Overview
- Minnesota’s long-standing law allows a registered voter to accompany and attest for up to eight people seeking same-day registration by signing an oath confirming their precinct address.
- People who are vouched for must still present identity documentation, such as a Minnesota driver’s license or learner’s permit, a receipt for one, or a tribal ID with a photo and signature.
- Critics point to the 2023 Driver’s Licenses for All law, noting that licenses do not indicate citizenship even though they are frequently used during voter registration.
- Federal prosecutors have recently charged at least 98 people in Minnesota welfare-fraud cases, a development that has intensified calls to reassess election procedures.
- Activists and public figures including Elon Musk and Sen. Mike Lee back the SAVE Act—passed by the House—which would require proof of citizenship for federal voting but remains stalled in the Senate.