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County, local clerks weigh in on Michigan Republicans’ proposed election changes
Read full article: County, local clerks weigh in on Michigan Republicans’ proposed election changesRepublicans said the 39-bill package is needed to bolster election security, while Democrats said they’re voter suppression. Clerks said nobody even asked them.
Dominion Voting Systems demands former Michigan senator to retract baseless fraud claims
Read full article: Dominion Voting Systems demands former Michigan senator to retract baseless fraud claimsThe company at the center of unproven claims of voter fraud in the 2020 U.S. General Election is now going after a former Michigan state senator.
Michigan GOP lawmakers’ proposed changes to election laws draw opposition
Read full article: Michigan GOP lawmakers’ proposed changes to election laws draw oppositionLANSING, Mich. – The new effort by Republican lawmakers to change the election process in Michigan is receiving pushback. Among the package of 39 bills, many are aimed at issues from the 2020 election. Garlin Gilchrist outraged by the bill package, likening it to racist voting laws in the south after the Civil War. Republicans said the bills are necessary after months of failed election lawsuit and misinformation about the election results. On Twitter, Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey writes, “Michigan residents must have complete confidence in the fairness of elections and that all who can legally vote can vote.”
Texas AG files lawsuit in U.S. Supreme Court against Michigan on election process
Read full article: Texas AG files lawsuit in U.S. Supreme Court against Michigan on election processLANSING, Mich. – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a Lawsuit Tuesday claiming that Michigan and other battleground states altered election laws and flooded the state with ballots with no chain of custody. The lawsuit asks the U.S. Supreme Court to hear the case after the Court declined to hear a Pennsylvania case that wanted to reverse that state’s vote certification. The lawsuit repeats numerous false, disproven and unsupported allegations of illegal mail-in balloting and voting in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. This year, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson sent out applications to vote, not actual ballots, unless the voter completed the process to vote absentee. Their votes were counted, in some cases, multiple times.”The audits will include a statewide risk-limiting audit, a complete zero-margin risk-limiting audit in Antrim County, and procedural audits in more than 200 jurisdictions statewide, including absentee ballot counting boards, according to the Bureau.
Texas attorney general files lawsuit against Michigan on election process
Read full article: Texas attorney general files lawsuit against Michigan on election processLANSING, Mich. – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a brief Tuesday claiming that Michigan and other battleground states altered election laws and flooded the state with ballots with no chain of custody. This year, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson sent out applications to vote, not actual ballots unless the voter completed the process to vote absentee. President Donald Trump’s legal team has not been successful in Michigan so far. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court declined to hear a case that wanted to reverse Pennsylvania’s vote certification. Their votes were counted, in some cases, multiple times.”Watch the full report in the video posted above.