Posted on 08/29/2022 10:05:35 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has failed to convince a judge to dismiss a case that could force the state to remove 25,975 deceased people from its voter rolls.
Benson moved for dismissal of a case brought against her in November 2021 by the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) for her failure to clean up the state’s voter registration rolls—in an alleged violation of Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.
On Aug. 25, Benson’s motion to dismiss the case was denied by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Michigan. The court also denied the motions to intervene filed by the Detroit/Downriver Chapter of the A. Philip Randolph Institute, the Michigan Alliance for Retired Americans, and Rise Inc.
Additionally, PILF’s suit seeks to force Benson to provide documentation of her efforts to remove deceased registrants from the voter rolls, something she has thus far also failed to do.
PILF notified Benson of the problem in September 2020 and again in November 2020, a year before it filed its lawsuit.
The foundation provided Benson with the names of 25,975 voters who had died but were still on Michigan’s voter rolls, as were discovered by its research. Of these, 23,663 registrants had been dead for five years or more, and 17,449 had been dead for at least a decade.
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Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has failed to convince a judge to dismiss a case that could force the state to remove 25,975 deceased people from its voter rolls.
IOW, the suit to remove the deceased people prevailed.
"Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has failed"
The fact that ANY SOS could stand before a judge and argue that deceased people SHOULD STAY on the voter rolls is utter stupidity OMG!! You would THINK they would be totally embarrassed to do so!!
The Democrats “rules” are “by any means necessary”.
They could never be embarrassed by lying or cheating.
“...25,975 deceased people from its voter rolls.”
Wouldn’t it be easy to crosscheck this list with the list of people who voted in the last election? Or doesn’t Michigan keep such a list?
I was thinking the same thing, but I doubt the media will ever tell us.
Gotta love that J. Christian Adams.
When he left the Justice Dept in disgust, I thought ...what a shame and a waste of a good person.
BUT, what he is doing now IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN WHAT HE WOULD ACCOMPLISH IN DOJ.
Fraid so George.
My grandfather voted Republican his whole life and has voted DemocRat ever since.
“what she told the judge which justified dead people on the voter rolls.”
Probably just like the CDC, where they tell us that they are now working in continuous improvement mode.
The Michigan Democrat-Republicans took care of the bothersome issue of fair elections in the summer of 2018.
In short, Benson is claiming if there is even the slightest chance they are still alive, she is obligated to make sure their ballot gets cast...the right way, of course. :)
They could never be embarrassed by lying or cheating.
Republicans just want their piece of the political pie.
Democrats want power.
As you said - By Any Means Necessary [BAMA]
The article states that she “vigorously opposed” the suit, but says nothing about her argument(s) against it. Completely overlooks the basics of journalism.
The federal stooge ruling on this [Jane Beckering] was a Granholm appointee to the Michigan Court of Appeals, and then was appointed to the Western District of Michigan by "King Puppet" Biden.
Amazing that there could be any logical explanation for why you would want to keep dead people on the voter roles.
Amazing that this is even a discussion and not an immediate purge.
How can a judge even hear an insane case like this? Appealing to keep dead voters on the election roster!!!!!!
With the removal of deceased people and felons no wonder the democrats lead is fading fast.
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