The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sent a letter to Minnesota demanding access to same-day voter registration records, targeting the state's voter vouching system. This system allows voters to verify each other's residence, enabling them to vote where they live even with an old registration address.

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DOJ demands Minnesota voting records in new attack on same-day registration

  • The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) sent a letter to Minnesota demanding access to same-day voter registration records, targeting the state's voter vouching system. This system allows voters to verify each other's residence, enabling them to vote where they live even with an old registration address.

  • The DOJ’s letter came shortly after Scott Presler, a right-wing anti-voting provocateur, claimed that the vouching law enabled voter fraud in social media posts and an appearance on Fox News.

  • The DOJ’s new attack on same-day registration in Minnesota follows a multibillion-dollar welfare fraud scandal in the state that has recently taken center stage in GOP narratives — and directed all sorts of right-wing conspiracy theorists, including election denialists, to focus their attention on the North Star State.

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