Mike Lindell, Trump’s pick for governor, isn’t registered to vote in Minnesota

https://www.startribune.com/mike-lindell-trumps-pick-for-governor-isnt-registered-to-vote-in-minnesota/601868792

Before he can vote for himself in next month’s primary, Mike Lindell needs to register to vote in the state he wants to lead as governor.

在下个月的地方初选投出自己的选票之前，迈克·林德尔需要在他打算作为州长参选的州进行选民注册。

The Minnesota Secretary of State’s office said Lindell, President Donald Trump’s preferred candidate, “does not have an active record,” said Cassondra Knudson, spokesperson for the Minnesota Secretary of State, when asked if Lindell is a registered voter.

明尼苏达州务卿办公室发言人Cassondra Knudson在被问及林德尔是否为注册选民时表示，特朗普钟意的州长候选人林德尔“没有活跃的记录”。

A Minnesota Star Tribune review of voter records shows Lindell has an active voter registration in Texas.

《明尼苏达星论坛报》对选民记录的审查显示，林德尔在德克萨斯州有活跃的选民登记。

Lindell acknowledged last year he had been living in Texas and that he’d have to re-establish residency in Minnesota to run for governor, something he says he has now done. But Lindell has not signed up to cast a ballot for himself since his return to Minnesota, and Texas lists an active voter registration record for the MyPillow CEO.

林德尔去年承认自己一直住在德克萨斯州，并且为了竞选州长必须在明尼苏达州重新建立居住身份，他说自己现在已经做到了。但他回归明尼苏达州后，并没有注册为自己投票，而德克萨斯州仍然显示MyPillow首席执行官林德尔有活跃的选民登记记录。

In an interview with the Minnesota Star Tribune, Lindell said he didn’t know if he was registered to vote in Minnesota and would have to check. But he said “obviously I’m going to vote,” and that he wouldn’t vote in Texas because he doesn’t live there anymore.

明尼苏达州《星论坛报》的采访中，林德尔表示他不确定自己是否在明尼苏达州登记了选民身份，需要核实一下。但他称“显然我会去投票”，并表示不会在德克萨斯州投票，因为他已不再居住在那里。

“I’m not going to vote twice,” he said.

“我不会投两次的票，”他说。

Lindell does not need to be registered to vote in Minnesota to run for office here. But his lack of knowledge about his voter registration status is notable for a candidate who has called for strict scrutiny of voter rolls and made election integrity the central pillar of his campaign and political life.

林德尔无需在明尼苏达州登记选民身份即可在当地参选。然而，这位呼吁严格审查选民名册、并将选举诚信作为其竞选和政治生涯核心支柱的候选人，竟对自己选民登记状态一无所知，这一情况颇为引人注目。

Lindell is running in the Aug. 11 primary against Minnesota House Speaker Lisa Demuth and retired health executive Kendall Qualls, who won the Republican Party endorsement in May.

林德尔将于8月11日的初选中对阵明尼苏达州众议院议长丽莎·德穆思（Lisa Demuth）和退休的健康行业高管肯德尔·夸尔斯（Kendall Qualls），后者在5月获得了共和党提名背书。 特朗普周三背书林德尔，颠覆了州长初选格局，使林德尔瞬间成为领跑者。但许多共和党人认为林德尔在11月的大选中缺乏胜选能力，并将其搬往德克萨斯州的行为描绘为抛弃明尼苏达州。不过，林德尔表示他现在完全居住在明尼苏达州。

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Trump endorsed Lindell on Wednesday, upending the primary for governor and making Lindell an instant front-runner. But many in the GOP believe Lindell is unelectable in November and have painted his move to Texas as abandoning Minnesota. Lindell said he lives in Minnesota full time, now, however.

特朗普于周三 endorsing 林德尔，颠覆了州长初选，使林德尔瞬间成为领跑者。但在共和党内部，许多人认为林德尔在11月的大选中无法胜选，并认为他搬到德克萨斯州是抛弃了明尼苏达州。然而，林德尔表示他现在全职居住在明尼苏达州。

“My company hasn’t left,” Lindell said. “I love Minnesota, and this is where I was born and raised and I’m staying put in Minnesota.”

