Last week, Bluestem posted Meet MN Secretary of State Steve Simon at Granite Falls' Bluenose Gopher Public House 9/6. My beau and I did just that, traveling down the lovely Upper Minnesota River Valley roads to the Bluenose Gopher Public House, where grassroots environmental and civic action group CURE.
It was worth the drive.
At the Marshall Independent, Deb Gau reported on Tuesday in Simon hoping for ‘high turnout and low drama’ on Election Day:
Election Day is only two months away, and it’s “crunch time” for the office that oversees Minnesota’s elections, Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon said.
At a visit to Granite Falls on Friday, Simon said he was hoping for good voter turnouts, and a smooth process at the election.
“That’s what I want, is high turnout and low drama,” Simon said.
Feelings around this year’s elections, especially the presidential election, will likely be intense, he said.
“Especially a presidential election, it’s always going to be intense,” Simon said. “It’s going to be especially intense when, like this year, people have very strong opinions about the candidates.”
Another thing adding to the intensity was that the presidential election was perceived as being a close race, he said. But he hoped that, in spite of that intensity, there would be no political violence or threats of violence.
“If any American has a problem with the certification of the election, or suspects or knows or think they know there was misconduct or illegal stuff going on, that’s fine. Bring your evidence, bring your witnesses, do your testimony, go to court. That’s where we resolve that stuff,” Simon said.
“But when the last court has issued the last ruling, we have to be done … And after that point, all of us as Americans have to get our arms around and accept the results, even if it didn’t go the way we want,” he said.
Simon was visiting Granite Falls as part of a statewide tour. He took questions from members of the public, and spoke about what his office does during Minnesota elections. . . .
Read the entire article at the Independent. Bluestem will post a video of the event here when it becomes available
UPDATE: Here's the YouTube of the event:/p>
Earlier on Friday, Simon sat down with a CURE staff for the interview embedded below. From the YouTube description:
Erik Hatlestad (Director of Cooperative Energy, CURE) sits down with Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon to discuss the 2024 election and rural democracy. Topics include the many ways Minnesotans can participate in elections, what resources are available to Minnesotans to access elections, and how to combat disinformation about election process and outcomes.
Visit CURE's Facebook page post embedded below for more about the event.
Update: At the West Central Tribune, Tom Cherveny reports on the gathering in Minnesota Secretary of State hoping for high turnout, low drama.
Photo: Erik Hatlestad, CURE's Director of Cooperative Energy, introduces Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon to the crowd of 50 people Friday afternoon at Granite Falls' cooperative Bluenose Gopher Public House.
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