{"id":35258,"date":"2024-09-20T13:39:20","date_gmt":"2024-09-20T13:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=35258"},"modified":"2024-09-20T13:39:20","modified_gmt":"2024-09-20T13:39:20","slug":"how-minnesota-allows-noncitizens-to-vote-automatic-voter-registration-at-dmv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sasquatchnewsonline.com\/?p=35258","title":{"rendered":"How Minnesota Allows Noncitizens to Vote Automatic Voter Registration at DMV"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Guest post by The Minnesota Voters Alliance<\/em><\/p>\n<p>(Photo by John Moore\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">When Governor Tim Walz signed the Minnesota automatic voter registration bill into law in May 2023, most people assumed it would only allow eligible U.S. citizens to be automatically registered to vote. They were wrong.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">U.S. citizenship is an eligibility requirement to vote in Minnesota, according to Article VII Section 1 of the State Constitution.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">But now, with the new <span class=\"s2\">Minnesota drivers license application form<\/span>, there are no questions, check boxes, or signed oaths regarding citizenship whatsoever, anywhere; only a paragraph, in the tiniest of print, at the very bottom of the form saying:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cIf you provide documentation showing you are not a U.S. citizen at the time of application, no data will be sent to the Office of the Secretary of State.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">This craftily constructed sentence defines the ONLY criteria under which a new applicant\u2019s data must not be sent to the Secretary of State and registered to vote. <\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">There are no requirements on the form to show citizenship or even attest to it. That means if an illegal immigrant, with an easily obtainable SS#, chooses not to provide documentation showing they are not a U.S. citizen at the time of application, they will be automatically registered to vote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The language appears to have been purposefully written to absolve state officials from any responsibility to protect Minnesota voter rolls and leaves the door wide open to voter fraud.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cGovernor Walz and Secretary Simon are intent on destroying election safeguards in Minnesota. Our elections mean nothing if we don\u2019t trust the people governing them.\u201d \u2013 Andrew Cilek, Executive Director, Minnesota Voters Alliance (MVA)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The MVA has sent data requests to both the <span class=\"s2\">Commissioner of the Department of Public Safety <\/span>and to the <span class=\"s2\">Secretary of State <\/span>to address relevant statutory issues related to preventing noncitizens from registering to vote and voting. A response date is requested by September 24, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Credit: The Minnesota Voters Alliance<br \/>\nCredit: The Minnesota Voters Alliance<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">About The Minnesota Voters Alliance: The Minnesota Voters Alliance (MVA) is a 501(c)(3) organization focused on promoting election integrity and transparency.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/2024\/09\/how-minnesota-allows-noncitizens-vote-automatic-voter-registration\/\">How Minnesota Allows Noncitizens to Vote Automatic Voter Registration at DMV<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/\">The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest post by The Minnesota Voters Alliance (Photo by John Moore\/AFP via Getty Images) When Governor Tim Walz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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