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TexasTowelie

(116,696 posts)
Sat Dec 25, 2021, 12:34 AM Dec 2021

Benson says petition to 'audit' the 2020 election 'threatens the survival of our democracy'

Audit Forward, a group demanding a so-called “forensic audit” of the 2020 presidential election, submitted a petition to Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s office Tuesday.

This is similar to what pro-Donald Trump supporters have done in Arizona and Wisconsin, two other states the former GOP president lost in 2020.

The petition would require a review of all ballots and vote tallies for all federal, state and local elections, an examination of all state voter registrations and a review of all secretary of state communications, among a number of other requirements. Additionally, the petition aims to create triggers that would mandate “forensic audits” of future elections, such as tampered ballot boxes, destroyed election materials or when at least two poll books in a precinct are out of balance.

The petition states that local communities that do not cooperate with an “audit” are at risk of losing 10% of their state funding and anyone who interferes with the “audit” would be subject to a felony charge of up to one year or a fine of not more than $1,000.

Read more: https://michiganadvance.com/blog/benson-says-petition-to-audit-the-2020-election-threatens-the-survival-of-our-democracy/

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Benson says petition to 'audit' the 2020 election 'threatens the survival of our democracy' (Original Post) TexasTowelie Dec 2021 OP
Screw them. The election has been certified, and prior to that multiple audits have been done. I JohnSJ Dec 2021 #1
"forensic audit" - AS IF. dchill Dec 2021 #2
More GQP BULLSHIT. spanone Jan 2022 #3
Yep. llmart Jan 2022 #4

JohnSJ

(96,491 posts)
1. Screw them. The election has been certified, and prior to that multiple audits have been done. I
Sat Dec 25, 2021, 12:50 AM
Dec 2021

am so sick of these jackasses



dchill

(40,446 posts)
2. "forensic audit" - AS IF.
Sat Dec 25, 2021, 01:14 AM
Dec 2021

They want to roll the ballots around in shit and then complain that they draw flies. There is NO MECHANISM for decertifying a certified federal election in this country.
These jerks are nothing but anti-democratic rabble-rousers.

llmart

(16,331 posts)
4. Yep.
Sat Jan 22, 2022, 08:59 AM
Jan 2022

And my rep, Lisa "Zero Experience" McClain is now making the rounds on TV spouting the "many election irregularities that occurred" but no reporter asks her where or what the irregularities were, and she offers not examples.

I want her gone yesterday! The GOP in Macomb County us about as crooked as they come.

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