Minnesota Election Law
"Dictator On Day One"
Coalitions: African American Voters
Dictators Through History
Coalitions: Native Voters
100

Minnesota has the longest early voting period of any state in the country, spanning this many days before Election Day.

What is 46

100

This four-word phrase completes the following passage from Article Two of the U.S. Constitution. "The President, Vice President, and all civil Officers of the United States shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other ____________."

What are "High Crimes and Misdemeanors"

100

Donald Trump said this phrase at the last presidential debate: Immigrants are taking ____  _____.

What are Black jobs?

100

In 1933, this law granted Adolf Hitler dictatorial powers in Germany, effectively dismantling the Weimar Republic.

What is the Enabling Act

100

This Minnesota official is the highest-ranking elected native official in the country.

Who is Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan?

200

This program with a catchy name automatically registers eligible voters when they apply for a new driver's license.

What is the Motor Voter Program

200

This Heritage Foundation policy plan proposes rolling back approval of abortion medication, eliminating the Department of Education, slashing Medicaid funding, and other far-right wish list items.

What is Project 2025

200

In Minnesota, this percentage of eligible voters identify as black.

What is 7 percent?

200

In the age of mass communication, we’ve learned a thing or two about authoritarian leaders' bathroom habits. According to state propaganda, this famous dictator never needed to use the bathroom.

Who is Kim Jong-il?

200

On June 2, 1924, Congress granted citizenship to all Native Americans born in the U.S. However the right to vote was not fully granted to all Native Americans until this year.

What is 1965? (Passage of the Voting Rights Act.)

300

You must be 18 years old to vote but in Minnesota, you can register to vote at this age.

What is 16 years old

300

In the United States, this process must begin with the lower house of a legislature bringing charges against a civil officer of government and is an analogous process to a grand jury bringing an indictment.

What is impeachment

300

This woman became the first African American U.S. Secretary of State in 2005.

Who is Condoleeza Rice?

300

This dictator, who Donald Trump Praised during his 2016 campaign, used to write romance novels under a pseudonym.

Who is Saddam Hussein

300

In 2020 there were approximately ___ Native Americans of voting age in the U.S.

What is 4.7 million?

400

Many of these volunteers can be found within each polling location on Election Day: they help ensure that voting runs smoothly, and there is at least one representing each major political party.

What is an Election Judge?

400

In a town hall late last year, Donald Trump openly said that he would be a dictator on day one and abuse his power if he took office. These are the two issues he specifically mentioned.

What is Border security, and oil drilling

400

This African American politician became the first Black woman elected to the U.S. Congress in 1968.

Who is Shirley Chisholm? (NY-12)

400

This infamous dictator allegedly never brushed his teeth and they turned green as a result. When asked about it he said, “A tiger never brushes his teeth.”

Who is Chairman Mao

400

Native Americans continue to face unjust challenges that limit their access to casting a ballot. In 2019 this act was introduced in Congress to try and create more access to voting by requiring the Department of Justice to regularly consult with tribes on key voting issues.

What is the Native American Voting Rights Act?

500

In 2023, Minnesota restored the voting rights of approximately this many residents convicted of a felony but no longer in prison. Correct answers within 5,000.

What is 50,000?

500

A video posted to Donald Trump’s account on his social media network included the phrase "creation of a  ______" among hypothetical news headlines if he wins in November, referencing what Adolf Hitler hoped to build in Germany. 

What is a “Unified Reich”

500

This politician and lawyer was the first African American elected to the MN State Legislature.

Who is John Wheaton?

500

With a passion for gold, this dictator’s daughter had a gilded mermaid sofa with her own face on it, found by rebels in a mansion house during the country’s first civil war.

Who is Muammar Gaddafi?

500

This politician was the first Native American Woman to serve in the Minnesota State Legislature and the first Native American Lesbian to be elected to any state legislature.

Who is Susan Allen?