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[quote=Anonymous]https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2026/01/mn_letter_1.24.26.pdf

[quote]You and your office must restore the rule of law, support ICE officers, and bring an end to the chaos in Minnesota. Fortunately, there are common sense solutions to these problems that I hope we can accomplish together.

First, share all of Minnesota’s records on Medicaid and Food and Nutrition Service programs, including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program data, with the federal government. Allowing the federal government to efficiently investigate fraud will save Minnesota taxpayers’ money and ensure that Minnesota’s welfare funds are being used to help those in need, not enrich fraudsters.

Second, repeal the sanctuary policies that have led to so much crime and violence in your state. Removing criminal illegal aliens from Minnesota neighborhoods will save lives, and state and local officials should support this goal. All detention facilities in your state should cooperate fully with ICE, honor immigration detainers, and permit ICE to interview detainees in custody to determine immigration status. I urge you to reach an agreement with ICE that allows them to remove illegal aliens in custody of Minnesota’s prisons and jails and avoids pushing these interactions into your streets.

Third, [b]allow the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice to access voter rolls to confirm that Minnesota’s voter registration practices comply with federal law as authorized by the Civil Rights Act of 1960[/b]. Fulfilling this common sense request will better guarantee free and fair elections and boost confidence in the rule of law.

I am confident that these simple steps will help bring back law and order to Minnesota and improve the lives of Americans.[/quote]

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/minnesota-rejects-doj-voter-data-demand-that-targets-same-day-registration

[quote]Minnesota election officials denied a new Justice Department demand targeting the state’s same-day voter registration and vouching system, rejecting what they describe as an unlawful federal attempt to intrude on sensitive voter information and state authority over elections.

In a response letter sent Friday, Minnesota’s Office of the Secretary of State (OSS) refused to turn over unredacted records related to election-day registration and residency verification. The state said the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division — led by Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon — [b]failed to identify any legal authority allowing it to obtain the data, or any evidence that Minnesota’s long-standing practices violate federal law.[/b]

The dispute centers on Minnesota’s election-day voter registration law, which allows eligible voters to register at the polls and, in limited circumstances, establish residency through a sworn voucher — such as a registered neighbor or staff member at a residential facility.

The DOJ has suggested the practice may conflict with the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), a claim Minnesota flatly rejected.

“Because [b]the DOJ has not otherwise provided an adequate legal basis to obtain the data [/b]that it seeks, the OSS is not able to provide any other information at this time,” Justin R. Erickson, Deputy Secretary of State for Operations, wrote. “You also identify [b]no basis for believing that Minnesota’s longstanding and publicly available election-day registration or vouching laws violate HAVA.”[/b]

Minnesota officials framed the issue as one of voter access and democratic participation, warning that federal data grabs risk undermining public trust in elections.

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Rather than turning over sensitive voter data, the state said it would instead provide training guides and educational materials explaining how [b]election-day registration and vouching already comply with federal law.[/b]

[b]The state emphasized that vouching is tightly regulated and rarely used — accounting for less than 0.6% of voters in the November 2024 election — and is backed by criminal penalties for false statements.[/b] Vouchers must be registered voters in the same precinct, may vouch for no more than eight people and must sign sworn oaths under penalty of perjury. Election judges track the process, and questionable registrations are referred to law enforcement.[/quote]

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