Severson alleges election fraud

State Rep. Dan Severson, the Republican candidate for secretary of state, says there are reasons to doubt Minnesota's 2008 U.S. Senate election.

Severson is challenging incumbent DFLer Mark Ritchie, who is seeking a second term. Severson raised questions about 2008, as well as Ritchie's own election in 2006, which he claimed was part of a wide spread effort by ACORN and other special interest groups.

"We have a major problem when those special interests are diving their hands into our political system, into our ability to elect righteous people," Severson said.

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