More Questions About Minnesota
June 2, 2009
Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie faces a new lawsuit from a group of citizens and state legislators over his handling (or mishandling) of 2008 election results, reports Jeff Davis, president of the legislative watchdog group Minnesota Majority. In a Washington Examiner article, Davis calls attention to the “significant mismatch” between the number of ballots cast in the 2008 election and the number of voters in the statewide system. Ritchie himself admits the mismatch may be as high as 40,000 votes – more than enough to tip the contested Coleman-Franken Senate battle.
Davis notes that the problem surfaced last October 2008 when “a number of irregularities were discovered in Minnesota’s voter registration records” – like dead people and convicted felons registering to vote from prison. According to Davis:
“During this same time, ACORN was taking credit for registering more than 80,000 new voters in preparation for the 2008 election. Unlike other states that are now actively investigating and prosecuting ACORN for fraudulent election activity, Minnesota has done nothing. Allegations of wrong-doing were swiftly squashed by Minnesota’s ACORN-endorsed attorney general and Ritchie.”
Ahhhh … ACORN, the group which seems to pop up wherever dead people start voting.
As I reported on 5/14, Ritchie was elected with the financial backing of the George Soros-funded Secretary of State (SOS) Project – a national campaign specifically launched to help shift votes toward sharply partisan Democrats in close elections. It seems that sweeping ACORN’s fraudulent shenanigans under the rug is becoming an uncomfortable, but necessary, part of the job description for candidates seeking the $$ of the SOS Project.
Posted by Dan Pero in the categories: Minnesota, Secretary of State Watch
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