{"id":1718863,"date":"2022-10-31T17:17:31","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T21:17:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1718863"},"modified":"2022-10-31T17:18:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T21:18:00","slug":"rnc-sues-flint-michigan-for-stacking-polls-with-democrat-workers-ahead-of-key-midterm-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rnc-sues-flint-michigan-for-stacking-polls-with-democrat-workers-ahead-of-key-midterm-election\/","title":{"rendered":"RNC Sues Flint, Michigan For Stacking Polls With Democrat Workers Ahead Of Key Midterm Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frnc-sues-flint-michigan-for-stacking-polls-with-democrat-workers-ahead-of-key-midterm-election%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1718863&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The Republican National Committee has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2022\/10\/28\/michigan-gop-rnc-sue-flint-officials-over-poll-worker-hires\/69600861007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">filed a lawsuit<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislature.mi.gov\/(S(boljsfqfimykrlpbbcmcsugj))\/mileg.aspx?page=getObject&#038;objectName=mcl-168-674\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Michigan law<\/a> requires election officials appoint an equal number \u201cof election inspectors in each election precinct from each major political party.\u201d Despite a demand letter <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/09\/12\/exclusive-rnc-slams-michigan-cities-failure-appoint-equal-number-republican-election-inspectors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">from the RNC<\/a>, 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.<\/p>\n<p>That means only 18 percent of Flint\u2019s approximately 680 election inspectors are Republican. Not to mention that on the city\u2019s absentee ballot counting boards, the lawsuit claims, there are only six Republicans to 56 Democrats \u2014 a 9 to 1 ratio. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMichigan 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,\u201d RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said in a statement. \u201cThis is unacceptable and unfair to Michigan voters: Republicans are going to court to deliver the fairness that Michiganders deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The RNC\u2019s lawsuit follows another election-related controversy in Flint. <\/p>\n<p>After reports surfaced that city officials had <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/06\/city-officials-in-flint-michigan-disproportionately-hired-democratic-poll-watchers-in-violation-of-state-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">disproportionately hired more Democrat than Republican poll watchers<\/a> during Michigan\u2019s 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\u2019s longtime, controversy-riddled city clerk, Inez Brown, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/23\/flint-mich-clerk-resigns-after-elections-group-calls-out-lopsided-number-of-democrat-poll-watchers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced she was stepping down<\/a> two days after receiving the letter. <\/p>\n<p> Victoria Marshall is a staff writer at The Federalist. Her writing has been featured in the New York Post, National Review, and Townhall. She graduated from Hillsdale College in May 2021 with a major in politics and a minor in journalism. Follow her on Twitter @vemrshll.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Republican National Committee has\u00a0filed 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. 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