“我的公司没有离开，”林德尔说。“我爱明尼苏达，这是我出生和成长的地方，我会留在明尼苏达。”

Lindell told the Star Tribune he lived in Texas for about a year because his wife is from the area. Lindell’s Texas registration is in the small city of Lufkin, where an LLC tied to Lindell owns a house, according to property tax records.

林德尔告诉《星论坛报》，他曾在德克萨斯州居住了大约一年，因为他的妻子是那里人。根据财产税记录，林德尔的德克萨斯州选民登记位于小型城市卢夫金（Lufkin），那里有一家与林德尔有关联的有限责任公司拥有一套房产。

Before he moved to eastern Texas, Lindell last cast a Minnesota ballot in the 2022 general election, according to a Star Tribune review of state voting records. Lindell said he voted in Texas in the 2024 election.

《星论坛报》审查州投票记录显示，在林德尔迁往东德克萨斯州之前，他上一次在明尼苏达州投票是在2022年大选。林德尔表示他在2024年大选中在德克萨斯州投了票。

If and when Lindell registers to vote in Minnesota, he will likely be registered in two states until Texas officials remove his name from the state’s voter rolls. In the wake of the 2020 election, Lindell hosted “election integrity events” that encouraged critics to review voter lists to spot fraud.

如果林德尔在明尼苏达州登记选民身份，那么在德克萨斯州官员将其姓名从该州选民名册上删除之前，他很可能会在两个州都登记为选民。2020年大选后，林德尔举办了“选举诚信活动”，鼓励批评者审查选民名单以发现舞弊行为。

But Lindell’s case highlights the complexity of an election system where a person can be registered to vote in multiple states. It’s only illegal if a voter casts a ballot in both states.

但林德尔的情况凸显了这样一个选举系统的复杂性：一个人可以在多个州登记为选民。只有当选民在两个州都投了票时，这才构成违法。

Lindell appears to be the only major candidate for governor who is not registered to vote in Minnesota, according to Minnesota records published online and campaign officials.

根据明尼苏达州在线发布的记录和竞选官员的说法，林德尔似乎是唯一一位未在明尼苏达州登记选民身份的州长主要候选人。

Records show active registrations for Demuth and Qualls. The voter registration records for U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, the presumptive DFL nominee for governor, are not visible online. Campaign spokesperson Darwin Forsyth said Klobuchar is registered to vote and has voted in every election for decades. But she is enrolled in a home address privacy program that shields voting information from the public.

记录显示德穆思和夸尔斯的选民登记状态为有效。 presumptive DFL（明尼苏达民主农民劳工党，DFL）州长提名人的美国参议员艾米·克洛布彻（Amy Klobuchar）的选民登记记录在网上不可见。竞选发言人达尔文·福尔思（Darwin Forsyth）表示，克洛布彻几十年来一直在登记投票，并在每一次选举中投票。但她加入了一项家庭住址隐私计划，将投票信息从公众视野中屏蔽。

That isn’t the case for Lindell. Knudson said Lindell is “not an active participant in the Safe at Home Program.”

林德尔并非如此。克努森（Knudson）表示，林德尔“不是‘居家安全计划’（Safe at Home Program）的积极参与者。”

>In an interview with the Minnesota Star Tribune, Lindell said he didn’t know if he was registered to vote in Minnesota and would have to check.

>>>>明尼苏达州《星论坛报》的采访中，林德尔表示，他不知道自己是否在明尼苏达州注册了选民身份，并说需要去确认一下。

That seems like an important thing to know and since you yourself have to establish residency in a state for voting purposes should be a pretty easy question to say “yes/no” to.

这看起来是件很重要的事情，而且既然你得在某个州确立居住身份才能投票，这应该是个很容易回答“是/否”的问题。