“The status quo is not working, and we need to take action next session to address these problems.” The American First Policy Institute warned of Walz’s constant assault on election integrity months before the election, noting five measures the leftist governor supports that “fail to protect legal votes and legal voters.” Among them, automatic voter registration and a driver’s license law that puts noncitizens on the state’s voter rolls.
She urged Simon to work with Republicans “in making election law changes that will put a stop to the numerous problems we’ve seen throughout this election cycle.” “I want to thank the Hubbard County Auditor for their work to catch this individual and for their vigilance in protecting the integrity of our election,” Knudsen told the publication.
“Another election judge told an investigator from the county sheriff’s office that Scouton directed them not to use the registration forms, the complaint said, while another said Scouton told them that new voters needed only to sign the back of a book,” the AP reported.
‘Deliberate Failure’ Minnesota’s top election official called the charges “extremely serious.” “Election judges take an oath to administer elections in accordance with the law, a deliberate failure to do so is unlawful and a betrayal of the public trust,” Secretary of State Steve Simon’s office said in a statement.
Following the irregularity-plagued 2020 general election, Simon blasted a Republican-led photo ID measure as “unnecessary.” “This country has seen a tidal wave of disinformation about our democracy, about voting and about our last election,” Simon told the Senate elections committee at the time.
Timothy Michael Scouton, who served as the head election judge in northern Minnesota’s Badoura Township Precinct, now faces two felony charges for allowing unregistered individuals to vote in this month’s election.
But the leftist Simon has long opposed basic voter identification laws, election integrity checks in place in 36 states, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.
The Minneapolis man in 2022 “was accused of intentionally making or signing false certificates when submitting absentee ballots in Hennepin County,” according to the Heritage Foundation’s election fraud database.
Election integrity took a bit of a beating in Democrat vice presidential candidate Tim Walz’s Minnesota this election year, prompting one lawmaker to call for reforms — beginning with enacting a voter ID law.
Hubbard County Auditor Kay Rave, according to the Associated Press, could not find voter registration forms “among the ballots and other materials” Scouton turned in.
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