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lostincalifornia

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6. It is more than an opinion. There were flaws in the system. That is why the appeal was granted. It was a
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 08:30 PM
Thursday

circus.

"Incumbent Mayor Jacob Frey and former Minnesota DFL Chair Mike Erlandson were among those filing challenges on Monday surrounding the procedures used to calculate delegates’ votes.

In their challenges, the Frey campaign and Erlandson each raised concerns about a new electronic voting system, claiming it was unreliable and undercounted votes on the mayoral ballot. Despite more than 750 delegates and upgraded alternates checked in for the first ballot, they say only 578 votes were counted.

“There is no plausible reason why over 20% of the total delegates/upgraded alternates would skip voting on the most hotly contested, highest-interest business of the convention,” the Frey campaign wrote.

Erlandson also claimed Minneapolis DFL leadership never confirmed a quorum before the final ballot that secured Fateh’s endorsement."


https://kstp.com/kstp-news/top-news/challenges-to-minneapolis-dfl-convention-claim-flawed-voting-process-lack-of-quorum/

The only thing that will hurt our party statewide is if people don't vote Democratic, and those people already screwed the country in 2016 and 2014.

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