Kim Crockett: States shouldn’t indulge the ‘flabby American voters’ who use provisional ballots

Kim Crockett, the Republican nominee in Minnesota’s secretary of state race, earlier this year condemned “flabby” American voters for being lazy in needing provisional ballots and floated the idea of limiting their use.

While giving an interview on “The Jack Tomzcak Show” that was published in February, Crockett explained her idea to get rid of same-day voter registration in Minnesota and put more emphasis on provisional ballots. In the same breath, she implied that voters who aren’t “organized” shouldn’t be given provisional ballots.

“They have the opportunity to prove who they are,” Crockett said about provisional ballots. “It’s like a second shot, which I don’t know that we owe people who can’t get organized. It’s the flabby American voter who’s indulged.”

NEW: MN GOP Secretary of State nominee Kim Crockett says voters who cast provisional ballots are “indulged” and “can’t get organized.” She refers to them as the “flabby American voter” and questions their right to vote:

“The state shouldn’t be going around, ‘Oh can I help you?'” pic.twitter.com/WuzDCiTsAo

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Provisional ballots are cast when a voter’s eligibility is in question, and they are set aside until it is determined whether that person’s vote can count or not. States are required to provide provisional ballots under federal law as a part of The Help America Vote Act of 2002.

Despite the federal requirement to provide provisional ballots, Crockett continued to contend that many American voters are lazy, “can’t get organized” and therefore don’t deserve them.

“But the onus is on them, the state shouldn’t be going around ‘Oh can I help you,’ that’s your job as a citizen.”

Crockett is the proponent of many unethical, anti-democratic ideas when it comes to managing elections. These include prohibiting physically disabled and non-English speaking people from voting and baselessly accusing immigrants of voter fraud schemes.

Crockett will face incumbent Democrat Steve Simon, whom she targeted in an antisemitic promotional video for her campaign. If elected, she would serve as Minnesota’s chief election officer and administer election laws.