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The DOJ should be doing this...
I wonder how our voting system compares to the rest of the world. It would be interesting to know who has the best voting system.
My wife and I voted in person at 7:57 am at our East Central Minnesota polling place. 57 minutes after polls opened, the electronic ballot scanner was not accepting ballots. We were directed to insert our ballots into a slot on the front of the cabinet, a workman was on the way, and the un-scanned ballots would all have to be put through by the poll worker after the scanner was again operational.
That said, I was gratified to find that in the process of modernization, the precinct book has been replaced with an on-screen app which the poll worker uses to verify names and addresses against the poll roster. She also accepted and scanned our drivers' licenses and collected a signature. She didn't say they were directed to ask for the license, but they were equipped with a device to do so, and everyone we saw proffered a license. So, it looks like Voter ID is currently accomodated whether or not Minnesota mandates it.