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113 Voter Fraud Convictions. . . in Minnesota
Election Law Center ^ | October 13, 2011 | Christian Adams

Posted on 10/13/2011 11:51:37 AM PDT by jazusamo

A presser from the Minnesota Majority:

113 convictions represent small fraction of total unlawful votes

St. Paul – Minnesota Majority today released a report on voter fraud convictions (pdf) to date stemming from Minnesota’s 2008 general election. The report finds that 113 individuals who voted illegally in the 2008 election have been convicted of the crime, “ineligible voter knowingly votes” under Minnesota Statute 201.014.

“As far as we can tell, this is the largest number of voter fraud convictions arising from a single election in the past 75 years,” said Minnesota Majority president Jeff Davis, “Prosecutions are still underway and so there will likely be even more convictions.”

The highest number of convictions ever recorded in the United States came from the 1936 Jackson County, Missouri elections in which 259 individuals were convicted of voter fraud. A more recent five-year probe by the United States Department of Justice (pdf) identified just 53 convictions for voter fraud nationwide.

“It’s mind-boggling to me that as a tiny non-profit corporation, we netted more than double the number of convictions in one year than the US Department of Justice was able to find in five,” said Davis.

Minnesota’s recent charges and convictions stem from research initiated by Minnesota Majority. The research identified upwards of 2,800 ineligible felons believed to have unlawfully voted in Minnesota’s 2008 general election.

“These convictions are just the tip of the iceberg,” said Davis. “The actual number of illegal votes cast was in the thousands. Most unlawful voters were never charged with a crime because they simply pled ignorance. We have evidence of these people casting illegal ballots, but in Minnesota, ignorance of election law is considered to be an acceptable defense.”

At the time of this report, nearly 200 additional cases are still pending trial. But time is running out for any additional cases to be prosecuted. The statute of limitations on election crimes is three years, and will expire for the 2008 election this November. Anyone who county attorneys have not charged by then will go free.

“The problem rests largely on our current Election Day registration system,” said Davis. “Most of the fraudulent votes cast in 2008 could have been prevented by using the normal registration and verification processes. But since the Election Day registration process does not include eligibility verifications, it simply leaves the door open to these kinds of abuses.”

Minnesota law requires voters to register at least 20 days before an election so that the information they provide and their eligibility to vote can be verified by election workers before they vote on Election Day. However, Election Day registration creates an exception. People who register at the polling place are given a ballot without first being subject to the same scrutiny.

“This is an example of why creating two classes of voters is unacceptable,” said Davis. “You shouldn’t be subject to less scrutiny than everyone else, just because you waited until the last minute to register. Less responsible voters are allowed to cut in line and cast a ballot without being validated and this is what happens.”

Investigations of voter fraud are also now underway from Minnesota’s 2010 election.



TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: minnesota; minnesotamajority; voterfraud
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1 posted on 10/13/2011 11:51:43 AM PDT by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

For Later

TT


2 posted on 10/13/2011 11:54:06 AM PDT by TexasTransplant (Radical islam is real islam. Moderate islam is the trojan horse.)
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To: jazusamo

And Al “Good Enough” Franken won by a few hundred votes in that state in 2008......Hmmmmmm We need to VOTE in massive numbers in 2012 to overcome the massive fraud that the Obama Regime will surely be counting on to win!!


3 posted on 10/13/2011 11:56:52 AM PDT by jakerobins
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To: jazusamo

For Later

TT


4 posted on 10/13/2011 11:59:49 AM PDT by TexasTransplant (Radical islam is real islam. Moderate islam is the trojan horse.)
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To: jazusamo
Minnesota in 2008 got ...


5 posted on 10/13/2011 12:00:57 PM PDT by missnry (The truth will set you free ... and drive liberals Crazy!)
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To: jakerobins

Yep, it’s not a stretch to say that turkey stole the election.

It’s good to see the Minnesota Majority are making headway on voter fraud, I read sometime back there’s a similar group in Texas.


6 posted on 10/13/2011 12:06:55 PM PDT by jazusamo (The real minimum wage is zero: Thomas Sowell)
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To: jazusamo

Please bump the Freepathon or click above and donate or become a monthly donor!

7 posted on 10/13/2011 12:07:23 PM PDT by jazusamo (The real minimum wage is zero: Thomas Sowell)
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8 posted on 10/13/2011 12:10:18 PM PDT by Maverick68
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To: jazusamo

Fraudsters will not police themselves.


9 posted on 10/13/2011 12:15:38 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (2012—They vote twice— we'll vote three times.)
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To: jakerobins

See my tagline. heehee


10 posted on 10/13/2011 12:17:07 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (2012—They vote twice— we'll vote three times.)
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To: jazusamo

There are not enough jails if all the voter fraud in Cook county, IL and King county, WA was prosecuted. Those two counties I am very familiar with, and I am sure the same exists many other larger city counties.


11 posted on 10/13/2011 12:17:07 PM PDT by federal__reserve (Economy on life support needs a revolutionary tax plan, not fiddle around the edges!)
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There are not enough jails if all the voter fraud in Cook county, IL and King county, WA was prosecuted. Those two counties I am very familiar with, and I am sure the same exists many other larger city counties.


12 posted on 10/13/2011 12:17:07 PM PDT by federal__reserve (Economy on life support needs a revolutionary tax plan, not fiddle around the edges!)
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To: jazusamo

Big changes in the midwest.

Voter/election news from Michigan.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2791930/posts


13 posted on 10/13/2011 12:21:40 PM PDT by cripplecreek (ALCS/NLCS playoff thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2789907/posts)
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To: jazusamo
113 isolated incidents?

-PJ

14 posted on 10/13/2011 12:22:56 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (Everyone's Irish on St. Patrick's Day, Mexican on Cinco de Mayo, and American on Election Day.)
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And Al “Good Enough” Franken won by a few hundred votes in that state in 2008......Hmmmmmm

I wonder how many of those fraudulent votes came from Pine County? That is the county that mysteriously found just the right number of votes to allow him the victory, if it truly was a victory.
15 posted on 10/13/2011 12:27:15 PM PDT by rideharddiefast
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To: Political Junkie Too

In Michigan we have something like 190,000 more registered voters than eligible voters. That’s a lot of isolated incidents.


16 posted on 10/13/2011 12:27:48 PM PDT by cripplecreek (ALCS/NLCS playoff thread http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2789907/posts)
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To: jazusamo

Any bets on party affiliation?


17 posted on 10/13/2011 12:33:00 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: jazusamo

Tip of the iceberg. This was just a token investigation.


18 posted on 10/13/2011 12:36:42 PM PDT by Gaffer
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To: cripplecreek
Thanks for the link. A very good article and I hope SoS Johnson succeeds, we need people like her across the country.

One thing that caught my eye in the article:

Federal support is key to these efforts.

That's not going to happen as long as Obama and his lapdog Holder are there, those turkeys have to go!

19 posted on 10/13/2011 12:37:06 PM PDT by jazusamo (The real minimum wage is zero: Thomas Sowell)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

No doubt in my mind and I know they’re no friends of the Marxist in the WH. :)


20 posted on 10/13/2011 12:39:35 PM PDT by jazusamo (The real minimum wage is zero: Thomas Sowell)
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