Minnesota fraud scandal serves as warning for election integrity vulnerabilities, warns Justin Riemer, CEO of Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections.
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AMinnesotafraudscandalisa“canaryinthecoalmine”forhoweasilyswindlescanseepintogovernmentsystems—includingelectionadministration—RepublicanelectionattorneyJustinRiemertoldFoxNewsDigital.
“Whatyou’veseenhappeninMinnesotaandnowsimilarfraudulentschemesinotherstates,thisshouldbeverymuchacanaryinthecoalmineforothergovernmentalprocesses,”RiemertoldFoxNewsDigitalinaZoominterviewinJanuary.“Whichwouldincludeourvoterregistrationandelectionprocesses.Andit’snotsomehowimmunetothetypeofcorruptionthatwe’veseeninMinnesotaandinotherplaces.”
RiemerleadsRestoringIntegrityandTrustinElections(RITE),alegalnonprofitthatfightscourteffortsfroma“well-fundednetworkofactivists”workingto“undermineelectionsanddemocracy.”HepreviewedthatRITEisreadyinganinvestigationintoMinnesota’selectionsyste
