Conservative investigative journalist James O’Keefe Exposes Revolting Loophole
A hidden-camera operation targeting Minnesota polling sites has surfaced footage in which election staff describe a mechanism allowing a single registered voter to stand in as identification for as many as eight other people on Election Day.
The project, dubbed the Justice League investigation, paired O’Keefe with fellow undercover journalists Anthony Rubin of Real Muckraker and Cam Higby.
Rather than approach poll workers directly as himself, O’Keefe adopted a disguise, wearing traditional Muslim clothing while posing questions designed to test the outer limits of the system.
He described an exaggerated situation involving several people he claimed were unregistered and wanted to vote anyway.
The responses he received on camera form the core of the investigation.
One worker, when asked how many people a single registered voter could vouch for, gave a specific number without hesitation.
“If you’re all in the same precinct and you are already registered, you can vouch for them as ID. Eight people,” she said.
That answer prompted a follow-up from O’Keefe, who wanted to know what would substitute for a physical identification document.
The worker’s reply was direct: “You’re the ID.”
A separate exchange captured at another location shows a different staffer acknowledging, without prompting concern, that the people being discussed had no registration on file at all.
“I can vouch for them. They are not registered… That’s okay. That’s fine. Yeah!” the worker said.
Underpinning the entire exchange is Minnesota Statutes § 201.061, a state election law that permits registered voters to sign a legal affidavit vouching for another person’s residency in the same precinct.
The statute effectively opens a path to same-day registration that bypasses conventional proof-of-address requirements.
The investigation’s most detailed breakdown came from a worker stationed at the White Park Recreation Center.
That staffer laid out the two-step honor system built into the law: the voucher must personally know the person they’re vouching for and must be confident that individual actually lives in the precinct.
From there, the process relies entirely on sworn statements. The voucher signs an oath attesting to the other person’s residency.
The person being vouched for then signs a separate oath of their own, swearing to their identity and their eligibility to cast a ballot.
O’Keefe used the moment to ask a pointed question: is any of this checked against outside records? The worker’s answer was short and specific.
“After the fact, yeah,” she said, indicating that verification, if it happens, comes only after the ballot has already been submitted.
The project, dubbed the Justice League investigation, paired O’Keefe with fellow undercover journalists Anthony Rubin of Real Muckraker and Cam Higby.
Rather than approach poll workers directly as himself, O’Keefe adopted a disguise, wearing traditional Muslim clothing while posing questions designed to test the outer limits of the system.
He described an exaggerated situation involving several people he claimed were unregistered and wanted to vote anyway.
The responses he received on camera form the core of the investigation.
One worker, when asked how many people a single registered voter could vouch for, gave a specific number without hesitation.
“If you’re all in the same precinct and you are already registered, you can vouch for them as ID. Eight people,” she said.
That answer prompted a follow-up from O’Keefe, who wanted to know what would substitute for a physical identification document.
The worker’s reply was direct: “You’re the ID.”
A separate exchange captured at another location shows a different staffer acknowledging, without prompting concern, that the people being discussed had no registration on file at all.
“I can vouch for them. They are not registered… That’s okay. That’s fine. Yeah!” the worker said.
Underpinning the entire exchange is Minnesota Statutes § 201.061, a state election law that permits registered voters to sign a legal affidavit vouching for another person’s residency in the same precinct.
The statute effectively opens a path to same-day registration that bypasses conventional proof-of-address requirements.
The investigation’s most detailed breakdown came from a worker stationed at the White Park Recreation Center.
That staffer laid out the two-step honor system built into the law: the voucher must personally know the person they’re vouching for and must be confident that individual actually lives in the precinct.
From there, the process relies entirely on sworn statements. The voucher signs an oath attesting to the other person’s residency.
The person being vouched for then signs a separate oath of their own, swearing to their identity and their eligibility to cast a ballot.
O’Keefe used the moment to ask a pointed question: is any of this checked against outside records? The worker’s answer was short and specific.
“After the fact, yeah,” she said, indicating that verification, if it happens, comes only after the ballot has already been submitted.
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