Minnesota senator accidentally votes for elections bill


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www.duluthnewstribune.com— In what could have been initially viewed as an act of partisanship in Minnesota's Senate, a Rochester Republican legislator voted for a DFL-backed elections bill last week. However, it turns out that the vote was by accident.

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