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Michigan Secretary Of State Refuses To Tell Congress Whether Dead People Are On Voter Rolls
The Federalist ^ | 09/12/2024 | Logan Washburn

Posted on 09/12/2024 9:39:54 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson refused to say whether dead people are on the voter rolls in a congressional hearing.

In a hearing on Wednesday, Rep. Greg Murphy, R-N.C., asked Democrat Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson if there are dead people on the state’s voter rolls, and she would not answer yes or no.

“Why the hell are deceased people still on your voter rolls?” Murphy asked. “Do you have deceased people on your voter rolls, yes or no?”

“We do everything we can, and just like every other state, to remove — ” Benson said.

“Should a deceased person be on your voter roll?” Murphy insisted.

“No, and that’s why we remove them once we receive information,” Benson replied.

Murphy was one of several legislators who questioned secretaries of state on election integrity during a Committee on House Administration hearing Wednesday morning. His questions to Benson about dead people registered to vote in Michigan brought incomplete, indirect answers. 

He brought up a lawsuit by the Public Interest Legal Foundation, which alleged that as of 2021, there were close to 26,000 dead voters on Michigan’s voter rolls. The group claimed Benson did not contest that the dead voters were registered and said she was not taking adequate steps to remove them.

“Why does it take a lawsuit by the Public Interest Legal Foundation to sue you to get those people off the voter rolls?” Murphy asked Benson.

“That lawsuit was dismissed,” Benson replied.

A district judge ruled Benson was performing ongoing list maintenance and tossed out the case, as The Federalist previously reported. But PILF appealed the case to the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals, saying the court never fully determined Benson was making a “reasonable effort” to remove dead voters from the rolls. 

‘Bidenbucks’

Committee Chairman Bryan Steil, R-Wis., also asked Benson about Michigan’s work with President Joe Biden’s Small Business Administration to “get out the vote” as part of the federal “Bidenbucks” program, which targets left-leaning groups like college students and American Indians, as The Federalist previously reported.

Biden signed his “Executive Order On Promoting Access To Voting” in 2021, making federal agencies work with so-called “approved, nonpartisan third-party organizations” to register voters. 

This federal program has taken the name “Bidenbucks” — perhaps now “KamalaCash” — for its resemblance to the “Zuckbucks” program of 2020, which funneled millions from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to private officials through leftist groups, boosting Democrat turnout. 

Benson has signed a memorandum of agreement with Biden’s SBA to register voters. She confirmed during the hearing that Michigan was the only state in which this type of agreement took place. Each federal agency, including the SBA, was required to assemble and execute a “strategic plan” under the “Bidenbucks” order.

“The Small Business Administration entered into an MOU with the state of Michigan, and they’re doing that under the direction and under the strategy of a strategic plan,” Steil said.

He asked Benson if she had seen the plan. 

“I’ve seen the MOU between the SBA and our office,” Benson replied.

“Did you see the Small Business Administration strategic plan?” Steil insisted, as Benson interrupted, “We did one thing.”

“Just, did you see the strategic plan? Have you reviewed it? Have you read it? Did you provide input into it?” Steil insisted. Benson denied providing input.

“We provided under the boundaries of the MOU a URL to the SBA, so that they could register voters through their website,” Benson said.

“Just, have you seen the Small Business Administration strategic plan?” Steil repeated.

Benson finally denied this: “I said no.” Steil asked her to confirm the answer, and she retorted that he was “barraging” her with questions.

Steil said Congress has been seeking federal agencies’ strategic plans regarding the “Bidenbucks” order, but agencies have been stonewalling legislators. 

“These agencies are using our taxpayer dollars to put forward a partisan get-out-the-vote effort, and they won’t provide the strategic plan,” Steil said. “This administration, the Biden administration, continues to hide their strategic plan from every taxpayer in this country, and I think that does not encourage people to have more confidence in their elections.”

Murphy also asked Benson about her office’s work with Biden’s Department of Veteran Affairs.

“You’re aware that the VA by executive order is enrolling people, correct, in your state?” Murphy asked. Benson confirmed this.

The Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project published documents yesterday showing Michigan’s executive branch is working with the VA to register voters in Saginaw County and Detroit, which is Wayne County. Biden won both counties in 2020.

Murphy said the VA’s Michigan voter outreach programs are targeting Democrat districts, which Benson denied: “It’s a website, so it is available to everybody.” The state offers online voter registration, which requires affirmation but not proof of citizenship.

“This is where the angst and the anger comes from, because this administration has said, ‘Oh, yeah, we’re doing transparent things,’ but we’re not doing transparent things,” Murphy said. “It is absolutely for Democrats. It is absolutely to try to change elections.”

Denying Voter ID

Steil asked New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver, a Democrat, if she thought requiring voter identification could boost public confidence in elections.

“Would photo ID increase Americans’ confidence in their elections, yes or no?” Steil asked.

“Mr. Ranking Member, I don’t believe so,” Toulouse Oliver replied.

“You don’t believe that having an individual show their photo ID, saying they are who they say they are, increases confidence in our elections?” Steil asked.

“Mr. Chairman, you asked me a yes or no question. I don’t think that’s a magic bullet,” Toulouse Oliver said.

“I’m not asking if it’s a magic bullet,” Steil replied, before asking Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a Republican, the same question.

“100 percent, Mr. Chairman, and it’s vastly popular among both Republicans and Democrats,” LaRose said. 

Murphy asked Toulouse Oliver why she would not embrace voter ID.

“We do have voter ID in New Mexico; we just have a variety of different ways that voters can confirm their identity,” she replied. 

