{"id":2198655,"date":"2024-03-13T17:28:13","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T21:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-has-more-registered-voters-than-eligible-citizens-in-53-counties-says-rnc-lawsuit\/"},"modified":"2024-03-13T17:33:19","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T21:33:19","slug":"michigan-has-more-registered-voters-than-eligible-citizens-in-53-counties-says-rnc-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/michigan-has-more-registered-voters-than-eligible-citizens-in-53-counties-says-rnc-lawsuit\/","title":{"rendered":"RNC Lawsuit Claims 53 Michigan Counties Have More Voters Than Eligible Residents"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fmichigan-has-more-registered-voters-than-eligible-citizens-in-53-counties-says-rnc-lawsuit%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=2198655&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--><div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n      <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In a bold move that captures nationwide attention, the <strong>Republican \u2063National Committee (RNC)<\/strong> has taken \u200blegal action against Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson,\u2063 citing concerns over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alaskas-special-election-is-a-template-for-how-the-left-wants-to-rig-the-vote\/\" title=\"Alaska\u2019s Special Election Is A Template For How The Left Wants To Rig The Vote\">bloated voter rolls<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The RNC&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/prod-static.gop.com\/media\/documents\/1_Complaint_1710344302.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">legal filing<\/a> points \u200bto\u2063 a startling discrepancy: an alleged <strong>53 out \u2064of 83 Michigan counties<\/strong> \u2063host more registered voters than eligible citizens. \u200dMoreover, \u200ban additional 23 counties reportedly maintain voter registration rates exceeding\u200d 90%, a figure that\u2062 significantly deviates from national standards.<\/p>\n<h2>A Concerned Committee&#8217;s Legal Challenge<\/h2>\n<p>Following a formal \u200cwarning in December requesting corrective action within 90 days, the RNC emphasizes \u2063its concern through this lawsuit. The legislative\u2062 underpinning for their argument, <strong>Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA)<\/strong>, mandates accurate voter registration maintenance and the removal of ineligible voters \u200ddue to deceased status or address changes.<\/p>\n<p>The legal claim suggests that\u200d Benson has not fulfilled her duty to\u2064 purge\u200b these ineligible entries, with the RNC \u2063arguing this negligence could damage the\u2063 integrity of the electoral process by\u200b increasing fraud\u200b risk \u2064and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-led-wisconsin-impeachment-panel-sued-by-liberal-watchdog-over-secrecy\/\" title=\"Liberal watchdog sues GOP-led Wisconsin impeachment panel for 'secrecy'.\">eroding public\u2064 trust<\/a> in elections.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cSeveral Michigan counties have \u2064inactive registration\u2062 rates of 15% or greater, well\u2062 above the state and national \u2064averages,\u201d the suit reads.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Evidence \u200bof Inaction?<\/h3>\n<p>A\u2062 comparable lawsuit from\u2064 the <strong>Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF)<\/strong> emerged in 2021 but was ultimately dismissed,\u2063 with the court deciding that Michigan had, in fact, been removing deceased voters from its rolls, adhering to the NVRA. Despite this court decision, questions linger from the PILF&#8217;s earlier accusation that nearly 26,000 \u200cdeceased individuals were incorrectly included on Michigan&#8217;s voter rolls in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Among these, the late Pauline Schmainda, who passed away in\u200d 1990,\u2062 was surprisingly found on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/evidence-of-foreign-influence-in-2020-election-nevada-secretary-of-state-caught-sending-voter-data-list-to-pakistani-firm-linked-to-isi\/\" title=\"Evidence of Foreign Influence in 2020 Election: Nevada Secretary of State Caught Sending Voter Data List to Pakistani Firm Linked to ISI\">voter list<\/a> as the suit proceeded. Her continued presence\u2064 on the rolls, despite clear documentation of\u2062 her death three decades prior, raises eyebrows.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, the case&#8217;s dismissal by U.S. District Court Judge\u200b Jane Beckering emphasizes the \u200cstate&#8217;s proactive\u2064 measures to maintain clean voter lists, a viewpoint not shared by PILF attorneys who cite the presence of the deceased as evidence to the\u200c contrary.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Brianna Lyman, navigating the complexities of election integrity, reports on this unfolding\u200c legal drama as an elections correspondent.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div data-image data-amount=\"5\">\n<h2>Popular\u2064 Now<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/#\"><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The RNC sues Michigan&#8217;s Secretary of State, alleging 53 counties have inflated voter rolls surpassing the number of eligible residents, with 23 other counties also implicated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":2198656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/22568686460_8bf3bbabb7_k-e1710360043127.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2198655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/22568686460_8bf3bbabb7_k-e1710360043127.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2198655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2198655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2198655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2198656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2198655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2198655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2198655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}