An election integrity group filed a legal complaint under the federal Help America Vote Act (HAVA)  against Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon for failing to remove duplicate names from the state’s voter roll as federal law requires.
An analysis by the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF), which filed the complaint (pdf), found 586 duplicate registrants, meaning the same person has been registered twice. HAVA requires states to implement a computerized statewide voter registration list that is “accurate and updated regularly” where “duplicate names are eliminated from the computerized list.”
HAVA was signed by President George W. Bush in October 2002. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the statute created a new federal agency, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, to serve as a clearinghouse for election administration information; provided funding to states to improve election administration and replace outdated voting systems; and created minimum standards for states to follow in several key areas of election administration.
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