DOJ demands Minnesota voting records, raises concerns over vouching system

Those dirty Minnesota Democrats are allowing those dirty illegals to vote. The whole thing stinks to high heaven. I'm shocked. If they get to vote, I want to vote. Not in my home state, stupid. I demand a 2nd vote in St Paul.

BTW...Why isn't the lefty news covering this? Because they're dirty rabid dogs as well. I'm not only shocked, but I'm also filled with outrage and righteous indignation.

DOJ demands Minnesota voting records, raises concerns over vouching system

The Department of Justice requests Minnesota voter records to verify that the state's decades-old vouching system meets the Help America Vote Act requirements.

• The U.S. Department of Justice is demanding Minnesota release voter registration records, alleging concerns with the state's vouching system that allows a voter to vouch for another voter's address in the same precinct.

• Minnesota's Secretary of State's Office says the vouching system has been used for over 50 years, is rarely used, and mostly for people who recently moved to senior facilities.

• The DOJ letter states Minnesota's vouching system "seems facially inconsistent with the Help America Vote Act of 2002" and is the latest federal action targeting Minnesota amid fraud allegations.

Trump DOJ demands Minnesota voting records over same-day registration 'vouching' concerns

Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon cited concerns about the vouching policy that lets one voter verify residency for 8 others

By Michael Dorgan By Michael Dorgan , Charles Creitz , Andrew Mark Miller, Fox News

Published January 2, 2026

Minnesota under fire for allowing voters to vouch for up to 8 others

Conservative activist Scott Presler discusses Minnesota's controversial voter law on ‘The Will Cain Show.’

President Donald Trump's Justice Department is demanding records from Minnesota related to its voter registration practices, raising concerns about the state’s same-day "vouching" policy.

The policy allows a registered voter to "vouch" for up to eight people seeking same-day registration, and it has come under fresh scrutiny amid broader concerns about election integrity in the wake of Minnesota’s massive welfare fraud scandal.

Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon wrote to Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon on Friday, requesting unredacted records covering the March 2024 primary and the November 2024 general election.

Dhillon called on the state to hand over digital records related to same-day registrations, votes cast by same-day registrants and audit and compliance records under the Help America Vote Act (HAVA).

MN state capitol in sunlight

The Minnesota State Capitol building. The U.S. Justice Department has written to the state demanding records related to Minnesota’s same-day voter registration practices amid concerns about the state’s same-day "vouching" policy. (Steve Karnowski)

"The basis and purpose of this demand is to ensure Minnesota’s registration and voting practices are in compliance with federal law, particularly the minimum requirements under HAVA," Dhillon wrote in the letter she shared on X.

"The Department of Justice is particularly concerned with votes and registrations accepted on the basis of ‘vouching’ from other registered voters or residential facility employees, as well as other same-day registration procedures."

Minnesota’s election system has drawn scrutiny after legislation signed by Gov. Tim Walz in 2023 that provided for "Driver’s Licenses for All," allowing state-issued licenses regardless of immigration status. The policy also stipulates that the licenses carry no markings indicating citizenship, even though such IDs are among the forms of identification accepted during voter registration.

Minnesota law separately allows same-day voter registration through a process known as "vouching," under which a registered voter can attest to the residency of up to eight other voters who want to register on Election Day and do not present qualifying identification.

According to an official fact sheet from the Minnesota Secretary of State’s Office, the registered voter must accompany the person or people to the polling place and sign an oath verifying a home address.

"A registered voter can vouch for up to eight voters. You cannot vouch for others if someone vouched for you," the department said in the fact sheet.

Residents who are not vouched for and who want to vote on the same day must provide at least one form of identity verification, including a valid Minnesota driver’s license or learner’s permit, a receipt for either or a tribal identification card that includes a photo and signature.

So long as the prospective voter can prove residency, the proof of ID can include a driver’s license or learner’s permit from any state, a passport, an expired ID, a military ID or a Minnesota college or high school identification card.

If a person is registered to vote in a precinct but changed his name or moved within the precinct, the voter may still vote after informing the precinct election judge of a previous name or address.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz

The "vouching" policy was signed into law by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. (Getty Images)

Simon’s office did not immediately respond to a Fox News Digital request for comment.