Roseville Election Guide 2012

With Tuesday's elections only a day, Roseville Patch brings you the information you need about every race in town. 

Voting Info

• Sample Ballot: To see your sample ballot, go to the Ramsey County website and click "2012 Sample Ballots for Statewide General Election".
• Polling locations: To find polling locations and precincts, click here.
• Voter Registration: Are you registered to vote? Click here to find out what you need to know about voter registration.
• An easy way to find your polling placee: The Secretary of State's website has a very easy to use polling place finder.

More Voting Information

The state of Minnesota has a Voters Bill of Rights and allows for a wide range of allowances for people to get out and vote.

• Employers are required by law to allow employees (you) to be absent from work for the purpose of voting. You cannot be docked wages, personal leave, vacation time, or otherwise penalized in any way for taking the time needed to cast a ballot. So get out there and vote.
• Long lines? Getting late? If you are in line at your polling place any time before 8 p.m., you have the right to vote, even if you ballot is cast after the polls close.
• Nowhere to bring the kids? No worries: you have the right to bring your minor children into the polling place and into the voting booth with you.
• Need help to vote? You have the right to request special assistance when voting, and if you need assistance, you may be accompanied into the voting booth by a person of your choice, except by an agent of your employer or union or a candidate.

Other Stuff

The Minnesota Secretary of State's website has a number of other useful election day tidbits for those with questions about:

• Getting rides to your Polling Place
• Polling Place and Ballot Accessibility
• Voting Challenges
• Protecting Election Integrity
• Information in other languages
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Voting for People Under Guardianship
• Voting for Students
• Voting When You Are in the Hospital
• Voting When Your Home Is in Foreclosure
• Voting When You Are Homeless
• Voting When You Fear For Your Safety
• Voting Challenges
• Protecting Election Integrity

Register to Vote on Election Day

If you are not registered to vote where you currently live, you may do so at your local polling location on Election Day as long as you can provide proof of residence. 

To register at your polling place on Election Day, you must bring one of the following with your current name and address to verify your residence in the precinct:

• A valid Minnesota driver’s license, learner’s permit, Minnesota ID card, or receipt for any of these
• A valid registration in the same precinct under a different name or address 
• A notice of late registration sent to you by your county auditor or city clerk
• A voter registered in the same precinct as you who can confirm your address with a signed oath
• An employee of the residential facility where you live who can confirm your address with a signed oath
• Both 1) a photo ID from the list below, and 2) a current bill from the list below with your current name and address in the precinct
  • Bills can include any utility bill due within 30 days of election day
  • Rent statement dated within 30 days of election day that itemizes utilities

Click on a candidate's name for biographical information. (If a candidate does not have a link then they did not respond to our questionnaire or no other information on them could be found.)

Roseville City Council

• Jason Etten
  
• Bill Hoffman
  
• Lisa Laliberte
• Karen Schaffer

Ramsey County Board - District 2

•  Sue Jeffers

• Mary Jo McGuire 

House District 66A

• Mark Fotsch
• Alice Hausman 

• Dave Thomas
  

House District 42B

• Jason "Ike"Isaacson
• Ken Rubenzer

Senate District 66

• Wayde Brooks
• John Marty

U.S. Congress - District 4

• Steve Carlson
• Tony Hernandez
• Betty McCollum

U.S. Senate

• Michael Cavlan
• Kurt Bills
• Tim Davis
  
• Amy Klobuchar
  
• Stephen Williams

Presidential Race

• Barack Obama (Democrat)*
• Mitt Romney (Republican)
• Gary Johnson (Libertarian)
• James Harris (Socialist Workers Party)
• Virgil Goode (Constitution Party)
• Dean Morstad (Constitutional Government)
• Jill Stein (Green Party)
• Jim Carlson (Grassroots Party)
• Peta Lindsay (Socialism and Liberation)
• Ross C. "Rocky" Anderson (Justice Party)

Ballot Issues - Constitutional Amendments

Amendment 1: "Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to provide that only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in Minnesota?"

Amendment 2: "Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to require all voters to present valid photo identification to vote and to require the state to provide free identification to eligible voters, effective July 1, 2013?"

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