Earlier this month, election integrity groups won a legal victory against Ramsey County after discovering 62 duplicate registered voters. The lawsuit began in January 2023 when the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) discovered the duplicate registrations on the voter file, meaning that Ramsey County’s monthly search of the voter rolls had failed their legal requirements in state and federal law requiring them to ensure that duplicate registrations are removed. This Ramsey County case is the latest in a series of victories for the election integrity efforts of PILF that have resulted in a total of 501 duplicate voters being removed from the rolls across 6 different Minnesota counties. While it's great to see victories for election integrity efforts, these lawsuits have highlighted how vulnerable our state's narrowly decided elections are and the drastic need for stronger protections.

As a cybersecurity professional, security and integrity are among the issues I continue fighting for regarding elections. The first step to ensuring integrity is authentication (proving one’s identity). In any context, access is granted AFTER validating one’s identity because it is the identity which establishes permissions. One common example is banking websites/mobile apps. One must first authenticate in order to establish authorization to access the bank account. In the same regard, access to voting should ONLY be granted AFTER identity (and thus qualification to vote) is established. When an unauthorized person votes, just as when an unauthorized person accesses a bank account, actions taken such as voting compromise integrity because the votes of unauthorized people are co-mingled with the votes of authorized people.

Among the new laws Democrats passed last year was to issue driver's licenses to illegal foreign nationals who’ve broken the law to live in Minnesota. An illegal foreign national with a Minnesota issued drivers license can walk into the voting location the day of the election and perform same-day registration and cast a vote. The illegally cast vote is then comingled with legal votes and integrity is compromised.

In the 2020 election, we know Minnesota election law was not followed due to the ruling from the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals declaring Secretary of State Steve Simon’s actions unconstitutional. In fact, the court stated "there is no pandemic exception to the constitution." In response, I chief authored articles of impeachment against Steve Simon when I was in the MN House for his violating the Constitution and oath of office. As expected, the Democrat controlled House never let my articles of impeachment see the light of day.

Sen. Lucero invited to 'Twin Cities North Chamber of Commerce' to participate on a panel last week discussing election issues, technology, artificial intelligence, and digital marketing.

Artificial Intelligence and Technology Innovation

Because the law does not keep up with technology, innovations occurring at such a rapid pace have eroded data privacy. I firmly believe individuals own their data and I’ve spent my entire time in the Legislature working to protect and enhance data privacy rights. The rapid pace of the uses of artificial intelligence are certainly going to dramatically change many aspects of society. Many changes from AI will indeed enhance efficiencies, capabilities, and opportunities in business and our personal lives. At the same time, threats to privacy, integrity, and liberty cannot be overlooked.

One of the new frontiers in the technology space actively being developed is direct interfaces with the human brain. Just as the question is asked now "who owns the data" when it comes to geo-location tracking and other data mining, the same question will need to be answered regarding the human mind and thoughts. Think the movie Inception where thoughts and memories were implanted into other people. I know, it seems very futuristic. However, many companies are working in the brain-technology interface space and my goal is to get ahead of pandora’s box that will eventually be opened.

Last week a reporter interviewed me regarding my neuro data rights bill SF 1110 seeking to put legal privacy protections and controls in place. The reporter’s article can be read at the following link here.

Townhall Scheduled

Rep. Hudson, Rep. Novotny and myself will be participating in a town hall before the start of the 2024 legislative session. Join us at St. Michael Cinema on February 10th from 9am to 11am for the discussion!

In Other Recent News

Not too long ago Sports Illustrated magazine recently featured a man posing as a woman on their cover. Last week Sports Illustrated announced they are laying off their entire staff which comes on the heels of recent financial disasters by corporations:

Bud Light sales plunge.

Target reputation nosedives.

Disney movie box office flops.

Freezing cold for "an hour and 20 minutes" "multiple times every day" has many concluding no tax rebate is worth risking frostbite and hypothermia in Minnesota winters.

Policies, mandates, and tax increases passed by the Democrat trifecta continue to make cost-of-living MORE expensive in the once great State of Minnesota.

Staying In Touch

Each and every day I’m continuously humbled at the opportunity to represent and fight for the values and priorities of our great community!

Please contact me to share any issues, concerns, or feedback you have to assist me best represent you. The best way to reach me is by email at [email protected] or by phone at 651-296-5655.

Sincerely,

Eric Lucero

State Senator

District 30

Rockford Township, Hanover, Saint Michael, Albertville, Otsego, Elk River, Nowthen, Western Oak Grove