Posted on 11/16/2025 9:31:51 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Michigan Sec. of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, will oversee her own election results when she appears on the ballot.
On Thursday 22 GOP members of the Michigan House and Senate sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi requesting that the Department of Justice (DOJ) send election monitors to provide oversight for Michigan’s 2026 primary and general elections.
One of their major causes of concern? Michigan’s secretary of state, Democrat Jocelyn Benson — the state’s chief election official and consistent opponent of election integrity — is running for governor, and in 2026 she will oversee her own election results when she appears on the ballot.
There is recent precedent for the lawmakers’ suggested move, with the DOJ having monitored polling sites in six jurisdictions in California and New Jersey this month for the Nov. 4 election. “Transparency at the polls translates into faith in the electoral process,” Bondi said in a statement announcing the plan. DOJ monitors were in Passaic County, New Jersey, and in California’s Kern, Riverside, Fresno, Orange, and Los Angeles Counties.
“Secretary Benson will be administering an election in which she has a direct personal stake in the outcome,” the GOP lawmakers noted. “Such a situation risks compromising the impartiality required for fair election oversight and demands external federal scrutiny to maintain public trust.” The letter goes on to describe numerous troubling decisions Benson has made.
Benson has refused to share Michigan’s statewide voter registration lists with federal authorities. The DOJ went to court on Sept. 25 to demand the records from Michigan and four other Democrat-led states, along with New Hampshire. The move prevents the attorney general from examining the records and enforcing the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA) and the Help America Vote Act (HAVA), which were created “to ensure that...”
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Here we go. Another Arizona type election?
Identical circumstances to the (stolen) election of Katie Hobbs v. Kari Lake in Arizona in 2022.
Yep, just like that thieving bitch Hobbs. Benson will use the SOS office to steal the Governor race.
Same game plan that worked in Arizona.
Yep, that’s what I immediately though of as well.
Lake had a solid 5-7 point lead in 22. Hobbs still stole it because she controlled the SOS office. Mi also has a rat Gov and AG so who is going to stop Benson?
Asking Attorney General Pam Bondi for help? She’s too busy doing nothing. All bark and no bite, not one prosecution since taking office.
Uh, has she not heard the term “conflict of interest”? Guess she thought Arizona was precedent setting enough that she could do it too.
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