MyPillow’s Mike Lindell isn’t even registered to vote in Minnesota where he is trying to be governor

Mike Lindell, CEO and founder of MyPillow and a prominent 2020 election denier, is not registered to vote in Minnesota – the state where he is running for governor, according to reports.Lindell, 65, will not be able to vote for himself in the August primary or November election because he is registered in Texas, where he moved with his wife in 2024, the Minnesota Star Tribune reported Friday.Yet the Republican hopeful, who moved back to Minnesota last year, told the newspaper “obviously I’m going to vote” and that he would not cast a ballot in Texas. “I’m not going to vote twice,” Lindell told the Tribune. As of June 17, Lindell, who has been endorsed by President Donald Trump, did not have an active record to vote in the state, the Minnesota Secretary of State’s office told the newspaper. MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell will not be able to vote for himself in the August primary or November election because he is registered in Texas, where he moved with his wife in 2024 (Getty)The Independent has asked Lindell’s campaign for comment. Lindell does not need to be registered to vote in Minnesota to run for governor. He only needs to be eligible to vote in Minnesota and a resident of the state for at least one year before the general election.Though Lindell was born and raised in Minnesota, he moved to Texas for a year because his wife is from the state, he told the Tribune.“My company hasn’t left,” Lindell said of his status in Minnesota. “I love Minnesota, and this is where I was born and raised and I’m staying put in Minnesota.”Despite having a non-active voting registration in his home state, Lindell told the New York Times his bigger issue was with the Minnesota Republican Party – which is not supporting his campaign. “It’s disgusting,” Lindell told the New York Times. “They are trying to discredit the endorsement.”Lindell is a close ally of President Donald Trump and perpetuated the president’s false claims of election fraud in 2020 (AFP/Getty)He pointed to a statement issued earlier this month by the Minnesota Republican Party, which raised “electability concerns” about Lindell, specifically pointing to his “serious financial baggage” and “unanswered questions surrounding his running mate.”Lindell is a longtime ally of Trump and was a prominent voice in pushing the president’s false claims of widespread election fraud after he lost the 2020 election to former President Joe Biden.Lindell’s perpetuation that the election was rigged led to defamation lawsuits from Dominion Voting Systems and Smartmatic, manufacturers of voting machines. Dominion Voting Systems settled its lawsuit with Lindell, but separately, Lindell was ordered to pay $2.3 million in damages to a former Dominion employee. A federal judge also found that Lindell defamed Smartmatic, though the judge did not specify how much he owes in damages.