Conservative Group Intimidating Voters in Minnesota?Here’s what could be the latest Republican voter intimidation scheme:
Larry Johnson of St. Paul, Minnesota, says that he received a phone call from a woman who claimed to be from the secretary of state’s office working on voter fraud, reports the Associated Press. The woman asked about his voting record, said Johnson.
In a sworn affidavit, Johnson said the woman then told him she was working with Jeff Davis, who runs a socially conservative group, Minnesota Majority, that has been stoking fears of voter fraud lately.
Mark Ritchie, the state’s Democratic secretary of state, said he has asked county and federal prosecutors to look into the call as possible voter intimidation.
In a statement posted on Minnesota Majority’s website, Davis denied the claims of intimidation, but admitted:
Minnesota Majority has been conducting research into what appear to be inconsistencies in Minnesota’s voter rolls. Voters with apparent duplicate registration records have been contacted by Minnesota Majority volunteers with a simple request to confirm the accuracy of their voter registration information. We believe these research activities to be in complete compliance with all state and federal laws.
The Department of Justice is currently looking into claims of voter intimidation in New Mexico, allegedly engineered by a lawyer connected to the state Republican Party.