Politics
WATCH: Blue State Elections Official Makes Stunning Admission About Illegal Alien Voting
Minnesota Elections Director Paul Linnell conceded during a hearing before state lawmakers that in some cases, illegal aliens in the state would have the ability to vote if they present a valid Minnesota driver’s license as identification.
During a hearing before the Minnesota House Fraud Committee on Tuesday, Republican Rep. Patti Anderson questioned how the system works. “So we give a driver’s license to anyone here. You don’t have to be a citizen… So if someone comes in, they register, they have the driver’s license, but they have an incorrect social [security number], or no social, or whatever, then they become incomplete, but if they walk in to vote with their driver’s license, does that make them all the sudden now okay?” she asked.
“If [the illegal alien] presents the election judge with that acceptable identification document, that would clear the challenge from the roster and they would be permitted to cast a ballot,” Linnell responded.
Linnell added that voters, when registering to vote, must sign a document confirming they are eligible to vote, and that those later found to have lied would face prosecution. Minnesota does not require voters to present identification when voting, making verification for non-citizen voters at the ballot box difficult.
Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon, who also testified during the hearing, was asked by committee chair Rep. Kristin Robbins if he would support a proof of citizenship requirement in order to register to vote in the state. Simon refused to answer, instead pointing to a separate law passed in Kansas.
“30,000 eligible Kansas voters—as eligible as you are or I am—were turned away because they couldn’t produce the proper proofs. I don’t think we want to be that in Minnesota,” he said.
In March 2023, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz signed legislation that allowed illegal aliens and noncitizens to obtain driver’s licenses in the state. Minnesota Republicans have been investigating whether the controversial legislation allows for non-citizen voting in state elections.
