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RandySF

(70,554 posts)
Tue Oct 22, 2024, 01:06 AM Oct 22

Michigan Republicans weighed submitting mismatching signatures to test ballot process

Members of the Clinton County Republican Party discussed a plan to submit inconsistent signatures with absentee ballots in order "to test" Michigan's voting verification process, according to a Saturday newsletter from the organization.

Ultimately, the Clinton County GOP decided not to go forward with the idea because of concerns about drawing criminal charges, the newsletter said.

"After some discussion and the possibility of being charged with election interference or potentially fraud, we decided to not pursue that course of action," wrote Stephen Willis, chairman of the county party, in the newsletter.

Clinton County, which is located north of Lansing, has a population of about 80,000. The Saturday newsletter points to both the concerns some Republicans continue to have about Michigan's election system and the lengths they've been considering going to in order to investigate their worries, less than two weeks before the pivotal Nov. 5 presidential election.



https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2024/10/21/clinton-county-michigan-republicans-weighed-plan-to-test-absentee-ballot-process/75783614007/

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Michigan Republicans weighed submitting mismatching signatures to test ballot process (Original Post) RandySF Oct 22 OP
"concerns about drawing criminal charges" There you have it. OnDoutside Oct 22 #1
Also, going after the fake electors. llmart Oct 22 #2

OnDoutside

(20,656 posts)
1. "concerns about drawing criminal charges" There you have it.
Tue Oct 22, 2024, 01:22 AM
Oct 22

Going after the January 6th insurrectionists was the right thing to do.

llmart

(16,331 posts)
2. Also, going after the fake electors.
Tue Oct 22, 2024, 07:17 PM
Oct 22

Those cases haven't been settled yet. Some strong deterrents since we have such capable women in our state government.

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