{"id":2287068,"date":"2024-07-01T10:26:54","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T14:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mi-lawmakers-just-made-it-easier-to-commit-election-fraud-2\/"},"modified":"2024-07-01T10:30:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-01T14:30:46","slug":"mi-lawmakers-just-made-it-easier-to-commit-election-fraud-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mi-lawmakers-just-made-it-easier-to-commit-election-fraud-2\/","title":{"rendered":"MI Lawmakers Just Made It Easier To Commit Election Fraud"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fmi-lawmakers-just-made-it-easier-to-commit-election-fraud-2%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=2287068&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>Last week, Michigan passed \u2062legislation that could hinder the recounting process in case of suspected election fraud in the upcoming November elections. The bills in question, Senate Bills 603 and 604, would make it\u2063 difficult to recount votes by requiring fraud allegations to be referred to county prosecutors, potentially allowing voter fraud to go unchecked. This change would \u200bstrip the bipartisan board \u200bof canvassers in each county of\u2062 their authority\u2063 to investigate voting fraud. Michigan House Republicans have expressed concerns \u200babout the bills, which increase \u200bfees for\u2064 requesting a recount and limit the reasons for initiating one \u2064to\u200d only alleging an error that could change the election outcome. Critics argue\u2062 that the bills could \u2063prevent counties \u2064from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/letter-on-hunter-bidens-laptop-shows-2017-deal-with-qatar-undermining-trump-admin\/\" title=\"Letter on Hunter Biden\u2019s Laptop Shows 2017 Deal With Qatar Undermining Trump Admin\">investigating election interference<\/a> and\u2062 could intimidate those \u2062questioning election results, leading to a lack of\u2064 accountability and \u200cintegrity in the state&#8217;s elections. Michigan Republicans\u2063 are voicing serious concerns\u2063 about the potential impact of these bills on election transparency and public trust. Additionally, they point to\u200c past election controversies in the state, such as the 2020 presidential election, to highlight the importance of maintaining \u2064robust election \u200claws. These <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/binance-ceo-steps-down-crypto-company-charged-with-record-4-3b-in-damages\/\" title=\"Binance CEO Steps Down, Crypto Company Charged With Record .3B In Damages\">recent developments underscore<\/a> the growing concern about mounting election interference efforts in Michigan and the \u200bneed to ensure the integrity of the electoral process.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Last week, Michigan passed legislation obstructing the process of recounting votes in the event of suspected election fraud this November. Senate Bills 603 and 604 would, if enacted, thwart the ability to recount votes through several means, chiefly by requiring any fraud allegations to be referred to the county prosecutor (i.e. Democrat district attorneys), rather than conducting a recount through bipartisan boards. <\/p>\n<p>Republican state senators are sounding the alarm on the threat this poses to the integrity of their state\u2019s elections. The <a href=\"https:\/\/legislature.mi.gov\/documents\/2023-2024\/billanalysis\/House\/pdf\/2023-HLA-0603-6C1B4E59.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pair of bills<\/a>, passed in conjunction with one another, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-passes-two-democratic-voting-bills-with-a-quirk-that-allows-them-to-skirt-one-filibuster-vote\/\" title=\"House Passes Two Democratic Voting Bills \u2013 With A Quirk That Allows Them To Skirt One Filibuster Vote\">invite voter fraud<\/a> by making investigating the fraud nearly impossible.<\/p>\n<p>Each <a href=\"https:\/\/www.waynecounty.com\/elected\/clerk\/board-of-canvassers.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">county<\/a> in Michigan has a board of canvassers that reports to the Board of State Canvassers. Each board is bipartisan with two Democrats and two Republicans. Under current Michigan law, these boards have the authority to investigate fraud with respect to voting. But these Democrat-pushed bills completely strip that away. Not only do they double the fees for a candidate to request a recount, but they also change the definition of what constitutes investigation at all. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder current law, recounts of votes can be done based on the allegation of fraud or a mistake. The legislation removes fraud as a reason for a recount,\u201d a <a href=\"https:\/\/gophouse.org\/posts\/rep-bollin-michigan-election-laws-must-fight-fraud-make-fair-accommodations-for-local-recounts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a> released last week from Michigan House Republicans reads. \u201cIt also states that recount petitions may only allege an error and must state that there would have been a different outcome in the election without that error.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>These bills not only remove potential fraud as a cause for recount but also specify that recount petitions may only be brought if they would have changed the election results. <\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mifairelections.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Michigan Fair Elections<\/a> Chair Patrice Johnson, this provision in Section 861(a) was delicately constructed to chill and intimidate the questioning of election results, as doing so would result in an arduous, expensive legal matter. Regardless of legitimate errors involved, one needs to be able to prove outright that it would have upended an entire election. This directly prevents the counties\u2019 ability to investigate election interference as a whole. <\/p>\n<p>Another section states that any and all genuine suspicions of fraud must be worded as suspicions of \u201cerror, rather than fraud or mistake \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSection 862 guts candidates\u2019 right to question fraud. It ties their hands to requesting recounts, limited to cases in which the number of votes could overturn the results,\u201d Johnson said in an interview. \u201cIt quashes free speech in the use of the word fraud. Suspicions of fraud must be worded as suspicions of errors. Shades of George Orwell\u2019s <em>1984<\/em> and Aldous Huxley\u2019s <em>Brave New World<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly, Michigan Republicans are voicing serious concern. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPassing a law crippling checks and balances of our election system only further deepens public distrust,\u201d Republican Michigan Rep. Greg Markkanen, who voted against the bill, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/michigan\/article_c67fe068-2cb2-11ef-b843-6351d03e90b9.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reportedly<\/a> said in a news release. \u201cThe world is full of bad people who may do bad things, including defraud our elections. Our system must be robust and equipped with all the tools necessary to uncover and investigate all discrepancies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Michigan GOP Sen. Ruth Johnson, who serves on the Senate Elections Committee and also as the former Michigan secretary of state, has <a href=\"https:\/\/gophouse.org\/posts\/rep-smit-democrats-attempt-to-alter-states-recount-procedures-will-weaken-election-laws\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">come out strongly against<\/a> the bills. