August 11, 2026 – James O’Keefe and Cam Higby, disguised in Muslim attire, expose the corrupt vouching system in Minnesota

In Email/Dossier/Govt Corruption Investigations, Featured Timeline Entries by Katie Weddington

CAUGHT INSIDE MINNEAPOLIS POLLING BOOTHS: Minnesota Poll Workers Tell O’Keefe, Dressed in Muslim Garb, & @camhigby, in a Burka, That They Can Vouch for Eight Unregistered Voters Without ID, Allowing Them to Vote in Minnesota Primary Election

Election worker says, “You’re the ID,” referring to the registered voter serving as identification for the people they are vouching for.

Election worker confirms O’Keefe’s question about unregistered voters being vouched for: “I can vouch for them. They are not registered… That’s okay. That’s fine. Yeah!”

Election worker explains that a registered voter in the same precinct can vouch for up to eight people: “If you’re all in the same precinct and you are already registered, you can vouch for them as ID. Eight people.”

More reports coming soon from the Justice League.

@realmuckraker @anthonyjrubin @camhigby @ctznjusticelg

went undercover in Minneapolis, [Minnesota] on Primary Election Day with @anthonyjrubin, founder of @realmuckraker and @camhigby, members of the Justice League and OMG undercover journalists to put Minnesota’s voter “vouching” system to the test.

Under Minnesota’s Statutes § 201.061, a registered voter can sign an affidavit affirming that they know another individual resides in the same precinct, allowing that person to register at the polls without presenting standard proof of residence. One registered voter can vouch for up to eight people.

We wanted to find out what this actually looks like inside a polling place and how far election workers would let us take it.

Disguised in traditional Muslim attire, we entered polling locations across Minneapolis and presented an intentionally extreme scenario to expose the sheer lunacy of Minnesota’s ‘vouching’ system. I told workers that the people accompanying me were unregistered and repeatedly pressed them about identification, how many people I could bring in, and what would be required for them to register.

Again and again, workers explained the vouching process to us.

At one location, after I made clear that the people with me were not registered, a worker told me I could vouch for as many as eight people. I told them I would leave, get additional people and return. The worker explained that because I was already registered, I could serve as the voucher.

At another location, a poll worker explained that if everyone was in the same precinct and I was already registered there, I could vouch for their residency.

When I pressed her about identification, she put it plainly: “You’re the ID.”

At White Park Recreation Center, a worker explained that a voucher must personally know the individuals and know that they live within the precinct. The worker also explained that the voucher signs a legal oath affirming their residency, while the individuals being vouched for sign an oath affirming their own identity and eligibility to vote.

I asked whether their eligibility was actually verified. “After the fact, yeah,” the worker responded.

We wanted to put the process to an extreme real-world test and document what election workers would tell us when confronted with the scenario firsthand. The purpose wasn’t simply to ask what Minnesota law says on paper.

Not every worker reacted the same way. Some became suspicious of our team and challenged what we were doing.

But across the locations captured in our investigation, we documented workers explaining how Minnesota’s vouching process could be used to establish residency for people registering at the polls without standard identification.

The investigation is part of an ongoing @ctznjusticelg series, with additional follow-up reporting from @anthonyjrubin, founder of @realmuckraker & @camhigby coming soon.

If you’ve witnessed fraud in your community or have information, email tips@okeefemediagroup.com or message us securely on Signal: 914-491-9395.

Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon and O’Keefe Media Group full statements: 

Steve Simon:

“During Minnesota’s Primary on August 11, 2026, members of a widely discredited Florida-based political group visited several polling places in Minneapolis impersonating Minnesota voters. Dressed in what they called ‘Muslim’ costumes, and imitating foreign accents, they falsely claimed to be registered Minnesota voters. The group used concealed cameras to record their interactions with poll workers, releasing a heavily edited video of their encounters. Their apparent goal was to cast doubt on one or more Minnesota election laws that have been in force for over fifty years. Instead, they revealed their ignorance of how those laws actually work – while putting themselves in legal jeopardy.

“Poll workers immediately reported these visits to local election officials and law enforcement is reviewing the situation.

“The misconduct by this group is outrageous and totally unacceptable. We have zero tolerance for lying, lawbreaking, and disruptions at our polling places.

“Voters deserve better, as do the tens of thousands of our neighbors and friends who serve as poll workers. Our aim, as always, is to ensure that our polling places are islands of calm. Minnesota laws are there to ensure that outcome.”

O’Keefe Media Group:

“The Justice League did not impersonate anyone. At no point did we claim to be William Pomerantz or any other voter. We stated a name and asked election workers questions about Minnesota’s vouching process.

This type of investigative reporting is not new. Project Veritas released a similar investigation involving Eric Holder’s ballot in 2012 and elections in New Hampshire in 2012 and 2016.

The Justice League asked whether a registered voter could vouch for up to eight unregistered individuals without identification. And to that the poll worker responded saying yes and when pushed on whether they needed identification, she claimed “you’re the ID.”

This is not outrageous conduct. Our investigative reporters asked questions, documented the answers, and published them — exactly what a newsroom does. No ballot was cast.

Those answers exposed a vouching system that millions of Americans were previously unaware of and have every right to scrutinize.”