Erik's Quest


True mastery is mastery over self. Currently learning through writing. Ongoing fiction, as well as these

recent books:

Auditing Minnesota: The 2022 SOS Campaign

Pub date: Apr 16 2025 Dropdown Menu

Not long after learning about the 700,000 missing ballots, a friend suggested running for Minnesota Secretary of State, but little was known about the role...

[S]elections in Minnesota

Updated Mar 10 2025 Dropdown Menu

In Minnesota, we have paper ballots, yes, but computer scans of those ballots are counted instead of the ballots themselves. There’s no clear path to reviewing or auditing the digital records and therefore, with ballots and records likely not retained from previous elections, it’s becoming difficult to even say, for sure, what happened. All this has led to the people wanting change.

Background

Erik began writing his first novel age 16 and later published Rise to the Rahz and its sequel, Sound of Stone after leaving corporate America age 27. He then wrote the two short books on his favorite board game, Diplomacy, the first, Diplomacy Conversations and then, Conversations with Barbosa.

Erik also writes a blog as well as a site exploring how we vote, and helps others write and publish books.

Find time with him on this calendar.

To see what else he is focused on right now, visit the Now page.