Illegal migrants and other non-citizens in Minnesota could circumvent election law and vote simply by presenting a driver’s license on election day — though election officials stress that the practice is illegal.

Some candidates are already looking ahead to the August primary election amid concerns the endorsement process has become beholden to far-right activists.

Each of the state’s constitutional offices will be up for election next November, as well as a US Senate seat that will be left vacant following Sen. Tina Smith’s decision not to run for reelection.

The state representative from Maple Grove is the latest Republican candidate in a growing field of challengers to DFL Gov. Tim Walz to highlight the theft of taxpayer dollars by nonprofits.

With a 53% approval rating, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz ranks in the bottom half of governors nationwide, according to a Morning Consult poll.