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(AP) - Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie
says he has asked prosecutors to look into a phone call that intimidated a voter.


      Ritchie says Larry Johnson of St. Paul got a call from a woman
who claimed to be working with the secretary of state's office on
voter fraud. She had questions about his voting record.


      Johnson signed an affidavit saying the woman later told him she
was working with Jeff Davis, the head of a conservative group, Minnesota Majority, that
has been questioning the integrity of Minnesota's voter rolls.


      Davis didn't immediately return a phone message.

      Ritchie says he has forwarded the case to the Ramsey County and U.S. attorneys.


      He is urging voters to report any such calls to his office.

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Mark Ritchie says a St. Paul man got a call from a woman who claimed to be working with the Secretary of State's office on voter fraud. She later admitted she was working for a conservative political group.

Secretary of State says phone call intimidated voter

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