The RNC and Michigan GOP gained a lawsuit towards Michigan officers for failing to confirm absentee ballots.
Earlier this month Michigan Republicans sued Michigan’s Democrat Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson for failing to confirm mail-in ballots.
“Current steering issued by the Michigan Secretary of State will undermine protections for absentee voters, resulting in improper dealing with and counting of absentee ballots. We’re suing to guard absentee poll safeguards in Michigan which is able to assist make it simple to vote and exhausting to cheat within the Wolverine State.”
Michigan Republican Get together Chairman Pete Hoekstra said: “Our Secretary of State is actively interfering in Michigan’s elections, disregarding the very legal guidelines she’s alleged to implement. The Michigan Republican Get together won’t ever cease combating for the protection and safety of our elections, so each single Michigander can really feel assured of their vote, irrespective of how they select to train that proper.”
Background:
- Michigan legislation requires that clerks mark absentee poll envelopes with the date the poll was obtained, confirm the voter’s signature (and thus their identification), and supply an announcement on the envelope that the signature was verified and the poll is accepted for tabulation.
- If both the date or the approval assertion is lacking, Michigan legislation requires that the poll not be tabulated.
- Throughout this yr’s statewide major, the RNC Election Integrity staff found that many ballots had been accepted for tabulation with out the required assertion that the signature was verified.
- This can be a direct results of Secretary Benson’s steering to election officers, which omits the requirement that clerks mark ballots with an announcement that the signatures have been verified.
- These are primary absentee voter safeguards that Secretary Benson continues to undermine, and we have now filed swimsuit to require compliance with election legal guidelines.
RNC Chairman Michael Whatley celebrated the important thing win on Friday.
“Nice election integrity information out of battleground Michigan,” Michael Whatley stated. “Clerks had been counting mail ballots with out proof of signature verification, opening the door to fraud. The GOP sued.”
“Outcome? Ballots will now solely be counted after proof that signatures are verified — a key win,” he stated.
Nice election integrity information out of battleground Michigan.
Clerks had been counting mail ballots with out proof of signature verification, opening the door to fraud. The @GOP sued.
Outcome? Ballots will now solely be counted after proof that signatures are verified — a key win.
— Michael Whatley (@ChairmanWhatley) September 27, 2024
