Blanche announces charges against 10 per­ma­nent res­i­dents accused of Min­neso­ta vot­er fraud

Blanche announces charges against 10 permanent residents accused of Minnesota voter fraud

Attor­ney Gen­er­al Todd Blanche announced Wednes­day that a fed­er­al grand jury had indict­ed ten law­ful per­ma­nent res­i­dents accused of vot­ing ille­gal­ly or attempt­ing to do so in mul­ti­ple Min­neso­ta elec­tions, includ­ing the state’s August 2026 primary.The ten defen­dants, orig­i­nal­ly from Liberia, Cana­da, South Africa, Brazil, Bosnia, Ger­many, Ghana and Lithua­nia, alleged­ly lied to elec­tion offi­cials and told them they were U.S. cit­i­zens so they could reg­is­ter to vote.They were accused of vot­ing in the 2022 and 2024 gen­er­al elec­tions, accord­ing to court records.“Voter fraud erodes the pub­lic’s trust in our e …