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A Tale Of Two States: Why National Voter ID Is Critical To U.S. Elections

Minnesota and Kansas Have Different Approaches to Voter Verification and securing their elections. And it shows.

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Minnesota’s leftist Secretary of State wants Congress to know that his Midwest state has “one of the most secure and accurate voter registration systems in the state.” 

That boast likely will be put to the test when Steve Simon appears before the House Administration Committee Thursday morning. Surely Simon will be asked to explain how a 39-year-old noncitizen in Minnesota registered and voted in the 2024 election. But wait, there’s more … a lot more. 

In a blue state led by ICE-hating radicals, Simon has placed politics over integrity, a common theme among Democrats fighting tooth and nail against the SAVE America Act and other measures to block foreign nationals from voting in U.S. elections. 

The Administration Committee Hearing, set to begin at 10:15 a.m. Swamp Time, is titled “Oversight with Secretaries of State: List Maintenance and Eligibility Verification.” Congressional sources say the committee will hear a tale of two secretaries of state — from Minnesota and Kansas. One who has eschewed common-sense election integrity reforms, another who has warmly embraced them. And, yes, blue vs. red has much to do with the starkly different approaches. 

Committee Chairman Bryan Steil, R-Wis., in January sent letters to the elections officials asking them how the they conducted voter-roll cleanup in compliance with federal voting and elections law. States are required to maintain current voter registration lists, remove ineligible registrants, and provide the lists to the public. 

Kansas Secretary of State Scott Schwab, a Republican who is running for governor, and Minnesota’s SOS, will testify at the hearing. 

https://t.co/sfx9b95rTq— Bryan Steil (@RepBryanSteil) January 22, 2026

https://t.co/sfx9b95rTq

‘Every Method and Data Source’

In his response to Steil’s January letter, Schwab thanked the chairman for the opportunity to provide information on his state’s voter-roll maintenance procedures. He said his office “relentlessly employs every method and data source authorized by the state legislature to maintain accurate voter rolls,” and included a long list. 

The Kansas Secretary of State’s office also uses the registration vetting tools provided by the Trump administration, including the Systematic Alien Verification Entitlements (SAVE) program.........

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