More coverage of the victory yesterday in Minnesota.

St. Paul Pioneer Press: In two 4-2 rulings Monday, Aug. 27, the court dismissed a challenge to the wording of the proposed voter ID question and rejected Democratic Secretary of State Mark Ritchie’s attempts to rewrite the titles of the voter ID and marriage amendment questions.”

Star Tribune: “Dan McGrath of the Minnesota Majority, which supports the photo ID amendment, said the title Ritchie chose was “deliberately confusing” and “absolutely” would have suppressed the vote for it. Ritchie’s proposed title was: “Changes to in-person & absentee voting & voter registration; provisional ballots.”

St. Cloud Times: The court rejected the liberal groups’ argument that the proposed photo ID amendment was vague and misleading and sided with Republicans who argued that Ritchie was trying to bias voters against both amendments with prejudicial language. The Legislature pushed both proposed amendments through over opposition from Democrats, including Gov. Mark Dayton.

Mankato Free Press: Citing its own precedent, the court found that when the Legislature includes its own title for ballot questions, then it goes beyond the authority of the secretary of state to replace it. The majority opinion said the secretary of state has “no constitutional authority over the form and manner of proposed constitutional amendments,” and directly ordered Ritchie to restore the original wording as set by the Legislature.