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, Michigan has 104.5% of our state\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mi-lawmakers-just-made-it-easier-to-commit-election-fraud\/\" title=\"MI Lawmakers Simplify Process for Election Fraud\">voting-age population registered<\/a> to vote. No photo ID is required to vote. We have no system to tell if someone votes in multiple states and the current secretary of state failed to remove 170,000 names from the voting rolls of people who no longer lived in the state until after she was sued,\u201d said Sen. Johnson in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.senatorruthjohnson.com\/johnson-blasts-bills-that-strip-ability-to-investigate-election-fraud-during-recounts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">press release<\/a>.\u00a0 \u201cIf we want people to have faith in the electoral process, we should not be taking away people\u2019s rights to have allegations of election fraud investigated during a recount.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><strong>We\u2019ve Seen This Before<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Michigan GOP has good reason to be on high alert regarding election laws in their state after the last presidential cycle. In 2020, Michigan conducted one of the worst elections ever seen in American history. The epicenter of the chaos was Detroit, the state\u2019s largest city. <\/p>\n<p>President Trump ended the evening with a comfortable lead in the state. However, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/11\/04\/yes-democrats-are-trying-to-steal-the-election-in-michigan-wisconsin-and-pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">thousands and thousands<\/a> of ballots materialized overnight, and Trump\u2019s advantage withered away under these massive vote dumps as Biden took the lead. At the TCF Center, the Detroit site where the votes were being counted, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-election-michigan\/michigan-still-counting-votes-angry-poll-watchers-barred-in-detroit-trump-sues-idUSKBN27K2AQ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">poll watchers were reportedly barred<\/a> from entering the arena, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/12\/01\/michigan-poll-workers-testify-on-election-violations-calling-detroit-ballot-counting-a-madhouse\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">affidavits<\/a> alleging misconduct were plentiful, and the overall sense was that something rotten had occurred.<\/p>\n<p>Such concerning behavior will only worsen in 2024 if these Senate measures are allowed to put an unprecedented amount of power in the hands of the Democrat district attorney of Detroit.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Mounting Election Interference Efforts in Michigan<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This November, both the Biden and Trump campaigns\u2019 success hinges on winning the swing state of Michigan to reach 270 electoral votes. Despite Trump\u2019s drastically <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/04\/19\/us-news\/trump-leads-biden-in-michigan-and-georgia-razor-close-in-2-other-battleground-states-new-poll-finds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">increasing<\/a> popularity in the Great Lake state, the power of left-wing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.policedefense.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Justice_For_Sale_LELDF_report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">George Soros-linked<\/a> district attorneys \u2014 in a state whose governor is one of the most prominent activists <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/news\/michigan-gov-gretchen-whitmer-campaigns-for-biden-in-wisconsin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">campaigning for Biden<\/a> \u2014 cannot be overstated. <\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s more, this legislation comes on the heels of the Michigan attorney general\u2019s indictment of 16 so-called <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/05\/02\/the-lefts-phony-fake-electors-crusade-ramps-up-as-2024-election-draws-closer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cfalse electors,\u201d<\/a> who exercised their due diligence modeled in multiple elections throughout U.S. history \u2014 including by Democrats in both the election of 1876 and 1960 \u2014 to prepare for the possible event of Joe Biden\u2019s win in the state being overturned. This preposterous prosecution, now followed by Senate Bills 603 and 604, is more evidence that Michigan Democrats seek to chill Republicans\u2019 freedom to speak out against suspicious election administration. <\/p>\n<p>These bills tie the hands of voters and candidates. They aren\u2019t attempts to streamline an election because none of these maneuvers makes the election simpler. They are yet another tactic employed by the left in its war against our Republic.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Allison Schuster is a contributor and former intern for The Federalist as well as a proud 2021 graduate of Hillsdale College. Follow her on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AllisonShoeStor\"> @allisonshoestor.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan recently passed legislation that would hinder the recounting of votes in cases of suspected election fraud. The bills, if enacted, would make it difficult to investigate fraud allegations and would require them to be referred to county prosecutors instead of bipartisan boards. This has raised concerns among Republican state senators about the integrity of the state&#8217;s elections. The bills also increase fees for recount requests and change the criteria for what can be investigated. Critics argue that these measures limit the ability to investigate election interference and prevent candidates from questioning fraud. Michigan Republicans are worried about the impact of these bills on the electoral process, especially after the chaotic 2020 election in the state. They believe that these measures give too much power to Democrat district attorneys and could lead to further election interference<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1064,"featured_media":2287069,"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\/06\/Image-6-26-24-at-2.02%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[32360,3673,33427],"class_list":["post-2287068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-election-fraud","tag-lawmakers","tag-mi"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Image-6-26-24-at-2.02%E2%80%AFPM-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287068","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\/1064"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2287068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2287068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2287069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2287068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2287068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2287068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}