@samlitzinger@journa.host This isn't new. Republicans in Minnesota eliminated the power of the Minnesota State Auditor position because popular Democrats kept winning it and springboarding to higher office. Now they whimper about unaudited fraud. Make it make fucking sense. https://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2015/05/otto-suspects-political-motivations-behind-bill-undercutting-state-auditors/