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Partisan Control Switch in the 2012 Election

Minnesota

	Total Seats	Democrat	Republican	Indep/Other	Vacant	Undecided
House	134	73	61	0	0	0
Senate	67	39	28	0	0	0

Party	Firstname	Lastname	Candidate	Incumbent	Winner
D	Mark	Dayton

Amendment 1		Recognition of Marriage Solely Between One Man and One Woman
Type:	Legislative Referendum	Status:	Fail (47.4% (unofficial))
Summary:	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		Photo Identification Required for Voting
Type:	Legislative Referendum	Status:	Fail (46.2% (unofficial))
Summary:	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? Language to be inserted in the constitution: All voters voting in person must present valid government-issued photographic identification before receiving a ballot. The state must issue photographic identification at no charge to an eligible voter who does not have a form of identification meeting the requirements of this section. A voter unable to present government-issued photographic identification must be permitted to submit a provisional ballot. A provisional ballot must only be counted if the voter certifies the provisional ballot in the manner provided by law. All voters, including those not voting in person, must be subject to substantially equivalent identity and eligibility verification prior to a ballot being cast or counted.

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