Posted on 10/31/2022 8:22:09 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
The Republican National Committee has filed a lawsuit against the city of Flint, Michigan, for failing to hire an equal number of poll workers from each of the two major political parties in preparation for the midterm elections.
Michigan law requires election officials appoint an equal number “of election inspectors in each election precinct from each major political party.” Despite a demand letter from the RNC, Flint has failed to comply with state statutes. Roughly only 120 of the 680 election inspectors hired in Flint for the 2022 midterms are Republican, the newly filed lawsuit alleges. While Flint recently told the RNC it hired 50 more Republican-affiliated poll watchers, it refused to further ensure equal party representation among election workers.
That means only 18 percent of Flint’s approximately 680 election inspectors are Republican. Not to mention that on the city’s absentee ballot counting boards, the lawsuit claims, there are only six Republicans to 56 Democrats — a 9 to 1 ratio.
“Michigan election law clearly states that election commissioners have a responsibility to hire an equal partisan breakdown of election inspectors, but Flint has hired hundreds more Democrats than Republicans,” RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said in a statement. “This is unacceptable and unfair to Michigan voters: Republicans are going to court to deliver the fairness that Michiganders deserve.”
The RNC’s lawsuit follows another election-related controversy in Flint.
After reports surfaced that city officials had disproportionately hired more Democrat than Republican poll watchers during Michigan’s Aug. 2 primary, attorneys for Pure Integrity Michigan Elections sent a letter to the city demanding it balance out the number of partisan poll watchers before the November general election. Flint’s longtime, controversy-riddled city clerk, Inez Brown, announced she was stepping down two days after receiving the letter.
They’ll get a reprimand within 2-3 years.
Good to hear the GOP is watching the set up of the voting like a hawk. Dems cannot be trusted via Honor System anymore.
Don’t anger the democrats, they may just respond by not allowing access to republican volunteers, lock the doors and tape cardboard onto all of the windows
Maybe they tried, but couldn’t find any Republicans.
Are there any Republicans in or near Flint?
Yes, in Genesee County, tons. Grand Blanc, Goodrich, Davison, Swartz Creek, etc., you name it.
What Flint wants, Flint gets. They wanted pissy water, and they got it. It was Flints fault.
This is why I am afraid the Democrats in Illinois will do.
More likely, in the year 2525.
Most current Dems have no honor. Trusting them to do the right thing is like giving your house keys to a thief.
How many of the so called “Republican” poll workers are actually DemocRATS that changed their voter registration.
And after two or three more elections state wide are stolen.
Democrats who gave Flint polluted water. They need to go.
Democrats try to steal elections. Maybe they succeeded.
If man is still alive.
🤪🤗🤭😀👍
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