A man who served as a head election judge in a Minnesota township has been charged with two felony counts for allegedly letting 11 people vote even though they weren’t registered. Officials began investigating after Hubbard County Auditor Kay Rave could not find any completed voter registration forms among the

An election judge in Hubbard County is accused of accepting 11 unregistered votes. The election judge, a 64-year-old Nevis man, is charged with one count of accepting the vote of an unregistered voter and one count of neglect of duty on Election Day,

Prosecutors say Timothy Michael Scouton — who was head judge at a precinct in rural Badoura Township — allowed 11 people to vote even though they had not registered.

Timothy Michael Scouton, 64, has been charged with one count of accepting the vote of an unregistered voter and one count of neglect of duty by an election official.

A Minnesota election judge has been charged with two felonies for allegedly letting nearly a dozen people vote without registering. Timothy Michael Scouton, a 64-year-old Nevis resident, served as head election judge for the Badoura Township Precinct in Hubbard County.

The office of Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon called the allegations “extremely serious” and said they must be thoroughly investigated.