Ritchie Urges Newspapers to Feature Proposed Amendments
I thought that this article would be interesting to our class because our good buddy, Secretary of State Mark Ritchie is featured in it. It's about him asking Minnesota newspapers to print and feature the full text of both of the proposed amendments before election day. This article includes the letter that Ritchie wrote to newspapers to ask them to do this.
According to Ritchie, the question on the ballot to vote yes or no to the amendments leaves out some important parts of the amendments, especially the Voter ID amendment. He believes that it is only fair that Minnesotans know exactly what they are saying yes to because constitutional amendments are semi-permanent. 20 years ago, the proposed amendments were always featured in newspapers as a legal notice, now they do not have to be printed at all because of budget issues.
Do you agree that newspapers or other media outlets should be required to, or at least feel obligated to feature the full text of any amendments that are proposed? Why do you think they don't do this anyway? What does this says about our society, that we are voting on something that most of us don't have a full grasp on?
posted by Anonymous @ 1:59 PM
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It is the best way for word to get out to the people. I think that news outlets are responsible for the spread of information, and this is simply an extension of that.
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