Conservative activists James O'Keefe and Cam Higby charged with unlawful voting and identity theft in Minnesota

Summary

Conservative activists James O'Keefe and Cam Higby have been charged with unlawful voting and identity theft in Minnesota after a prosecutor said they gave false names to poll workers during the state's primary election, The Philadelphia Inquirer and ABC News reported on Wednesday 28 October, NBC News writing that a Minnesota district attorney charged them with felony counts. The activists, who call themselves the Citizen Justice League, said they were testing Minnesota's 53-year-old voter voucher law, CBS News reported, videos from the August primary showing them claiming to be registered voters. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said O'Keefe, of Florida, and Higby, of Washington, wore costumes and used the names of registered voters in August, the LA Times reported, and Fortune quoted Moriarty as saying the situation shows that 'the system for identifying misconduct and responding to it functioned well during the primary.'

Latest: Fortune quoted Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty as saying the situation shows that 'the system for identifying misconduct and responding to it functioned well during the primary.'

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