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Posted by: Jeff Davis 10/22/2008

Yesterday, October 21, Minnesota Majority finally received an official written reply to our October 16 letter to the Secretary of State regarding inconsistencies we discovered in the state's voter file. We found the letter, authored by Deputy Secretary of State Jim Gelbmann, to be dismissive of our concerns. For example, Mr. Gelbmann claimed not to understand what we meant by the definition of a "vacant" address.  He also said the Secretary of State does not remove deceased individuals from active voter rolls until at least two elections cycles have passed in which the individual did not vote.  Are they concerned about disenfranchising dead voters? 

Today Minnesota Majority responded to the Deputy's letter by submitting a second letter requesting a comprehensive validation of the Minnesota voter file.  In our second letter we included the results of additional analysis which suggests that there may be thousands of duplicate voter registration records on the voter file and possible instances of voter fraud.

TAKE ACTIONContact Secretary of State Mark Ritchie and ask him to complete a comprehensive verification of Minnesota's voter file prior to this year's election.

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Re: Minnesota Majorty Reiterates Request for Comprehensive Verification of Voter File    By Fulham Hammersmith on 10/23/2008
I used to think the Secretary Of State was an office that existed primarily to ensure fair elections and actively discourage fraud. Now it appears that the purpose of the Secretary is to avoid scrutiny and hide error. Thank you Minnesota Majority for calling this to our attention! Do we have to sue our elected officials to make them perform the duty for which they were elected? Did Ritchie take some kind of oath pertaining to his official duties? Where is Pawlenty on this?


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