Max Hailperin

How many times?

1914 map with corresponding area marked

Here's the 1914 view.

Satellite view with a vestigial remnant of Prince Street

I'll sign on as co-sponsor of your quest if you amend it to also encompass restoring the Prince Street name to the circular turnaround at the end of the Saint Anthony Main driveway.

I posted this without having seen @chrissteller.bsky.social's two minute earlier reply. Scooped again!

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In fairness, some of them have a long history with States Rights.

Alternatively, the challenge can become moot when a voter's registration is removed in any of the standard ways. In particular, if the registration remains unused for four years, that is the end of the road. revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cit...

More commonly, the administrative challenge is resolved through the polling-place process when the voter next votes or through the voter submitting an updated voter registration application. These mechanisms allow a previous residence to be confirmed or a new one documented.

Unlike polling-place and petition challenges, there is no fixed timeline for administrative challenges. Some of them are removed through corresponding administrative processes, for example when notice of an incarceration is followed by notice of release. revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cit...

Lastly, there are challenge notations that are administratively added to the voter record as a result of any of several sections of statute, such as the one concerning undeliverable mail. revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cit...

A registered voter can challenge the eligibility of another registered voter in the same county by filing a petition sufficiently far in advance of the election. These challenges are resolved expeditiously through a process of notice, hearing, and appeal. revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cit...

The quickest resolution is for challenges initiated at a polling place, whether by an election judge, a party-appointed challenger, or another voter. These are resolved immediately. revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cit...

For many decades, Minnesota has had three distinct mechanisms by which a registered voter's eligibility can be called into question, all called challenges but differing in various regards including how swiftly they are resolved. See below for specifics.

Source: www.sos.mn.gov/election-adm...

MN voter registration has been strong: 3,795,736 as of March 2, 2026, up 1.19% from the prior month's 3,750,940. The November election will surely have more registered voters than any prior midterm. More notably, registration likely will top 2024. I've never seen a midterm top the presidential year.

Committee on Elections - 03/05/26 YouTube video by Minnesota Senate Media Services

The testimony of Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon today at a Minnesota Senate committee hearing did an excellent job of explaining the resilience of Minnesota's election system. www.youtube.com/live/Dp8djad...

Data-sharing alliance helps Pennsylvania identify alleged double voter The announcement that ERIC played a role comes amid broader questions about the merits of the program, which many Republican-led states quit in recent years.

Prior reporting from @bycarterwalker.bsky.social of ERIC's role: www.votebeat.org/pennsylvania...

Convicted for voting in 2020 at previous Pennslyvania and then-current Florida residences. DOJ press release neglects to mention this catch was made possible by the ERIC multi-state consortium, which Florida meanwhile pulled out of. www.justice.gov/usao-edpa/pr...

Unless the vote centers have the voters put their ballots into envelopes instead of tabulators, they would still need the real time networking to precinct pollbooks to prevent double voting, the same as in a pure vote center model.

English vs. lawyer-speak
English: The dog is too darn big.
Lawyer-speak: It is emphatically that the dog is too big.

If you're moving within Minnesota, that's easy to make sure of. Change your address with the post office or drivers licensing and the voter registration will likely be auto-updated. Want to check or manually update? Easy online. Still miss it? Election-day registration has your back.

In part the issue is geography; vote-center models tend to work best in auto-heavy suburban settings. In part it is about trusting people: do you want to see that it is your neighbors. And in part it is about trusting technology: vote centers rely on networked pollbooks and usually ballot printers.

Some states with precinct-based voting provide wiggle room: A voter who insists on voting in the wrong precinct can cast a provisional ballot that is subsequently counted, at least to the extent the right races are on it. But there are other states where wrong-precinct provisionals aren't counted.

The precinct voting model was universal nationwide until 2004, when Colorado pioneered the "vote center" model that allows election-day voting anywhere in the county. Since then, it became quite popular in a number of states (not including MN), but more recently there's been some push back away.