But according to her own office’s website, “You do not have to present identification to vote in a statewide election.” One must only show ID when registering to vote for the first time, and acceptable forms include a utility bill, paycheck, or student ID.

“It’s B.S. to think it is suppressing the vote. B.S. B.S. And the only other reason that people would want that is so that people could vote who are not eligible to vote,” Murphy said. “This is where the angst comes from. It comes from lack of transparency. It comes from smugness. It comes from the fact this administration is doing everything it can to push one particular narrative into a one-party state.”

For more election news and updates, visit electionbriefing.com.



TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: cheating; deadvoters; michigan; rigging; tampering; voterfraud; voterrolls
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1 posted on 09/12/2024 9:39:54 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Here we go!


2 posted on 09/12/2024 9:43:50 AM PDT by laweeks (///)
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To: SeekAndFind

Dead people are their best voters


3 posted on 09/12/2024 9:45:51 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: SeekAndFind

“Dirty Josey” Benson, the Michigan Secretary of Soros.


4 posted on 09/12/2024 9:46:41 AM PDT by kiryandil (Kraft durch Freude! - The Kamunist and The Walzrus )
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To: SeekAndFind

... and, Ms. Benson, how many 120+ year old persons voted in Wayne County in 2020?


5 posted on 09/12/2024 9:46:51 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (“Giving money & power to government is like giving whiskey & car keys to teenage boys” P.J. O’Rourke)
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To: SeekAndFind

“Why does it take a lawsuit by the Public Interest Legal Foundation to sue you to get those people off the voter rolls?” Murphy asked Benson.

“That lawsuit was dismissed,” Benson replied.

Kind of an admission of guilt on Benson’s part, yes?


6 posted on 09/12/2024 9:52:29 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: SeekAndFind

There are dead people on the voter rolls of every state.

it would be impossible to have otherwise.

The proper question would be “Are there people on the voter rolls that have been dead for more than 45 days.”

the answer to that should be no, unless they were never reported dead.


7 posted on 09/12/2024 9:53:34 AM PDT by algore
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To: SeekAndFind

I just do not see Trump being able to overcome the corruption, too much of it and to widespread.


8 posted on 09/12/2024 9:53:37 AM PDT by dpetty121263
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They will remove them from the voter registration list as soon as the deceased person hand delivers a properly notarized death certificate on themselves to the County Clerk.


9 posted on 09/12/2024 9:55:37 AM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: SeekAndFind

The fraud is no longer concealed. There’s no effort to hide it.


10 posted on 09/12/2024 9:55:54 AM PDT by Spok (Lots of protocol but nothing gets done.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Then it’s a yes


11 posted on 09/12/2024 9:56:32 AM PDT by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: butlerweave

My father died in 2000 as a lifelong Republican and has be voting in Leelanau County MI every election since 2000.NO MAtter who asks you can never be removed from the MI voting rolls. MI is in the crosshairs for Clinton revenge for 2016. Detroit should prepare for bus loads of Haitians.


12 posted on 09/12/2024 9:56:52 AM PDT by cnsmom
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To: SeekAndFind

So then Congress can refuse to certify any results from Michigan until she addresses this, right? Right…?


13 posted on 09/12/2024 9:57:59 AM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: SeekAndFind

BTTT


14 posted on 09/12/2024 10:00:36 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: SeekAndFind
“We provided under the boundaries of the MOU a URL to the SBA, so that they could register voters through their website,” Benson said.

How does the SBA verify citizenship, residency, and age qualifications? From what I can see, they don't.

15 posted on 09/12/2024 10:07:43 AM PDT by econjack
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Democrat voter fraud is in high gear.


Case in point.

Pres Reagan signed into law the 1986 Uniformed and
Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA):
<><>to protect a time-honored tradition of overseas voting
<><>to enhance US citizens abroad and U.S. military members’ right to vote
<><>yet, federal law doesn’t provide clear, commonsense rules
<><>for how overseas voters register to vote
<><>or how their votes are compiled and counted.
<><>ergo, states can make their own laws — even bad ones.

But in August, we learned that Democrats have gone global, committing $300,000 to register and influence 9 million overseas voters — even though the federal government says only 2.4 million legal voters live in other countries. That’s 6.4 million votes that Democrats want to find...that don’t exist. The group financing the efforts——Democrats Abroad—— told CBS News that the ballots are likely to favor Kamala Harris.

Contact the RNC
310 1st St SE
Washington, DC 20003
(202) 863-8500


16 posted on 09/12/2024 10:11:01 AM PDT by Liz (Faith is believing what you cannot see; its reward is to see what you believe. St Augustine)
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To: SeekAndFind

IMO—— EVERY SINGLE STATE SHOULD REQUIRE A COPY OF A DEATH CERTIFICATE TO BE SENT TO THE COUNTY RECORDER-—AND THAT COUNTY RECORDER SHOULD BE REQUIRED -—IN WRITING-—TO VERIFY THAT THEY HAVE REMOVED THAT DEAD PERSON FROM THE VOTER ROLLS.

NO EXCEPTIONS.


17 posted on 09/12/2024 10:11:25 AM PDT by ridesthemiles (not giving up on TRUMP---EVER)
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To: SeekAndFind
Michigan Secretary of State Refuses to Tell Congress...

In which event, Congress should not accept Michigan's Certificate of Electoral Votes at the Jan6 2025 Special Session.

18 posted on 09/12/2024 10:11:26 AM PDT by frog in a pot
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To: ridesthemiles

But will they stay dead?


19 posted on 09/12/2024 10:15:29 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: SeekAndFind

dead people can vote a hundreds time each for the DNC slate
and nobody’s the wiser


20 posted on 09/12/2024 10:17:33 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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