In a video released today by the UpTake, Secretary of State Mark Ritchie outlined allegations of voter intimidation by Minnesota Majority. Ritchie revealed during a press conference on Wednesday that someone working for Minnesota Majority president Jeff Davis was phoning voters and posing as a representative of the Secretary of State’s office. We wrote about the group’s tactics last week, exposing how their attempts at questioning the integrity of Minnesota’s voter rolls was, according to Deputy Secretary of State Jim Gelbmann, one of the ways the conservative organization was trying to suppress votes in Democrat-leaning counties.
Learn more about the lawsuit here, and watch the video by the UpTake of the press conference and Minnesota Majority’s ties to former SoS Mary Kiffmeyer below.












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Comment posted October 31, 2008 @ 10:09 am
This is a blatent lie. Ritchie’s charges are completely without merit and appear to be nothing but an attempt to deflect scrutiny away from questions about the voter rolls and smear his critics. The TV news media ran wild with Ritchie’s accusations on Wednesday, but shut out coverage of Minnesota Majority’s response and even the volunteer in question, herself. They didn’t want to run her side of the story. Details at http://www.minnesotamajority.org – see for yourself.
Voter indimidation/suppression fits the “narrative” but simply isn’t trye in this case. This was legitimate citizen research in an attempt to answer questions the Secretary of State wouldn’t adequately address. I guess this is what happens in this state when citizens ask difficult (or “the wrong”) questions of their elected officials – trumped up charges and smears.
Comment posted November 1, 2008 @ 9:53 pm
It is against the law and a deportable offense for non-citizens, legal or illegal, even to register to vote. What safeguards exist in Minnesota to ensure that all registered voters are legally eligible to vote?
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