Turnout: Making Minnesota the State That Votes

High voter turnout in Minnesota is no accident. It arose from the traditions of this state's early Yankee and northern European immigrants, and it has been sustained by wisely chosen election policies. Many of these policies were designed and implemented during the twenty-four-year tenure of Minnesota Secretary of State Joan Anderson Growe.

In inspiring and often funny prose, Growe recounts the events that framed her life and changed the state's voting practices. She grew up in a household ...