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Article: Ritchie is sued over voter-registration records; A group says that updates to Minnesota's registration system are lacking and that `08 vote totals exceed voters in the system by 406,000.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- May 29, 2009
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Byline: PATRICIA LOPEZ; STAFF WRITER
Secretary of State Mark Ritchie is being sued in the state Supreme Court by the group Minnesota Majority, several Republican legislators and others over alleged vote discrepancies in the 2008 election.
The suit, filed Thursday, says that the state's voter registration system has not been adequately updated and that vote totals from canvassing boards exceed the stated number of registered voters by 406,398. Ritchie disputed the claims.
"We don't want to take this step," said Rep. Mark Buesgens, R-Jordan, referring to the lawsuit at a State Capitol news conference. "But it is the last step in a democracy."
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