Driver's license data will be used to stop voter fraud
From Ballotpedia
October 18, 2008
Although the Minnesota Department of Public Safety has turned over driver's license information to Secretary of State Mark Ritchie's office to identify non-U.S. citizens who may try to register to vote, the state's chief election agency has not used the information because it didn't know it had it. Citing confusion over U.S. Homeland Security rules, Ritchie's office says it will now begin cross-referencing the data starting next week, just in time to purge the voting rolls of any noncitizens before Election Day.[1]
Small, yet significant
Minnesota State Representative Laura Brod, R-New Prague, brought the issue about when she raised questions about the failure of Ritchie's office to cross-reference the so-called "status check" on visa-holders' driver's licenses. "There's almost a dismissal of the issue unless there is rampant voter fraud," said Brod, the lead Republican on the House Government Operations Committee. "What they suggest to me is there is a problem. Any time you have one voter, who is a legal voter, have their vote negated by an illegal vote, it should matter."[1]
Status Check
The driver's license division of the Department of Public Safety has provided the "status check" information since September of 2006 as part of the federal Help America Vote Act, or HAVA. The "status check" is a date on a visa-holder's driver's license intended to flag law enforcement officers if the driver overstays the visa.[1]
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