Category: Jocelyn Benson

Michigan Secretary of State Warns County Boards Against Ordering Audits

May 29, 2021
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The office of the Michigan secretary of state has told two county clerks that they do not legally have to provide access to voting equipment maintained by their office if ordered to do so by county boards. “The Board has no authority to require you or any municipal clerk to provide external access to voting…

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Michigan Judge Rules State Secretary’s Ballot Signature-Matching Guidance Invalid

March 17, 2021
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A Michigan judge ruled last week that Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s last October guidance relating to ballot signature verification was not in compliance with the law and thus it’s invalid. Michigan Republican Party and Allegan County clerk Robert Genetski filed the lawsuit on Nov. 2, 2020, against Benson and Jonathan Brater, director of the…

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Judge Rules Michigan Ballot Signature-Matching Guidance Invalid

March 17, 2021
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A Michigan judge has ruled that the state’s Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s guidance last October relating to ballot signature verification wasn’t in compliance with the law and is invalid. “The standards issued by defendant Benson on October 6, 2020, with respect to signature-matching requirements amounted to a ‘rule’ that should have been promulgated in…

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