Michigan Secretary of State ordered clerks to ignore the law on absentee ballots!
LANSING, Michigan (PNN) - March 17, 2021 - After countless irregularities in the 2020 election and questions that arose due to the handling of ballots, counting of ballots, and absentee ballots, a Michigan judge has ruled that Michigan’s Secretary of State did in fact direct city clerks to ignore signature matching law on absentee ballots in the 2020 election. However, the ruling appears to be too little too late to have any effect on the fantastically mismanaged 2020 election that millions of reasonable Amerikans do not trust.
A 2019 lawsuit filed in Michigan by Marc Elias of the infamous Democrat law firm Perkins Coie on behalf of the progressive group Priorities USA insisted that signature verification was somehow illegal because it disenfranchised voters.
State Court of Claims Judge Christopher Murray has ruled invalid Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s guidance issued to Michigan clerks in early October that instructed them to presume the accuracy of absentee ballot signatures.
Because Benson did not go through the proper rule-making process when issuing the guidance, clerks do not need to comply with it for future elections, Murray ruled last week.
“The presumption is found nowhere in state law,” wrote Murray, an appointee of former Governor John Engler. “The mandatory presumption goes beyond the realm of mere advice and direction, and instead is a substantive directive that adds to the pertinent signature-matching standards.”
But the ruling has come too late to matter, despite all the irregular data.
“The Michigan Republican Party, one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, celebrated the decision but noted it came too late to make a difference in the November election.”
Michigan law requires clerks to match required signatures on absentee ballot applications and absentee ballot envelopes with the voter signature on file to ensure the person submitting the ballot is the same one registered to vote in Michigan.
