National Campaign to Remove Vote-by-Mail Safeguard Gains Victory in Minnesota

National Campaign to Remove Vote-by-Mail Safeguard Gains Victory in Minnesota
A staff member of the Franklin County Board of Elections sorts through and de-stubs both mail in ballots and provisional ballots on April 28, 2020, in Columbus, Ohio. Matthew Hatcher/Getty Images
Matthew Vadum
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Citing the current public health emergency, Democratic officials in Minnesota have decided to bypass a state law requiring absentee ballots to be accompanied by the signature of a witness, a move that critics say opens the door to voter fraud.

Removing the witness requirement for mail-in ballots is a goal in many recent lawsuits filed by Democrats and allied groups as part of a coordinated nationwide attack on laws enacted to protect electoral integrity.