UMLC Urges Compliance with Election Law in Several Minnesota Counties
Today, the Upper Midwest Law Center (UMLC) formally addressed letters to the county attorneys for Wabasha, Stearns, Sherburne, and Benton County regarding their recent resolutions on absentee ballot board staffing. UMLC, representing the Minnesota Voters Alliance (MVA) and its members who are voters in these counties, reviewed their absentee ballot board resolutions and found that […]
Allie Howell: Why the public deserves to see the Nicole Mitchell bodycam video
The police body-camera footage from April 22 is an important piece of evidence as to what happened during Sen. Mitchell’s arrest. Luckily, Minnesota statutes have a provision for situations like this. Watch the latest Minnesota Law Report featuring UMLC Trial and Appellate Counsel, Allie Howell!
Minnesota State University Students Forced to Pay for Political Speech
The Liberty Justice Center and Upper Midwest Law Center Sue to Protect First Amendment Rights. Today, the Liberty Justice Center and the Upper Midwest Law Center jointly filed a lawsuit against a group called Students United, the St. Cloud State University, and SCSU’s responsible administrators for violating college students’ First Amendment rights by requiring them […]
Hearing Set for May 20 in Lawsuit Seeking Senator Nicole Mitchell’s Arrest Footage
A hearing has been scheduled in the lawsuit filed by Alpha News, represented by the Upper Midwest Law Center, seeking the release of police body and dash camera footage related to the arrest of Senator Nicole Mitchell. The hearing will take place via Zoom at 3:00 PM on May 20, coinciding with the last calendar […]
Lawsuit Filed to Have Minnesota’s NVRA Election Transparency Exemption Declared Invalid
Supreme Court precedent in Shelby County v. Holder orders that Congress cannot indiscriminately treat states differently. The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) with Upper Midwest Law Center as local counsel, filed a federal lawsuit against Minnesota Secretary of State, Steve Simon to have the state’s exemption from the National Voter Registration Act’s (NVRA) Public Disclosure […]
Complaint Filed to Release Sen. Mitchell Arrest Footage
Alpha News Files Suit to Authorize Release of Body and Dash Camera Footage from Arrest of Senator Nicole Mitchell The Upper Midwest Law Center (UMLC) has filed a complaint on behalf of Alpha News asking the Becker County District Court to authorize the release of the body and dash camera footage related to the arrest of Senator Nicole Mitchell […]
Upper Midwest Law Center Celebrates Election Integrity Victory in Ramsey County Settlement
The Upper Midwest Law Center (UMLC) joins the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) in celebrating a significant win for election integrity with the settlement agreement secured in the case against Ramsey County, Minnesota. The agreement reinforces the county’s requirement to eliminate duplicate voter registrations in line with federal law, the Help America Vote Act (HAVA). […]
UMLC Responds to MN Court of Appeals Decision on Mille Lacs Judge’s Order
The Upper Midwest Law Center (UMLC) releases the following statement in response to the Minnesota Court of Appeals decision on the Mille Lacs Judge’s order concerning the recently passed Felon Voting law. “While we supported Judge Quinn’s reasoning on the unconstitutionality of the Felon Voting Law, we took no position on whether the judge had the […]
UMLC ADVISORY: Election-Judge Duties Related to Duplicating, Tallying, and Tabulating Absentee Ballots
ADVISORY: Election-Judge Duties Related to Duplicating, Tallying, and Tabulating Absentee Ballots Dear Election Judges and Ballot-Board Members: In our work to uphold election integrity in Minnesota, we have encountered situations in which counties and county ballot boards are either unaware of or are not abiding by their duties under Minnesota’s absentee balloting statutes. One of […]
UMLC urges Minnesota Supreme Court to uphold Attorney General transparency
On January 12, 2022, UMLC represented Energy Policy Advocates in oral arguments against Attorney General Ellison before the Minnesota Supreme Court. You can view the oral argument here. In Energy Policy Advocates v. Ellison, UMLC’s client seeks data which the Attorney General has been hiding from the public. The data relates to AG Ellison allowing […]