HENNEPIN COUNTY VOTER ROLL PROBLEMS Thanks to a House Republican investigation, we learned this week that Hennepin County’s voter rolls are littered with thousands of questionable and unaddressed problems, and that the Secretary of State’s Office appears to be standing in the way of election integrity progress. After learning a state lawmaker was seeking master list voter roll information from a handful of counties, the SOS office told county election officials to only release name, residence, address, and full birth date for all registered voters. Hennepin County responded with that information and much more on their master list, and the results were troubling. Among the findings in Hennepin County’s voter roll data: - Minneapolis precincts with very high numbers of ‘challenged voters,’ In one precinct, over one in five voters has been flagged with questions about their eligibility to vote.
- Voters that have implausible birthdates
- Missing required information like address or birthdays.
- Voters appearing as either duplicates or who may have registered and voted more than once
Once again, Secretary Simon tells us there are no problems in our elections system, but facts are indisputable, and the fact is there are THOUSANDS of unaddressed issues just in Hennepin County alone! For years we were all told we did not have a fraud problem in our state, and now we’ve discovered totals approaching $9 billion lost to people who are scamming the system. For years we’ve also been told our elections system is the most honest and accurate in America, and we are just expected to accept this statement at face value. Once again, the facts tell a different tale. It’s clear we may have another fraud problem on our hands, and that answers – as well as a thorough investigation – are necessary. Alpha News recently aired a story that addresses the topic in more detail. Click here to learn more. I also held a Fraud Prevention Committee hearing on election fraud last October. The hearing highlighted the convictions last summer of two individuals who had submitted between 500-600 fake voter registrations. These fake voter registrations were then sent to 13 different counties by the Secretary of State’s Office. According to testimony in the hearing, it is not clear if those fake voter registrations have been taken off the voter rolls. Election officials also admitted that it was possible that the new driver’s licenses issued to illegal immigrants could be used to vote in elections, since our system relies on attestation. Minnesotans want us to ensure election integrity and I am hopeful that Secretary Simon will cooperate in ensuring only eligible voters are on our voter rolls this year. |