Editorial: Minnesota is right to protect voter privacy

Editorial: Minnesota is right to protect voter privacy

DETROIT LAKES — Minnesotans should be proud: We regularly lead the country in voter turnout, and our elections have a long history of being run by local people – who take an oath to follow the law, not any political agenda. So when the U.S. Department of Justice recently sued Minnesota’s Office of the Secretary of State for refusing to turn over its full voter registration list — complete with voters’ names, addresses, dates of birth, partial So…