by Ben Whedon at Just the News
The Republican National Committee on Thursday filed an election integrity lawsuit against Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, alleging that she had worked to covertly undercut the state’s absentee voting safeguards.
At issue is a memorandum Benson sent to election officials ahead of the state’s presidential primary encouraging them to apply a “presumption of validity” to signatures on absentee ballot requests, which the RNC contends violates the state constitution’s signature matching requirement.
“This new rule, however, is directly inconsistent with the plain language of the Michigan Constitution and the Michigan Election Law,” the suit stated. It further highlighted a rule Benson promulgated that grants election officials broad leeway to account for discrepancies in signatures on return envelopes with signatures on file, which the RNC described as permitting verification based on “mere speculation.”
“Michigan’s State Constitution is very clear:…
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