Posted on 10/19/2024 6:53:16 AM PDT by george76
Michigan’s top election official, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, is the subject of a bar complaint over her department’s actions to keep independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name on the ballot.
State Sen. Ruth Johnson, a Republican who immediately preceded Benson as secretary of state, filed the bar complaint alleging that Benson manipulated procedures to undermine the Nov. 5 election.
Michigan is one of the most fiercely contested battleground states. Vice President Kamala Harris, a Democrat, and former President Donald Trump, a Republican, are separated by a single percentage point, according to the Real Clear Politics average of polls.
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Johnson’s formal complaint to the State Bar of Michigan contends that Benson represented to numerous courts that there was a statutory deadline to finalize the list of candidates for the state ballot. However, the complaint says, Benson ignored her own deadline to keep Kennedy’s name on the ballot.
Before Kennedy suspended his campaign and endorsed Trump, polls showed he likely pulled more votes from Trump than Harris. Thus, keeping Kennedy on the ballot in Michigan would likely help Harris in the swing state. (Kennedy opted to remain on the ballot in other states.)
Johnson’s complaint, filed Oct. 11 with the Attorney Grievance Commission of the State Bar of Michigan, says that Benson violated Rule 3.3 by knowingly making false representations in court. According to the complaint, Benson’s arguments repeatedly were based on false representations of the law as she defended her department’s administration of elections.
“As put forth above, Benson’s conduct rises to false misrepresentation of law. However, in her official capacity as secretary of state, Benson’s framing of state laws for the purpose of furthering her goal is deceitful in nature,” Johnson’s complaint reads. “Benson’s decision to put a candidate back on a ballot, after his name was removed, after the ballots were certified, and after the statutory deadline lapsed, is an abuse of authority as secretary of state resulting in a manipulation of state election procedures and calling into question her political priorities.”
Rule 3.3 of Michigan Rules of Professional Conduct states that “a lawyer shall not knowingly make a false statement of material fact or law to a tribunal or fail to correct a false statement of material fact or law previously made to the tribunal by the lawyer.”
Kennedy, previously a Democrat, suspended his independent candidacy for president in August and notified several state election officials—including in Michigan—that he wanted to be removed from the ballot.
The Michigan Bureau of Elections, an entity of the Michigan Department of State, refused to remove Kennedy’s name from the ballot. So Kennedy sued.
The case went through Michigan courts, which decided to keep Kennedy’s name on the ballot. He appealed to federal court.
Earlier this month, Judge David William McKeague of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit ruled that Benson had attempted to “influence the upcoming presidential election by manipulating state election procedures.”
Johnson’s bar complaint quotes the federal judge as saying: “Secretary Benson’s actions … serve no purpose other than to sow needless confusion in a presidential election,” would “inevitably cause confusion, and … undermine faith in this core democratic institution.”
The Republican National Committee previously filed lawsuits over Benson’s election guidance on matters such as signature verification and mail-in ballot safeguards, and for failing to scrub the voter registration rolls of the names of dead people or voters who moved.
The Public Interest Legal Foundation sued Michigan over Benson’s refusal to remove the names of 26,000 dead people from voter registration lists. Of those, almost 4,000 had been dead for over two decades; 17,479 were dead for more than a decade; 23,663 had been dead for at least five years.
The foundation, an election watchdog group, noted that Benson’s department mismanaged voter rolls.
Typical of Senior Michigan Political Officials.
I don’t think it’s that close. I think people are keeping their vote to themselves and answering the pollsters with what they think they want to hear. This happened in 2016 when Hillary was expected to sweep the election based on the polls. However, due to the onus of voting for Trump, people said they would vote for her, but didn’t do it when the time came in the voting booth. Leaving RFK on the ballot in MI is just another Democrat cheating ploy.
I expect Democrat “plants” to be in demonstrations after Trump wins. I hope the police/National Guard step in quickly and arrest those who lead the demonstrations so we don’t have another Jan 6th debacle.
BULL$HIT!... Separation they speak of is more like 10 to 15% in FAVOR of Trump... and growing larger by the day!
Now truly this one is a DEMONRAT
I believe you are correct, it’s not close.
I’m sure they’ll resolve this sometime around December 9th, in 2028!
People are deserting Kamala in droves and many of those voters who will never vote for Trump will pull the lever for Kennedy.
Why should anyone be a law-abiding citizen when the Michigan Secretary of State is lawless with full intent to keep Trump from securing Michigan.
Elections have nothing to do with the will of the people. It’s simply a struggle for raw power.
Run by the Rulers, regulated by the Rulers, counted by the Rulers. If elections mattered, they wouldn’t let you vote.
Their message is always “sit down and shut up”. None of your business. You have no standing. Folks have had enough of that.
If our PDJT is not allowed a fair election, to win or lose by votes of the Citizens, this country will burn to the ground.
People in Michigan take forever to even order at a drive thru, having 3 names will be so overwhelming they will claim a ballot mix up and counting will require both fingers and toes.
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Get a rope!
Benson is not only lawless, she has very poor judgement. She is a marathon runner and ran the Boston Marathon when she was more than 8 months pregnant.
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The Public Interest Legal Foundation sued Michigan over Benson’s refusal to remove the names of 26,000 dead people from voter registration lists. Of those, almost 4,000 had been dead for over two decades; 17,479 were dead for more than a decade; 23,663 had been dead for at least five years.
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so how many of um are still voting?
-PJ
“Dirty Josey” Benson, like her demonic fellow Soros harpy “Dirty Jena” Griswold, doesn’t miss a trick in her subversion of clean elections.
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