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Mary Moriarty Charges O’Keefe and Higby Over Voter Vouching Probe
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Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced felony charges against James… |
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Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty announced felony charges against James O’Keefe and Cam Higby after their Minneapolis polling-place demonstration focused on Minnesota’s voter-vouching rules. Moriarty is described in the report as Soros-backed. The charges followed an August operation in which O’Keefe wore a thobe and Higby wore a black burka while entering polling stations across Minneapolis. Their stated goal was to see how the system worked in practice and how far election workers would allow the vouching process to go. Apparently, asking uncomfortable questions about election procedures can now come with a potential prison sentence. O’Keefe explained the rule this way: “Under Minnesota’s Statutes § 201.061, a registered voter can sign an affidavit affirming that they know another individual resides in the same precinct, allowing that person to register at the polls without presenting standard proof of residence. One registered voter can vouch for up to eight people,” O’Keefe said. He also explained why the pair conducted the demonstration. “We wanted to find out what this actually looks like inside a polling place and how far election workers would let us take it,” he said. The exchange with poll workers, as presented in the report, was remarkably direct. O’Keefe asked,…
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