FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Phillip C. Parrish, Candidate for Minnesota Governor 2026, Raises Alarms Over HD-34B Special Election Integrity Amid Voter Roll Concerns and Suspicious Cyberattack Timeline
Date: September 17, 2025
Contact: Phillip C. Parrish, Parrish4mn.com
Location: Minneapolis, MN
As a retired U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander with 21 years of counterterrorism and foreign policy expertise, and a candidate for Governor of Minnesota in 2026, I am sounding the alarm on the integrity of the recent Minnesota House District 34B special election, won by Democrat Xp Lee on September 16, 2025. This election, held to replace the assassinated former Speaker Melissa Hortman, exposes systemic vulnerabilities in our state’s voter rolls and raises serious questions about a potential cover-up tied to a suspicious cyberattack timeline. I call for immediate federal intervention to restore trust in Minnesota’s electoral process.
Suspicious Timeline and Voter Roll Discrepancies
The troubling sequence of events, detailed in my August 8, 2025, press release demands scrutiny:
• March 25, 2025: President Donald J. Trump issued an Executive Order on Election Integrity, directing the Department of Justice (DOJ) to investigate voter rolls nationwide for non-citizen voting and irregularities.
• June 25, 2025: Under Attorney General Pam Bondi, the DOJ requested Minnesota’s full voter registration lists, a move I endorsed in my March 16, 2025, memorandum.
• July 24, 2025: A “digital security incident”—a targeted cyberattack—struck St. Paul, home to the Secretary of State’s office, prompting Governor Tim Walz to deploy the National Guard’s cyber team (The Guardian, www.theguardian.com, 2025-07-30).
• July 25, 2025: Secretary of State Steve Simon denied the DOJ request, citing privacy concerns, a decision I suspect was facilitated by the cyberattack to obscure inflated voter rolls.
This timeline suggests a coordinated effort to evade federal oversight. My analysis (parrish4mn.com) reveals Minnesota’s voter rolls, with 3.6 million registered voters against a voting-age population of 4.2 million, are inflated by approximately 14.3%. This includes thousands of deceased individuals, duplicates, relocated voters, and potentially ineligible non-citizens, enabled by automatic registration and lack of real-time verification—parallels to the $250 million daycare and Feeding Our Future fraud cases I exposed.
HD-34B Election Anomalies
The HD-34B special election reported 6,702 votes with a 27% turnout (@USA_Polling, 2025-09-17), but data inconsistencies raise red flags:
• Estimated Eligible Voters: Brooklyn Park’s population of ~92,000 (adjusted from 88,000 in 2020 with 1% growth) includes ~69,000 citizens aged 18+. With Minnesota’s 75% registration rate (NPR, apps.npr.org, 2024-09-17), approximately 51,750 could be registered. Adjusting for a special election (60-70% rate), this yields 31,050-36,225 registered voters.
• Turnout Discrepancy: A 27% turnout on this range expects 8,384-9,781 votes. The reported 6,702 votes (4,097 for Lee, 2,605 for Bittner, @VoteHubUS) fall short by 1,682-3,079, possibly due to incomplete precinct reporting (13 of 14) or unverified rolls inflating turnout claims.
• Voter Roll Integrity: The Brennan Center (brennancenter.org, 2020) estimates 1-2% of rolls may be outdated, suggesting 36,000-72,000 invalid entries in Minnesota’s 3.6 million. The July 2025 fraud case (AP News, apnews.com, 2025-07-08) confirmed 500+ fraudulent registrations, highlighting risks in same-day registration without voter ID.
Cyberattack as a Potential Cover-Up
The St. Paul cyberattack’s timing—days before Simon’s DOJ refusal—fuels my hypothesis of a pretext to claim “lost” voter data. Reuters (www.reuters.com, 2025-09-12) notes similar breaches by Shiny Hunters, indicating sophisticated hacking could target election systems. This incident may delay roll cleanups or evade accountability for maintaining inaccurate registries, especially in a district like HD-34B with a 27.4-point Democratic lean (Harris 2024, @umichvoter) and low turnout (27%), raising questions of suppression or unmonitored voting.
Call to Action
I urge President Trump, Attorney General Bondi, and FBI Director Patel to:
• Enforce the National Voter Registration Act with real-time federal database validation.
• Mandate pre-election roll purges and hold noncompliant states accountable.
• Investigate the St. Paul cyberattack’s impact on voter data ahead of 2026.
As Governor, I will implement voter ID, independent audits, and transparency to ensure only legal votes count. The HD-34B election’s underreported turnout, unverified rolls, and suspicious cyber event demand federal action now. Visit parrish4mn.com for my full platform and join me in restoring trust in Minnesota’s elections.
About Phillip C. Parrish
Phillip C. Parrish is a retired Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy, with expertise in counterterrorism and foreign policy. A proven whistleblower and advocate for accountability, he is running for Governor in 2026 to safeguard Minnesota’s electoral integrity.
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