Minnesota fraud case is 'canary in the coal mine' for government systems — including elections, lawyer wars
Confidence requires clarity.
A Minnesota fraud scandal is a "canary in the coal mine" for how easily swindles can seep into government systems — including election administration — Republican election attorney Justin Riemer told Fox News Digital.
"What you've seen happen in Minnesota and now similar fraudulent schemes in other states, this should be very much a canary in the coal mine for other governmental processes," Riemer told Fox News Digital in a Zoom interview in January. "Which would include our voter registration and election processes. And it's not somehow immune to the type of corruption that we've seen in Minnesota and in other places."
Riemer leads Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections (RITE), a legal nonprofit that fights court efforts from a "well-funded network of activists" working to "undermine elections and democracy." He previewed that RITE is readying an investigation into Minnesota's election system and if it has potentially faced fraud similar fraud to the sweeping multi-year, COVID-era schemes currently under scrutiny.
Riemer framed Minnesota as an early test case for broader concerns he believes are building ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, particularly around non-citizen registration and voting safeguards.
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"They've definitely opened up opportunities for non-citizens to register. And honestly, there's times where non-citizens are being unwittingly registered," Riemer said, before pointing to an instance that unfolded in 2025 in The Last Frontier State.
"It's happened in Alaska, actually, where you have two non-citizens who, by no fault of their own, were registered through some sloppy state automatic voter registration process, which essentially sucks in anyone that goes to the DMV into the registration system without any sort of voluntary registration on the part of the non-citizen."
The election attorney argued that the fastest-moving battles are increasingly being fought in court — including disputes over voter roll maintenance, documentary proof of citizenship requirements, and ballot deadlines.
"Look at what the Supreme Court is reviewing right now," Riemer said, pointing to litigation challenging whether states can accept ballots that arrive after Election Day. He also cited ongoing legal fights involving state efforts to remove non-citizens from voter rolls and require documentary proof of citizenship.
"There are also various cases winding their way through the courts on state efforts to remove non-citizens and to require documentary proof of citizenship," he continued. "So I …
Confidence requires clarity.
A Minnesota fraud scandal is a "canary in the coal mine" for how easily swindles can seep into government systems — including election administration — Republican election attorney Justin Riemer told Fox News Digital.
"What you've seen happen in Minnesota and now similar fraudulent schemes in other states, this should be very much a canary in the coal mine for other governmental processes," Riemer told Fox News Digital in a Zoom interview in January. "Which would include our voter registration and election processes. And it's not somehow immune to the type of corruption that we've seen in Minnesota and in other places."
Riemer leads Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections (RITE), a legal nonprofit that fights court efforts from a "well-funded network of activists" working to "undermine elections and democracy." He previewed that RITE is readying an investigation into Minnesota's election system and if it has potentially faced fraud similar fraud to the sweeping multi-year, COVID-era schemes currently under scrutiny.
Riemer framed Minnesota as an early test case for broader concerns he believes are building ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, particularly around non-citizen registration and voting safeguards.
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"They've definitely opened up opportunities for non-citizens to register. And honestly, there's times where non-citizens are being unwittingly registered," Riemer said, before pointing to an instance that unfolded in 2025 in The Last Frontier State.
"It's happened in Alaska, actually, where you have two non-citizens who, by no fault of their own, were registered through some sloppy state automatic voter registration process, which essentially sucks in anyone that goes to the DMV into the registration system without any sort of voluntary registration on the part of the non-citizen."
The election attorney argued that the fastest-moving battles are increasingly being fought in court — including disputes over voter roll maintenance, documentary proof of citizenship requirements, and ballot deadlines.
"Look at what the Supreme Court is reviewing right now," Riemer said, pointing to litigation challenging whether states can accept ballots that arrive after Election Day. He also cited ongoing legal fights involving state efforts to remove non-citizens from voter rolls and require documentary proof of citizenship.
"There are also various cases winding their way through the courts on state efforts to remove non-citizens and to require documentary proof of citizenship," he continued. "So I …
Minnesota fraud case is 'canary in the coal mine' for government systems — including elections, lawyer wars
Confidence requires clarity.
A Minnesota fraud scandal is a "canary in the coal mine" for how easily swindles can seep into government systems — including election administration — Republican election attorney Justin Riemer told Fox News Digital.
"What you've seen happen in Minnesota and now similar fraudulent schemes in other states, this should be very much a canary in the coal mine for other governmental processes," Riemer told Fox News Digital in a Zoom interview in January. "Which would include our voter registration and election processes. And it's not somehow immune to the type of corruption that we've seen in Minnesota and in other places."
Riemer leads Restoring Integrity and Trust in Elections (RITE), a legal nonprofit that fights court efforts from a "well-funded network of activists" working to "undermine elections and democracy." He previewed that RITE is readying an investigation into Minnesota's election system and if it has potentially faced fraud similar fraud to the sweeping multi-year, COVID-era schemes currently under scrutiny.
Riemer framed Minnesota as an early test case for broader concerns he believes are building ahead of the 2026 midterm elections, particularly around non-citizen registration and voting safeguards.
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"They've definitely opened up opportunities for non-citizens to register. And honestly, there's times where non-citizens are being unwittingly registered," Riemer said, before pointing to an instance that unfolded in 2025 in The Last Frontier State.
"It's happened in Alaska, actually, where you have two non-citizens who, by no fault of their own, were registered through some sloppy state automatic voter registration process, which essentially sucks in anyone that goes to the DMV into the registration system without any sort of voluntary registration on the part of the non-citizen."
The election attorney argued that the fastest-moving battles are increasingly being fought in court — including disputes over voter roll maintenance, documentary proof of citizenship requirements, and ballot deadlines.
"Look at what the Supreme Court is reviewing right now," Riemer said, pointing to litigation challenging whether states can accept ballots that arrive after Election Day. He also cited ongoing legal fights involving state efforts to remove non-citizens from voter rolls and require documentary proof of citizenship.
"There are also various cases winding their way through the courts on state efforts to remove non-citizens and to require documentary proof of citizenship," he continued. "So I …
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