Overview
- Conservative undercover reporters entered multiple Minneapolis polling places and recorded interactions about vouching during the state primary on Aug. 11, claiming poll workers told them a registered voter could serve as ID and vouch for others.
- The released 11-minute edited video shows some poll workers saying a voucher can act as identification and that a registered voter may vouch for up to eight people, while other workers expressed suspicion and reported the visits.
- Minnesota law allows a registered precinct voter to sign an affidavit vouching for another person’s residence so that person can register the same day, and falsely signing that oath is a felony punishable as perjury.
- Secretary of State Steve Simon condemned the impersonations as unlawful and heavily edited, and the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, Minneapolis police and local elections staff say they are gathering information and reviewing the incidents.
- State data show vouching is rarely used—the Secretary of State said it accounted for under 0.6% of votes in 2024 and most cases were existing registrants updating records—raising questions about frontline training, verification after elections and potential referrals to law enforcement.