With a historic presidential election looming, the mechanics of how America votes have become as hotly contested as any issue actually on the ballot. In their new book, Turnout: Making Minnesota the State That Votes, Joan Anderson Growe and Star Tribune columnist Lori Sturdevant look back at Growe’s influence in establishing clean, high-turnout elections in Minnesota during her 24-year tenure as Secretary of State. WomenWinning board chair Alana Petersen joins Growe and Sturdevant for a timely conversation about how Minnesota’s electoral norms, such as same-day voter registration, voting by mail, and no-excuse absentee voting, came to be—and why they matter more than ever today.
This public event is sponsored by the Center on Women, Gender, and Public Policy.