ST. PAUL, Minn. – Minnesota’s secretary of state still plans to waive the witness requirement for absentee ballots in the August primary, despite a federal judge’s opinion.
The office of Secretary of State Steve Simon said that Simon will follow a state court decision last week that approved an agreement removing the witness requirement.
That move was sought in a lawsuit filed by the Minnesota Alliance for Retired Americans Educational Fund.
But in a separate case brought by the League of Women Voters of Minnesota, a federal judge said that a similar agreement went “well beyond” the concerns raised by a voter. That voter said her health could be jeopardized by having to meet the witness requirement to vote during the coronavirus pandemic.