(b) A single, accessible, combined polling place may be established no later than November 1 if a presidential nomination primary is scheduled to occur in the following year or May 1 of any other year: (1) for any city of the third or fourth class, any town, or any city having territory in more than one county, in which all the voters of the city or town shall cast their ballots; (2) for contiguous precincts in the same municipality; (3) for up to four contiguous municipalities located entirely outside the metropolitan area, as defined by section 200.02, subdivision 24, that are contained in the same county; or (4) for noncontiguous precincts located in one or more counties.

Indeed a "combined polling place" is understood as only within a single room, not separate rooms that happen to be in the same building. But also the max of 2 is not a legal limit, just a practical reality. The limits in the law are quite broad: www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cit...

News from Texas Republicans' demonstration of how elections ought to be conducted

In sum, the Court is not persuaded by Michigan’s arguments regarding the scope of the CRA. However, Defendant-Intervenors make an additional argument as to why the voter registration list is not requestable: a voter registration list is not a “record” that “c[a]me into [the state’s] possession relating to any application, registration, payment of poll tax, or other act requisite to voting in such election.” 52 U.S.C. § 20701. They contend that this language refers only to documents that people submit to the State as part of the voter registration process, not a document like the voter registration list that is created by state officials. The Court agrees.

The case is fundamentally about the CRA's provision for records demands (52 usc 20703), but that section applies to the records that must be kept 22 months under 52 usc 20701. At issue is whether that includes the ongoing voter list or just the received registration applications.

(Text-Only) MINUTE ENTRY for proceedings held before Judge Katherine M. Menendez on 3/3/2026: Oral Arguments Motion Hearing. Court Reporter: Paula Richter Minneapolis Courthouse, Courtroom 14W Time: 9:30 a.m. - 10:40 a.m. Total Time: 1 Hour and 10 Minutes APPEARANCES: For Plaintiff(s): James Tucker; Brittany Bennett For Defendant(s): Lindsey Middlecamp; Angela Behrens; Allen Barr; Uzoma Nkem Nkwonta; Robert Golan-Vilella; Katherine Swenson; Andrew Pieper; David McKinney; Heather Chang Other Appearance(s) for Amicus and Movants: Andrew Mohring; Pierce Rose; Amy Erickson; Gabrielle Jackson PROCEEDINGS: Hearing on: 63 MOTION to Dismiss/General filed by Minnesota, State of, Steve Simon, 83 MOTION to Dismiss/General filed by Valerie Mangskau, League of Women Voters of Minnesota, Common Cause, Jennifer Compeau, 70 MOTION for Order to Compel Production of Federal Election Records Pursuant to 52 USC 20701 et seq. filed by United States of America, 78 MOTION to Dismiss/General (Rule 12(B)(6) Motion to Dismiss) filed by Misael Hernandez, Minnesota Alliance for Retired Americans Educational Fund. SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING REQUIRED (1) Plaintiff's Supplemental Brief Responding to ECF 123 On or before March 17, 2026, Plaintiff shall file a supplemental brief of up to 10 pages responding to the Amicus Brief filed by Former Employees of the U.S. Department of Justice. (2) Simultaneous Supplemental Briefing Concerning United States v. Benson, 2026 WL 362789 (W.D. Mich. Feb. 10, 2026) On or before April 3, 2026, the parties shall file simultaneous supplemental briefs of up to 15 pages addressing the Benson court's interpretation of 52 U.S.C. § 20701. 2026 WL 36789, at *9-11. (LC1) (Entered: 03/03/2026)

I attended yesterday's hearing in the Minnesota voter data case and the only developments I came away with were those in this minute entry added to the docket: the DOJ can respond to the ex-DOJ amici, and the parties will brief the scope of the CRA records requirements.

"Nicholson ... lives in the prosperous west metro city of Minnetrista." Which is code for his living in a house with $2.7 million assessed value, purchased in 2021 for $2.35 million.

In the Minnesota case, at this morning's hearing, the judge indicated the former DOJ folks could be amici (as she had previously granted) but the US could file a response brief.