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Erik van Mechelen

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Erik van Mechelen
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August 9, 2022

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Erik van Mechelen (Republican Party) ran for election for Minnesota Secretary of State. He lost in the Republican primary on August 9, 2022.

Van Mechelen completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Erik van Mechelen was born in Houston, Texas.[1]

Elections

2022

See also: Minnesota Secretary of State election, 2022

General election

General election for Minnesota Secretary of State

Incumbent Steve Simon defeated Kim Crockett and Steve Carlson in the general election for Minnesota Secretary of State on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Steve Simon
Steve Simon (D)
 
54.5
 
1,345,685
Image of Kim Crockett
Kim Crockett (R) Candidate Connection
 
45.4
 
1,119,949
Image of Steve Carlson
Steve Carlson (Independent) (Write-in) Candidate Connection
 
0.0
 
15
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
2,080

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 2,467,729
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Minnesota Secretary of State

Incumbent Steve Simon defeated Steve Carlson in the Democratic primary for Minnesota Secretary of State on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Steve Simon
Steve Simon
 
72.5
 
285,314
Image of Steve Carlson
Steve Carlson Candidate Connection
 
27.5
 
108,144

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 393,458
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Minnesota Secretary of State

Kim Crockett defeated Erik van Mechelen in the Republican primary for Minnesota Secretary of State on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Kim Crockett
Kim Crockett Candidate Connection
 
63.2
 
190,156
Image of Erik van Mechelen
Erik van Mechelen Candidate Connection
 
36.8
 
110,940

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 301,096
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2022

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Candidate Connection

Erik van Mechelen completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by van Mechelen's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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America First candidate standing for True Election Integrity.

I. Clean Out the Voter Rolls

II. Ban All Electronic Elections Equipment

III. Voter ID with Paper Ballots Only

IV. Ban Mail-In Voting*

V. Ban Early Voting*

VI. Drastically Smaller Precincts*

VII. Ban Ballot Harvesting

VIII. Election Day is a Holiday

IX. New Reporting Requirements for Transparency

X. Heavy Prison Sentences for All Who Commit Fraud
  • Election laws must be administered strictly by the Secretary of State
  • No certifications to modern electronic voting systems that have been proven to manipulate election results
  • Ban mail-in ballots and innovate the statewide voter registration system to make it transparent to the public
Clean, accurate elections that do not disenfranchise any voter. This can be achieved through a return to hand tallying paper ballots in small, manageable precincts, with paper pollbooks for registration. Using commercial off the shelf cameras a photo of the front and back of ballots could be immediately uploaded and auditable on the county website by the voter through a unique QR code or barcode.
The Secretary of State is responsible for administering election law throughout Minnesota.

If that does not happen, then violations of statutes may occur, like this one: https://erikvanmechelen.substack.com/p/election-law-broken
The Lord of the Rings
Samwise Gamgee
Running elections for which the results are immediately verifiable and auditable (if run electronic voting equipment).
No. Someone who understands election laws and all the duties and responsibilities. And someone willing to uphold their oath of office.
Integrity.

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    1. ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 6, 2022
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