The defeat of photo ID and the DFL takeover in the Legislature put a series of proposals up for discussion:

• Early voting or expanded absentee voting

• Electronic poll books for registering or identifying voters at polling place

• Laws to prevent ex-felons from voting before they regain voting rights

• Moving the primary from August to June

• Clarifying how a candidate who dies or withdraws can be replaced on ballot

• Limiting the number of state-paid recounts

• Requiring additional disclosure by independent political groups

• Making it harder to amend the Minnesota Constitution

JIM RAGSDALE