CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. – The city clerk in Clinton Township is blaming Macomb County for 10 voters who cast ballots this year but died before the election. Michigan state law is clear. In Clinton Township, it turns out 10 people who cast their ballots but died before the election had their votes counted because the deaths weren’t reported. According to the city clerk Kim Meltzer, she was sent death certificates for those voters on Nov. 6 -- three days after the election. Meltzer, who did not respond to requests for an interview, is quoted in reports blaming the Macomb County clerk’s office, who chose to use the postal service to notify her office instead of using email.

If it isnt tabulated, they will be able to vote.Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said on Thursday that if thats done in Michigan, the person voting twice will be prosecuted. A local county clerk, a township clerk and a Detroit city clerk each said trying to vote twice wouldnt work because of the checks and balances in place. Macomb County clerk Fred Miller said elections in Michigan are secure and there would be no way for someone to vote absentee and then go and vote in person. What happens if someone tries to vote twice? Let me be perfectly clear: voting twice is illegal, no matter who tells you to do it.