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The administration of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, has not defined how noncitizens made it onto the state’s voter rolls, in line with the Republican National Committee (RNC) and the Minnesota GOP, which penned a letter to the state’s Department of Public Safety.
Kevin Cline, election integrity counsel for the Republican National Committee, and David Hann, chairman of the Minnesota Republican Party, first wrote to the Walz administration final month flagging how a noncitizen, legally residing within the state and petrified of jeopardizing his standing, got here ahead to report receiving a main poll with out having registered to vote.
Minnesota Department of Public Safety Commissioner Bob Jacobson wrote again to Cline and Hann earlier this week.
His letter defined that the Department of Public Safety Driver and Vehicle Services Division (DVS) “takes many steps to make sure that solely U.S. residents’ data is forwarded to the Office of the Secretary of State.” That consists of reviewing solely a listing of sure paperwork that qualify as proof of citizenship to find out if an applicant is a U.S. citizen. Procedures embody a second assessment upon issuance of the applicant’s paperwork to confirm their classification within the system.
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If DVS finds a doc has been categorised incorrectly as legitimate proof of citizenship, DVS fixes the classification and doesn’t ship the report to the Office of the Secretary of State for computerized voter registration, Jacobson wrote. He added that DVS can be conducting “an intensive, handbook assessment” of all data which have been recognized as eligible for AVR because the regulation went into impact in 2023 “to make sure a good and safe election this fall.”
This response didn’t fulfill Cline nor Hann, who famous in a brand new letter despatched Thursday how Walz in March 2023 signed a invoice into regulation permitting unlawful noncitizens to obtain driver’s licenses, also referred to as “Driver License for All.” Less than two months after signing that invoice into regulation, Walz signed the “Democracy for the People Act,” allowing computerized voter registration via DVS, Cline and Hann stated.
“While we recognize your clarification of how the Driver and Vehicle Services Division (“DVS”) is meant to operate to make sure every applicant is a U.S. citizen, your response failed to elucidate how noncitizens made it via that course of and finally made it onto Minnesota’s voter rolls,” Cline and Hann wrote Thursday, in line with the letter obtained by Fox News Digital.
“This is not any hypothetical; lawfully current noncitizens had been registered to vote via your division, and Minnesota voters deserve transparency out of your division to grasp how this failure occurred and the way it’s being addressed.
“This problem is very regarding because the chain of occasions resulting in implementation of Minnesota’s AVR system, put in place by Governor and Vice-Presidential Candidate Tim Walz, gives the look it was put in place to facilitate registration of noncitizens,” the letter says. “Minnesota’s voter registration system is clearly weak to unlawful voter registrations in its present kind.”
Cline and Hann stated it’s “worrisome that your division is simply now conducting a assessment of voter data recognized as eligible for computerized voter registration (‘AVR’).
Gov. Tim Walz poses together with his spouse Gwen and daughter Hope after voting at Linwood Community Recreation Center Nov. 8, 2022, in St. Paul, Minn. (David Joles/Star Tribune through Getty Images)
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“This sort of assessment ought to have been accomplished a number of instances on a constant schedule since AVR’s implementation,” they advised Jacobson. “That your division is simply now starting the assessment course of suggests it’s being executed as a result of our earlier letter uncovered the issues within the AVR system and highlighted noncitizens on the rolls.”
Fox News Digital reached out to the Minnesota Department of Public Safety for remark, nevertheless it didn’t instantly reply.
Cline and Hann demanded Jacobson present “full and in-depth solutions” as to “when had been the citizenship checks outlined in your September 3, 2024, letter put into place,” “when will your ‘thorough, handbook assessment’ start, what is going to that assessment include, and when will or not it’s accomplished,” and “will you share the outcomes of this handbook assessment with the general public?”
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks throughout a marketing campaign rally on the Liacouras Center at Temple University Aug. 6, 2024, in Philadelphia. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
The letter additionally seeks particulars on how Jacobson has been reporting to the OSS below 201.145, together with how usually a report is shipped to the secretary of state, what number of experiences have been despatched because the implementation of AVR and whether or not these experiences embody noncitizens who aren’t lawfully current in Minnesota. Jacobson was requested if he ever in contrast the reported people below 201.145 towards his personal AVR data, what number of noncitizens have been issued a driver’s license and had been additionally despatched to OSS because the implementation of AVR and what number of people have been despatched to the secretary of state because the implementation of AVR.
“Has there been any stress from the Governor’s Office or elsewhere to fast-track the registration course of?” Cline and Hann requested.
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“Minnesota voters mustn’t have their votes diluted as a result of your division did not filter out noncitizens from the automated voter registration system,” they concluded. “Mistakes have clearly been made within the design and/or implementation of the AVR system, however it’s not too late to supply transparency and to handle the problems earlier than the election this November.”
