Faith leaders gather at Capitol, pledge protection of free, fair election
Minnesota faith leaders gathered Thursday at the State Capitol pledging to protect the right to vote and to have votes properly counted. Early voting begins Friday. “We don’t get to just vote as normal because, unfortunately, this is not a normal election. We have already witnessed the numerous attacks on our democracy,” said JaNaé Bates […]
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