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House committee questions Minnesota rules on same‑day registration, vouching and noncitizen voting
Summary
A House Administration Committee exchange with Minnesota election officials probed whether state practices — including same‑day registration, vouching and automatic voter registration (AVR) — could allow noncitizens to be placed on voter rolls; state officials said AVR requires citizenship documentation and Minnesota is NVRA‑exempt.
A House Administration Committee member pressed Minnesota election officials on whether state practices could allow noncitizens to be registered and vote, citing a recent Fillmore County criminal case and asking whether driver's licenses or same‑day registration can lead to improper registrations.
The questioner, identified in the transcript as "G MEMBER," asked whether noncitizens should be voting in U.S. elections and whether Minnesota issues driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants. Both panelists on the record answered in the affirmative that noncitizens should not vote; the exchange then focused on how Minnesota's systems operate.
Secretary Simon, who appears in the…
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