Minnesota State Representative and Vice Chair of the House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee Patti Anderson joins Election Protection host Josh Findlay to unpack her back-and-forth exchange with Elections Director Paul Linnell during an October committee hearing — an exchange that underscored how, after Governor Tim Walz signed legislation in 2023 allowing illegal aliens to obtain driver’s licenses, those same licenses could be used to vote in a state with no voter ID requirement.
The episode also highlights the results of the state’s voter rolls audit, the federal investigation that uncovered more than 500 fraudulent registrations, and why Congress must pass the SAVE Act, which would require states to verify U.S. citizenship when registering voters.
0:28 — Overview of the House Fraud Prevention and State Agency Oversight Policy Committee
1:46 — Anderson’s Political Journey
3:51 — Federal Investigation Into the 500+ Fraudulent Registrations
9:00 — Voter Rolls Audit Findings
10:00 — How to Obtain a Driver’s License in Minnesota
13:22 — Anderson’s Exchange With Elections Director on Illegal Aliens Voting
18:26 — The SAVE Act
19:56 — Minnesota Not Having Provisional Ballots
23:15 — Anderson’s Recommendations on Voter ID
24:21 — Secretaries of State in Blue States and the Pattern They Seem to Follow