A discrepancy remains between the 2008 Election canvassing board’s certified election results and the Statewide Voter Registration System (SVRS). Minnesota Majority’s initial research in May revealed that SVRS could not account for 40,000 votes certified by the canvassing board.

 

Legal Counsel for the Secretary of State’s office acknowledged a “widespread problem” to Minnesota Majority when the discrepancy was first raised. Subsequently, Secretary of State Mark Ritchie acknowledged the problem and told reporters his office was working to reconcile the numbers. In June of 2009, records indicated that the discrepancy had shrunk from 40,000 to about 30,000 ballots.

 

At the end of September 2009, Minnesota Majority again examined SVRS records and compared them to the canvassing board’s official election results and found that the discrepancy remains. The inability of SVRS to account for all the ballots cast on Election Day 2008 remains unexplained.

 

• Continued in Part 2
• The Case for Investigation and Reform
• Speechless: Election Integrity