Two Minnesota counties have agreed to remove duplicate voter registrations from their voter rolls after an election-integrity group sued them.
Nicollet County and Hennepin County, which includes Minneapolis, the state’s most populous city, recently settled out of court after the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) discovered the problem and filed claims with the secretary of state’s adjudication system. More than 300 duplicate registrations were found.
In September, PILF filed complaints against six counties in the state, claiming they failed to remove duplicate registrations. Under the federal Help America Vote Act (HAVA), states must implement a computerized statewide voter registration list that is accurate and removes duplicate registrations….