Our Vote Our Future is the statewide ballot initiative campaign to defeat the Voter Restriction amendment that will appear on Minnesota’s November 2012 general election ballot. We are a broad campaign of individuals and organizations from across the state – including rural organizations, non-profits, faith-based organizations and community groups – united against this restrictive amendment.
Our Vote Our Future educates and mobilizes Minnesota voters to vote NO on the Voter Restriction amendment in order to ensure the voting rights of ALL eligible, law-abiding Minnesota voters aren’t taken away.
Campaign Co-Chairs
Vice President Walter Mondale Governor Arne Carlson
Dr. Josie Johnson Congressman Tim Penny
Advisory Committee
Kathleen Blatz, Former State Supreme Court Justice. Susie Brown, Minnesota Council of Nonprofits. Gary Cunningham. Kim Dayton, Center for Elder Justice and Policy, William Mitchell College of Law. Karen Diver, Chairwoman of Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. Matt Entenza. Don and Arvonne Fraser. John Harrington, Former St. Paul Police Chief, Retiring State Senator. Linda Hamilton, President of MN Nurses Association. Tom Horner. Stacy Doepner-Hove, President, League of Women Voters. Former Congressman Bill Luther. Shar Knutson, AFL-CIO. Chung Pen Lee, President of Lao Family Center. Darwin Lookingbill, Attorney, Kretsch & Gust. Dr. Lowery Johnson, AARP State President. Randy Maluchnik, Chair of Association of MN Counties, Carver County Commissioner. Jeffrey Martin, NAACP. Harry Melander, President of MN Building & Construction Trades. Jan Malcolm, CEO, Courage Center. Gene Martinez, ARC. George and Sally Pillsbury. Former Congressman David Minge. Former Congressman Jim Oberstar. Doug Peterson, MN Farmers Union. Dan Rodriquez, Former Board Chair, Neighborhood House and Executive Director, Merrick Community Services. Chandra Smith-Baker, President Pillsbury United Communities. Warren Spannaus, Former Attorney General. Former. Congressman Martin Sabo. Tom Thornberg, President of MN Profession Fire Fighters
The Coalition to Defeat the Voter Restriction Amendment
AARP
African Immigrant Services (AIS)
AFSCME Council 5
AFSCME Council 65
American Association of University Women – MPLS Branch
American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota (ACLU)
American Federation of Government Employees
Citizens for Election Integrity Minnesota (CEIMN)
Color The Vote
Communication Workers of America
Cycles for Change
East Central Area Labor Council, AFL-CIO
Education Minnesota
Family Tree Clinic
Growth & Justice
Headwaters Foundation
I.A.T.S.E. Local 13 Stagehands
IBEW Minnesota State Council
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)
ISAIAH
IUE-CWA Local 1140
Jewish Community Action
Kingfield Neighborhood Association
Laborers District Council of MN & ND
Land Stewardship Project
League of Women Voters
Mayflower UCC Church ISAIAH Core Team
Metropolitan Center for Independent Living (MCIL)
Metropolitan Interfaith Council on Affordable Housing (MICAH)
Minneapolis Building and Construction Trades Council
Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation AFL-CIO
Minnesota AFL-CIO
Minnesota AIDS Project
Minnesota Association of Professional Employees (MAPE)
Minnesota Brain Injury Alliance
Minnesota Building and Construction Trades Council AFL-CIO
Minnesota Coalition for the Homeless
Minnesota Community Action Partnership
Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
Minnesota Farmers Union
Minnesota NOW
Minnesota Nurses Association
Minnesota School Employees Association
Minnesota State American Postal Workers Union
Minnesota State Council of Machinists
Minnesota State Retirees Council, AFL-CIO
Minnesota Unitarian Universalist Social Justice Alliance
Minnesotan’s for a Fair Economy
MN Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (MN-CCD)
MN Council on Crime and Justice
MPIRG
NAMI
NARAL Pro-Choice Minnesota
Neighborhoods Organizing for Change (NOC)
Open Access Connections
Our Savior’s Community Services
OutFront Minnesota
Planned Parenthood of MN/ND/SD
Powderhorn Park Neighborhood Association
Project for Pride in Living
Project Vote
River Valley Action
Saint Frances Cabrini Catholic Church Justice & Peace Coalition
Saint Paul Regional Labor Federation
Saint Stephen’s Human Services
SEIU Healthcare Minnesota
SEIU Local 26
SEIU Local 284
SEIU Minnesota State Council
Somali Action Alliance
Southeast Minnesota Area Labor Council AFL-CIO
Southwest Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO
TakeAction Minnesota
The Advocates for Human Rights
The Arc Greater Twin Cities
The Arc Minnesota
Think Again MN
UFCW Local 1161
UFCW Local 1189
United Steelworkers
Working America
Working Partnerships
Additional Minnesota groups, cities, towns, and organizations that have taken a position in opposition to Voter Restriction:
Affirmative Options Coalition
African American Leadership Forum
ARC Northland
CAPI
Catholic Charities of Minneapolis and St. Paul
Center for Just Living at CSS
Centro Campesino
CHUM Duluth
Citizens Federation
Common Cause Minnesota
Common Laws MN
Community Action Duluth
Community Action Minneapolis
Community Action Partnership of Ramsey & Washington Counties
Community Grassroots Solutions — St. Cloud
Cook County Board of Commissioners
Credo Mobile
City of Crystal
Democratic Farmer Labor Party
City of Duluth
City of Edina
Faith in Democracy
First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis
First Universalist Church of Minneapolis
City of Golden Valley
Heartland Democracy
Hennepin County Bar Association
Hennepin County
Hmong American Partnership
Homeline
Human Rights Committee of the Minnesota State Bar Association
Immigrant Law Center
Independence Party of Minnesota
Lao Family Services
City of Lauderdale
League of Rural Voters
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
Lutheran Social Services
Macalester College Faculty
Main Street Project
City of Minneapolis
Minnesota BaseNetwork
Minnesota Conference of the United Church of Christ Immigration Committee
Minnesota Council of Churches
Minnesota Council of NonProfits– Northeast
Minnesota Disability Law Center
Minnesota State University Student Association
Minnesota Student Association
Minnesotans First
MN Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
Native Vote
Northeast Area Labor Council
Office for Social Justice – Catholic Charities
OneMN
Organizing Apprenticeship Project
Protect Minnesota
Ramsey County
Richfield Human Rights Commission
Sagrado Corazón de Jesús
Simpson Housing Services
City of Spring Grove
St. Louis County
City of St. Louis Park
City of St. Paul
St. Paul Synod of the ECLA
U of M University Senate
Unity Church-Unitarian
University of Minnesota Student Senate
White Earth Band of Chippewa
YWCA of Minneapolis
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