Hubbard County election judge faces charges for allegedly allowing unregistered voters to cast ballots – InForum

HUBBARD COUNTY, Minn. – An election judge in northern Minnesota is being sued for allegedly allowing 11 unregistered voters to cast their ballots.

Election judges check in voters and distribute ballots at polling places on Election Day. They also register voters who choose same-day registration, which Minnesota law allows with proof of residency.

But prosecutors in Hubbard County say Timothy Michael Scouton — who was chief judge in a precinct in rural Badoura Township — allowed 11 people to vote even though they had not registered.

Scouton, 64, reportedly instructed his fellow election judges not to use registration application forms but to have voters sign the back of the registration book.

Scouton is free without bond ahead of his next court appearance in January.