# On August 13, 2026, James O'Keefe posted undercover video from Minneapolis primary polling places and said poll workers told him a registered voter in the same precinct can vouch for up to eight unregistered voters as ID.

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## Receipts
- 2026-08-17T14:01:13.845Z: Undercover Videos Spark Clash Over Minnesota Voter Vouching Rules
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- 2026-08-17T14:16:00.000Z: James O'Keefe posted the August 13 Minneapolis undercover videos that started the vouching-rules clash.
- 2026-08-17T14:16:00.000Z: O'Keefe published the August 13 undercover-video thread on X without an external newsroom byline.
- 2026-08-17T14:16:00.000Z: On August 13, 2026, James O'Keefe posted undercover video from Minneapolis primary polling places and said poll workers told him a registered voter in the same precinct can vouch for up to eight unregistered voters as ID.
- 2026-08-17T14:16:00.000Z: On August 14, 2026, Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon said a Florida-based group visited Minneapolis polling places on the August 11 primary, used concealed cameras, released a heavily edited video, and that law enforcement was reviewing the situation.
- 2026-08-17T14:16:00.000Z: The August 13 O'Keefe post preserves the Minneapolis polling-booth video caption and the eight-person vouching quotations.
- 2026-08-17T14:16:00.000Z: The August 14 Secretary of State statement preserves Simon's condemnation, heavily-edited-video language, and the 50-year vouching background.
- 2026-08-17T14:16:00.000Z: Simon called the visits outrageous, said the group impersonated voters and released a heavily edited video, and said law enforcement was reviewing the matter; O'Keefe later said Simon was threatening his team.
- 2026-08-17T14:16:00.000Z: O'Keefe's dated video post and Simon's dated statement are both retained and conflict on whether the encounters exposed a broken vouching system or a misleading stunt; no charging decision was fetched.