Minnesota already lost hundreds of millions of dollars to fraud that ran straight through local Somali nonprofits.
Federal prosecutors just indicted ten foreign nationals for illegally voting in Minnesota elections.
A Minnesota election official just went on camera and explained exactly how to do what got those ten people charged.
Melanie Hazelip Told Somali TV Viewers Minnesota's Voter ID Rules Do Not Apply to Them
On October 26, Minnesota Voter Outreach Director Melanie Hazelip sat down with Somali TV of Minnesota and walked viewers through the state's voting rules.
"If you're already registered to vote, you don't need to bring anything with you," she said.
She told viewers that if they are not registered, a Minnesota ID is "all you need" – and if they do not even have that, there is "a list of documents" that will get them signed up the same day they vote.
No mention of citizenship.
No warning.
No caveat of any kind.
Retired Navy intelligence officer Phillip C. Parrish posted the clip, and it has already pulled in close to a million views.
"Minnesota hands out those IDs to non-citizens with no citizenship marking," Parrish wrote.
He continued: "Affirm you're a citizen. Cast the vote. Get investigated later – if at all. This is how the system is built. It is not an accident."
Federalist Society co-founder David McIntosh asked the obvious question: "How is this not election interference?"
Ten Foreign Nationals Already Faced Noncitizen Voting Charges in Minnesota
This is not a hypothetical.
On September 30, a federal grand jury indicted ten foreign nationals – citizens of Brazil, Ghana and Liberia – for illegally registering and voting in Minnesota elections.
One month later, a state employee got on television and walked the next ten through how to do it.
That is the actual timeline.
Federal prosecutors also charged an Indian national this fall with falsely claiming U.S. citizenship in order to vote in the 2024 general election in Minnesota.
And Aimee Bock, the ringleader behind the state's roughly $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud, is now serving a sentence of nearly 42 years for stealing from programs meant to feed hungry children.
Minnesota does not have a voter fraud rumor.
It has a conviction record.
Minnesota's Same-Day Registration Vouching Law Lets One Voter Clear Eight Others
Here is the mechanism nobody on Somali TV bothered to mention.
Minnesota law lets any registered voter sign an oath "vouching" for up to eight other people, clearing them to register and vote without ever showing ID.
No documents required.
No ID check.
No proof of residency beyond one person's word.
Center of the American Experiment policy fellow Bill Glahn described the safeguard bluntly: "it's like murder's illegal, but it happens all the time."
"You signed an oath, but if you signed as Mickey Mouse, they're not going to find you," Glahn said.
The Trump Department of Justice has been trying to pry open Minnesota's voter rolls since demanding the state's 2024 registration records tied to the vouching system, and Minnesota refused to hand them over.
Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon has called the loophole "corrupt AF."
Minnesota's secretary of state's office insists Hazelip's remarks were simply accurate information "misinterpreted and misrepresented by political actors online."
The office did not explain why a state employee addressing a Somali-language audience, days before Election Day, never once said the word "citizen."
Democrats Keep Blocking the SAVE Act While Defending This Voter Fraud Loophole
Tim Walz signed the law that created this loophole.
Tim Walz's administration is now the one fighting the Trump DOJ over how it gets used.
Conservative commentator Riley Gaines pointed to the exact fix Democrats keep blocking: "This is why passing the SAVE America Act is crucial."
Minnesota had its chance to close the vouching loophole after Feeding Our Future exposed how deep fraud runs inside the state's Somali nonprofit networks, and Democrats chose to defend the loophole instead.
Every one of the ten foreign nationals indicted in September used some version of the exact process Hazelip just explained on camera.
Minnesota isn't confused about what these laws let non-citizens do – it's daring voters to notice before November 3.
Sources:
- Andrew Mark Miller, "Minnesota Official's Voter Guide Message on Somali TV Triggers Viral Backlash: Not an Accident," Fox News, October 29, 2026.
- Fox9 Staff, "Minnesota Voter Fraud: 10 Foreign Nationals Indicted for Illegally Voting in State Elections," Fox9, September 30, 2026.
- Fox News Staff, "Trump DOJ Demands Minnesota Voting Records Over Same-Day Registration Vouching Concerns," Fox News, 2026.
- Rusty Weiss, "The Insane Same-Day Voter Registration Loophole in MN That Harmeet Dhillon Calls Corrupt AF," RedState, December 28, 2025.
- Just the News Staff, "DOJ Asks Minnesota for Its 2024 Voter Registration Records Related to State's Vouching Policy," Just the News, 2026.
