Among the changes found in Minnesota’s new election legislation package signed into law on Friday by Democrat Gov. Tim Walz is a gross misdemeanor penalty for those who spread what officials can deem misinformation about elections.
Gross misdemeanors are considered harsher than regular misdemeanors and carry jail time of up to one year and fines.
According to the bill, civil action can be brought against anyone who violates this law within 60 days of an election.
Under subhead two of the section titled “Intimidation and interference with the voting process; penalties,” the law is called “Deceptive practices,” which prohibits information to be transmitted that “(1)intends to impede or prevent another person from exercising the right to vote; and (2) knows to be materially false.”…