Michigan Republicans weighed submitting mismatching signatures to test ballot process

Members of the Clinton County Republican Party discussed a plan to submit inconsistent signatures with absentee ballots in order "to test" Michigan's voting verification process, according to a Saturday newsletter from the organization.

Ultimately, the Clinton County GOP decided not to go forward with the idea because of concerns about drawing criminal charges, the newsletter said.

"After some discussion and the possibility of being charged with election interference or potentially fraud, we decided to not pursue that course of action," wrote Stephen Willis, chairman of the county party, in the newsletter.

Clinton County, which is located north of Lansing, has a population of about 80,000. The Saturday newsletter points to both the concerns some Republicans continue to have about Michigan's election system and the lengths they've been considering going to in order to investigate their worries, less than two weeks before the pivotal Nov. 5 presidential election.



https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2024/10/21/clinton-county-michigan-republicans-weighed-plan-to-test-absentee-ballot-process/75783614007/