A Minnesota election decide is being charged after allegedly accepting individuals who weren’t correctly registered to vote within the 2024 election.
Timothy Michael Scouton, who served as the top election decide for the Badoura Township Precinct in Hubbard County, Minnesota, is being charged with one rely of accepting the vote of an unregistered voter and one rely of neglect of responsibility by an election official, each felonies, in line with a report from Fox 9.
Police say they have been notified by an election auditor that 11 voters didn’t full correct registration kinds, but have been allowed to vote regardless of not having the ability to full the kinds which might be used to authenticate their id.
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Timothy Michael Scouton (Hubbard County Sheriffs Workplace)
These votes have been allowed regardless of Scouton reportedly finishing his election decide coaching and head election decide coaching in July, the report notes.
Authorities spoke with one other decide who labored with Scouton on the night time of the election, with the decide telling police that Scouton instructed her to not use the correct registration kinds. One other decide working with Scouton instructed police that she was not conscious of the correct kinds and was instructed by Scouton to have voters signal the again of a guide.
A voter casts a poll through the Tremendous Tuesday main on the American Legion Publish in Hawthorne, California, March 5, 2024. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP through Getty Pictures)
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Scouton was arrested on the fees by the Hubbard County Sheriff’s Workplace, who stated he “declined to provide a statement.”
In the meantime, the Minnesota Secretary of State acknowledged that the fees in opposition to Scouton have been “very serious.”
An election employee removes a poll from an envelope on the Maricopa County Tabulation and Election Middle on Nov. 5, 2024, in Phoenix, Arizona. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP through Getty Pictures)
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“These allegations are extremely serious and must be fully and thoroughly investigated,” the Secretary of State’s workplace stated in a press release to Fox 9. “Election judges take an oath to administer elections in accordance with the law, a deliberate failure to do so is unlawful and a betrayal of the public trust. Minnesota’s elections rely on the dedication and public service of 30,000 people and they are required to conduct their work fairly, impartially, and within the letter of the law. The Hubbard County Auditor took prompt and correct action in notifying local authorities of the uncovered discrepancies so they could investigate.”
