a proper ID vote. This could have big concequneces for us. For an example North Carolina just last year passed a law stating that you need a formal ID to vote.Everywhere you should need a proper ID. They need to follow strick rules for voters.
ReplyDelete- Leah Fitzpatrick