• northernlights@lemmy.today
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    5 hours ago

    LOL I hadn’t heard of that. They didn’t just enter a polling station with their faces covered and fake names, they actually voted in lieu of several other existing people, in several polling stations. Even setting aside the part about giving all the proof they could possibly give on camera, they would have basically proved that justice is slow when they eventually got caught. News at 11.

    Edit: they applied for ballots my bad. Still illegal.

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      I haven’t read anything that says they actually got to the point where they cast any fraudulent votes (or even obtained any ballots). But it turns out the law is quite clear that you can’t impersonate anyone as part of the voting process, even if you don’t actually cast a ballot. He’s cooked.

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        Oh yeah my bad, they applied for ballots. That being said “Minnesota law clearly states that no individual shall intentionally misrepresent the individual’s identity in applying for a ballot” so yeah.

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          It happens, especially when rushed, distracted, failing eyesight, interruptions, etc. No worries!