USA 2020 Elections: Thread

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Michigan Sec of State Leftist Benson Caught making election fraud
possible for Dem Operatives, gets sued...


Michigan Secretary Of State Sued For Failing To Remove Dead From Voter Rolls

https://www.theepochtimes.com/michigan-secretary-of-state-sued-for-failing-to-remove-dead-from-voter-rolls_4086893.html
https://publicinterestlegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Doc-1-PILF-v.-Benson-Complaint.pdf
https://ballotpedia.org/Jocelyn_Benson

A good-government group is suing Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn
Benson for refusing to remove dead registrants from her state’s voter
rolls and for refusing to provide documents regarding her agency’s
efforts to remove them from those lists.

The Indianapolis-based Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) filed a
federal lawsuit on Nov. 3 against Benson, a Democrat in office since
2019, for alleged violations of Section 8 of the National Voter
Registration Act (NVRA) of 1993, in U.S. District Court for the
Western District of Michigan.

Section 8 of the NVRA requires the state to “conduct a general program
that makes a reasonable effort to remove the names of ineligible
voters from the official lists of eligible voters by reason of … the
death of the registrant,” the legal complaint states.

Benson’s “violations of the NVRA have harmed and continue to harm and
frustrate the Foundation’s purpose of protecting the integrity of the
electoral process, ensuring that accurate and current voter
registration rolls are maintained, and educating the public about the
same.

    “The Foundation’s expenditure of significant time and money in
Michigan seeking to rectify Defendant’s failure to clean up the voter
rolls by removing the surfeit of deceased registrants from such rolls
has also forced the Foundation to divert its limited resources from
other states with similar issues,” the complaint states.

Involved in left-wing politics before assuming office, Benson,
formerly a law professor, previously worked for the Democratic
National Committee, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, National
Public Radio, and the Southern Poverty Law Center, according to
Ballotpedia.

PILF describes itself as “the nation’s only public interest law firm
dedicated wholly to election integrity,” existing “to assist states
and others to aid the cause of election integrity and fight against
lawlessness in American elections.”

According to PILF’s research, there were more than 25,975 deceased
registrants on Michigan’s voter rolls as of August.

Of that total: 23,663 registrants have been dead for five years or
more; 17,479 registrants have been dead for at least a decade; and
3,956 registrants have been dead for at least 20 years.

PILF discovered two deceased registrants, who, if they were alive
today, would be 100 and 108 years old, respectively.

PILF President J. Christian Adams said his organization filed suit to
protect electoral integrity.

    “This case is about ensuring that deceased registrants are not
receiving ballots,” Adams said in a statement.

    “For over a year, we’ve shared specific data with the Michigan
Secretary of State’s Office about the alarming problem of deceased
registrants on Michigan’s voter rolls. Secretary Benson has done
nothing to resolve the problem and is even refusing to hand over
public documents related to these failures. The failure to remove
deceased registrants creates an opportunity for fraud and makes
Michigan’s elections less secure.”

Tracy Wimmer, director of media relations for Benson’s office, implied
the lawsuit lacked merit.

“We will not comment on the specifics of pending litigation,” Wimmer
told The Epoch Times via email.

“Michigan maintains its voter registration list in accordance with all
state and federal laws, including provisions for deceased voters. As
we’ve seen throughout the past year, meritless lawsuits serve as press
releases for those seeking to further election misinformation and
undermine American democracy.”


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