Last week, I finally reached the end of the road – or road trip – in Minnesota.  Wrapping up an eight-state election 2012 tour in Minnesota was fitting as the state League is still engaged in an all-out campaign to defeat a confusing proposal to amend the state constitution. The proposed amendment, if passed, would require restrictive voter photo ID.

Standing in a crowded high school hallway in Northern Virginia on a cold morning back in 2010, I unfolded my handmade “Register to Vote!” poster and double-checked my supply of pens.  I was excited to welcome new 18-year-olds to the voting process. I was well-versed on the process and the rules for conducting voter registration, and I was inspired by the knowledge that other League members did this every single day in communities across the country.