Walter Mondale, Arne Carlson are among co-chairs of drive against photo ID

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http://www.startribune.com/politics/statelocal/160365755.html?uccb=1340724078569&cr=1

The drive to defeat a series of changes to Minnesota's election law, including imposition of a new photo ID requirement for voters, will be led by prominent Republican and Democratic elder statesmen.

Former Vice President Walter Mondale, a Democrat, and former Gov. Arne Carlson, a Republican, were announced Tuesday as co-chairs of the campaign to defeat photo ID. The requirement and related changes, including provisional balloting and uniform registration, will be on the general election ballot in November as a proposed amendment to the Minnesota Constitution.

Mondale and Carlson will be joined by Dr. Josie Johnson, a long-time civil rights activist and former member of the University of Minnesota Board of Regents, and former U.S. Rep. Tim Penny, who served in Congress as a Democrat and later ran for governor as a member of the Independence Party of Minnesota.

All four sharply denounced the measure at a news conference on Tuesday.

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[Brickbat]

1. As much as he drove me up the wall when in office, I find Arne Carlson's views and involvement since

he left office to be a little inspiring.

[trotsky]

2. I commend him for sticking up for what's right.

He was the last Republican I ever voted for.