O’Keefe was charged alongside fellow influencer Cam Higby after they allegedly misrepresented themselves at polling places during Minnesota’s primary in August.

A Minnesota prosecutor on Wednesday charged conservative provocateur James O’Keefe and influencer Cam Higby with felony counts of unlawful voting and identity theft after they misrepresented themselves at polling places in August using the names of registered voters.

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, who announced the charges at a news conference, accused the pair of entering polling places during state primary election voting on Aug. 11 and identifying themselves using names of registered voters in those precincts without those voters’ knowledge or permission.

“Both men stopped short of signing the oath we all sign before receiving our ballot,” she said. “But Minnesota law states clearly that no individual shall intentionally misrepresent their identity in applying for a ballot.”

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[–] 14 points 1 day ago

Every election these days some conservative tries to show how easy it is to illegally vote by making the really stupid decision of illegally voting

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  • [–] 20 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    A lady in Georgia, a mother, did less than this by accident.

    She's still in jail. Because she's black.

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  • [–] -2 points 1 day ago

    i am unfamiliar with her story, did she vote? because they didn't, they basically identified themselves falsely. they didn't get a ballot, and they didn't cast a vote.

    they probably would argue that they were testing the system.

    still, they will face the state in court (if it went to that).

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  • [–] 8 points 1 day ago

    When conservative activists do crimes, it's totes cool.

    This asshole is responsible for the moral panic that destroyed ACORN.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 day ago

    A Nazi committing crimes??? Nooooo

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  • [–] 91 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    No plea. Max sentence. Make an example. MAGAts should be on board too, given how much they claim to hate voter fraud.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago

    This guy has skated multiple times. He was accused of trying to wiretap a Senator's office. He claims that he only trying to get embarrassing footage of her.

    This dickhead is the same that took down ACORN on false claims.

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  • [–] 41 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    So, if he's convicted, does the person who found his fraudulent voting get that $1m that trump promised?

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  • [–] 27 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    I hope someone is keeping track. Lots of righties crying about voter fraud then committing it. We'll need a tally at some point. My absolute favorite is when they get caught, they always say "I did it to prove the lefties can do it" but they're the only ones who actually do it. Once again, every accusation is a confession.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 day ago

    Ahh, well, you see, yes, you see, the lefties do it but they don't get caught because they are smarte...no, yes, no, no, not because they are that but because they are more cunning.
    Stupidly cunning, but in a not smart way.
    They do it such a stupid way that us much smarter righties don't have the stupidity levels to go that low!! Yes, that's it. Yes.

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  • [–] 66 points 1 day ago (4 children)

    Of course he did. Republicans can't win if they don't cheat, lie or steal.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 day ago (3 children)

    I feel like this is then just trying to "prove" how easy it is to do a voter fraud.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Feel like? It's 100% what it was. I believe that was their stated goal.

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  • [–] 34 points 1 day ago (5 children)

    They posted videos capturing their interactions on social media in August. O’Keefe said on X that they dressed in “Muslim garb” — including, for one of them, a full-face veil known as a niqab

    Are men "allowed" to wear a niqab?

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  • [–] 12 points 1 day ago

    Islam does have a prohibition on men acting like women and vice versa, so barring extenuating circumstances the answer is "no." That said nobody can actually tell whether the person wearing a niqab is a man or a woman unless they speak.

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  • [–] 35 points 1 day ago

    Classic Republican. The accusation is a confession.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 day ago

    "Influencer"?

    Ratfucker. Luckily he's such a raving asshole that he'll piss someone off in prison.

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  • [–] 22 points 1 day ago

    Always the ones you most suspect

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  • [–] 10 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    {cough} projec {cough} tion {cough}

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  • [–] 3 points 1 day ago

    Conservative activists: literally cancel ACORN

    Also conservative activists: spend years and years whining about how "comedy is no longer allowed", conservatives are "cancelled" on social media, conservative free speech was "cancelled", etc.

    They should get back to me when some destructive conservative activist group like the Heritage Foundation is actually cancelled.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 day ago

    This guy is so overdue for prison.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 day ago

    The real scum of this country

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  • [–] 5 points 1 day ago

    He always gets a mulligan. IOKIYAR

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    I hope NBC gets 1 million $$

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago

    It couldn't have been Elizabeth Holmes? The media would lose their collective shit.

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  • [+] -30 points 1 day ago (7 children)

    But they didn't vote and they didn't steal an identity? Saying the wrong name is not stealing it and not voting is not considered voting.

    This is performative at best, the prosecutor should be removed from office immediately.

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  • [–] 29 points 1 day ago (5 children)

    Minnesota law states clearly that no individual shall intentionally misrepresent their identity in applying for a ballot.

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  • [–] -1 points 1 day ago (3 children)

    Not them, but I'm gonna have to ask for evidence for that accusation.

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