Steve Simon's Democracy Business: Part 1

The DOJ has recently filed suit against Minnesota and five others states.

On October 14, 2025, we may have learned part of the reason why...

That day, the Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon and his appointed Elections Director Paul Linnell testified in a fraud hearing. Much was discussed although the video from the hearing itself has been removed but can also be viewed here. On the day, I watched for a few minutes only because I'm trying to limit the attention I give to unethical people.

However, today I learned from a friend that even Joe Rogan, a podcaster, is talking about it.

The Secretary of State Steve Simon has said that in the Democracy Business, back in 2023, we were on the Offense, which included passing the Driver's License for All Act, which enabled non-citizens to receive driver's licenses, which can then be used to become eligible to vote on election day, even if the person is not on the electronic or paper roster.

If one cares about this issue, Governor candidate Phillip Parrish has outlined a few small steps one could take in this post.

Steve Simon, who again, has said he is in the Democracy Business, has referred to a study showing only 3 non-citizens voted between 2015 and 2024. What is the Democracy Business? Why does Simon continually refer to this study? One wonders how many actually voted. Or, how many non-citizens were simply assigned a vote in the statewide voter registration system. (In other words, the system could vote for non-citizens without their consent—for some portion of non-citizen votes I count this as highly likely given the built-in deterrents such as deportation, if caught.)

One might also wonder, Wouldn't some of Secretary Simon's own office's data be able to get at this question?

In response to a Kare 11 report on same, one person commented, giving a clue to how the Office of the Secretary of State could use their own data to discover whether more than 3 non-citizens voted, since it doesn't appear that these reports have been run, but only 'potentially' run, or 'could be' run:

So, in your report, you say Minnesota can cross reference illegals to see if they're voting. Steve Simon has not produced any evidence that this has occurred. The federal Department of Justice has requested the MN voter rolls to investigate if MN is allowing illegals to vote. Simon is vigorously opposing and hiding this. He claims it's private data, but this can easily be resolved by making it an independent confidential audit by an auditor of the DOJ's choosing, with data privacy issues addressed. He is fighting this, too. What exactly is he hiding?

On Project Minnesota, we have previously outlined a few of Secretary Simon's oversteps in these posts.

Erik van Mechelen is a Minneapolis-based writer who has long said parties try to control their candidates and computers run simulations (not elections). Erik uses emotion-backed imagination to envision the criminal elements within our own government simply not being here anymore; families and neighborhoods are thriving again. Anyone can use this innate capability of the human mind to improve their own life, starting with basics like being love, experiencing health, or having success in one's calling. Erik's recent books such as TEN DAYS IN MINNEAPOLIS or AUDITING MINNESOTA: THE 2022 SOS CAMPAIGN can be found here.