Posted on 03/17/2021 8:41:13 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
A judge has ruled that Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson violated state law last year when she issued “guidance” on how absentee ballots should be evaluated.
State Court of Claims Judge Christopher Murray ruled last week that Benson, a Democrat, did not follow the proper rule-making process when instructing voting clerks in October to presume the accuracy of absentee ballot signatures, and the guidance is now invalid, according to the Detroit News.
"The presumption is found nowhere in state law," Murray, a Republican-appointed judge, wrote in the ruling. "The mandatory presumption goes beyond the realm of mere advice and direction, and instead is a substantive directive that adds to the pertinent signature-matching standards."
Murray wrote that Benson issued the rules without following the process for creating a rule under state and federal law, thus violating the state’s Administrative Procedures Act.
Murray contends that the rule stated only signatures with “multiple significant and obvious” inconsistencies should be questioned, which he argued fell within the definition of an administrative rule that required a multiple-step process that was not undertaken last year.
“An agency must utilize formal rulemaking procedures when establishing policies that ‘do not merely interpret or explain the statute or rules from which the agency derives its authority,’ but rather ‘establish the substantive standards implementing the program,’” Murray wrote.
Michigan is one of six states where former President Donald Trump and his surrogates have alleged widespread voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election, potentially costing him a victory, and Republicans have argued that Article II of the Constitution requires election rules to be decided by state legislatures and not elected officials.
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So she broke a state law as a public employee?
When will she be arrested?
They do it all the time to the little people for far less.
She wants to defend herself? Say she thought it was OK? That’s what the courts are for.
So issue a bench warrant and arrest her.
“He didn’t win, did he?” - Harry Reid
The states could have easily chose to negate the results of this tainted election.
None chose to do so.
And it was their exclusive prerogative.
RE: The states could have easily chose to negate the results of this tainted election.
And who represents the state so that they can negate the results of the tainted election?
I believe it is the legislature. The speaker and the state senate majority leader of their state legislature ought to convene and perform this task ASAP, that is - if they really care about the integrity of their elections.
” if they really care about the integrity of their elections.”
They don’t.
That is self evident.
Not a single legislature even had a vote on it.
Right once you cheat to get in power you can stay in because you have all the power to stay in power since only you have anything to say about who won.
Trump won Michigan and so did John James. Democrats are vermin.
If the judge had balls or ovaries, (as the case may be) they would then declare the election null and void, like dems do, and drop the mike.
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