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Minnesota
Capital: Saint Paul
Population: 4,972,294
Major Metropolitan Areas: Minneapolis/St. Paul
Federal Transportation Spending: $595,442,000 (U.S. Census Bureau 2002)

 
General Ballot Measure Information

State Ballot Process
No citizen-initiated state ballot measure process in Minnesota.

State Election Site: http://www.sos.state.mn.us/election/index.html

County & City Information
Contact your county auditor's office for more information: http://www.sos.state.mn.us/weblinkcounty.html

Ballot measure information
http://www.iandrinstitute.org/Minnesota.htm

Additional ballot measure information
http://www.ballot.org/states/mn.html

 
Specific Ballot Measure Information
 
Initiative Year Community/Region
for initiative
Type Of Measure Ballot Date Result
2002 Statewide Legislative Action 11/5/2002
Description
1. Bond sale for $1 billion for roads, repaid over 10 years. 2. Gas tax increase (6-cents in 2003, adjusted for inflation thereafter. 3. Transfer 10.8% of motor vehicle sales tax to new "multimodal fund." 4. Ballot measure in 11 metro counties to vote on 1/2-cent sales tax increase; estimated to generate $2 billion over 10 years for highway and transit improvements.

 
Outreach/Contact Information
 
Advocacy Groups
Minnesota Public Transit Association http://www.mpta-transit.org/
Minnesota Transportation Alliance http://www.transportationalliance.com/
Transit for Livable Communities http://www.tlcminnesota.org/
Minnesota Valley Transit Authority Coalition (no website)
Green Space Partners http://www.greeninstitute.org/GSP/
Central Minnesota Shared Transportation Coalition (no website)
Transportation Alliance http://www.transportationalliance.com/
1,000 Friends of Minnesota http://www.1000fom.org/
Rail Passenger Group
No rail passenger association
State DOT
http://www.dot.state.mn.us/
Transit Agencies & MPOs
Burnsville MVTA http://www.mvta.com/
Duluth DTA http://www.duluthtransit.com/
Minneapolis MT http://www.metrotransit.org/
 
Media Information
 
Newspaper(s)
Minneapolis Star Tribune http://www.startribune.com/
St. Cloud Times http://miva.sctimes.com/
St. Paul Pioneer Press http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/
Rochester Post-Bulletin http://www.postbulletin.com/
Duluth News Tribune http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthtribune/
Radio Television
KNOW NPR/MPR - Minneapolis http://access.mpr.org/stations/ksjnknow/
KFAI Community - Minneapolis http://www.kfai.org/
WCCO CBS - Minneapolis http://www.wcco.com/
KSTP ABC - Saint Paul http://www.kstp.com/
KARE NBC - Minneapolis http://www.kare11.com/
 
Other Resources
 

STPP State Page: http://www.transact.org/states/default.asp?state=minnesota

APTA State Page (Info. on transit agencies): http://www.apta.com/links/state_local/mn.cfm