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Voter ID group says Minnesota had most convictions for ‘voter fraud’ from 2008

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By Andy Birkey | 10.14.11 | 6:00 am

Take Action Minnesota said most of the felons who voted did so accidentally, which could be corrected by passage of the felon notification bill that had been opposed by Minnesota Majority.

Supreme court rejects MN Majority case against Ritchie

By Andy Birkey | 07.24.09 | 4:27 pm

ritchie1A lawsuit filed against Secretary of State Mark Ritchie by the conservative Minnesota Majority and a handful of Republican lawmakers and activists was dismissed by the Minnesota Supreme Court on Thursday.…

Secretary of State asks for investigation of alleged voter intimidation call tied to Minnesota Majority

By Andy Birkey | 10.29.08 | 5:53 pm

Minnesota Majority, a conservative group that was until recently headed by Republican activist and former Secretary of State Mary Kiffmeyer, is under fire by current Secretary of State Mark Ritchie for alleged voter intimidation. Ritchie announced today that he has asked prosecutors to look into a phone call placed to a St. Paul man on behalf of the group.

Election official: Group tied to ex-MN Secretary of State Kiffmeyer aims to ‘keep people from voting’

By Molly Priesmeyer | 10.24.08 | 1:38 pm

Former Secretary of State Mary Kiffmeyer may not be in the business of supervising elections anymore, but it doesn’t mean she and her friends have abandoned their old habits.

The “traditional values” organization of which Kiffmeyer is the executive director, Minnesota Majority, has been poking around Minnesota’s voter-registration file, and in a pair of letters to Secretary of State Mark Ritchie’s office over the past week, MN Majority president Jeff Davis claims to have unearthed thousands of suspicious registrations in the state’s voter records.