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demmiblue

(37,849 posts)
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 01:18 PM Oct 2021

Voting machine missing after Michigan clerk stripped of election power

LANSING — Michigan officials say they are preparing to launch a criminal investigation after election equipment at the center of a voting tabulator conspiracy theory went missing this week in a rural, conservative community.

Adams Township Clerk Stephanie Scott, a Republican whose social media has included QAnon memes, had refused to allow a vendor to conduct routine maintenance on a Hart Intercivic Inc. voting machine.

Hillsdale County Clerk Marney Kast, a fellow Republican who the state tasked with running the local election instead of Scott, told Bridge Michigan her office attempted to retrieve the Adams Township equipment earlier this week but was unable to locate the tablet, which she described as the “brains” of the machine.

"I don't know where it's at or if it's been tampered with," Kast said.

Scott, the Adams Township clerk, did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Thursday from Bridge.

In a rare move, the Michigan Bureau of Elections this week stripped Scott of her election administration authority, accusing the first-term clerk of refusing to fulfill her “legal responsibilities” and spreading misinformation about the tabulators used in Hillsdale County.

https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-government/voting-machine-missing-after-michigan-clerk-stripped-election-power
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Voting machine missing after Michigan clerk stripped of election power (Original Post) demmiblue Oct 2021 OP
Trying to hide the evidence. canuckledragger Oct 2021 #1
Hillsdale County. multigraincracker Oct 2021 #2
I still do live in Hillsdale County. gibraltar72 Oct 2021 #4
Every state's got one...or more... paleotn Oct 2021 #8
So if I was taxpayer in said state and someone misplaced them or they were missing turbinetree Oct 2021 #3
Wow! This is just crazy JohnnyRingo Oct 2021 #5
Not moving to Michigan ZERTErYNOthe Oct 2021 #6
Those are DownriverDem Oct 2021 #9
I feel the same way about staying in Illinois. ShazzieB Oct 2021 #11
Parts of DownriverDem Oct 2021 #7
I wonder how widespread the criminality is. Harker Oct 2021 #10
I do NOT trust voting machines. keithbvadu2 Oct 2021 #12
Simple solution: buy a new tablet to replace the stolen one. JustABozoOnThisBus Oct 2021 #13
Statement on the recovery of Adams Township missing election equipment LetMyPeopleVote Oct 2021 #14

gibraltar72

(7,629 posts)
4. I still do live in Hillsdale County.
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 04:01 PM
Oct 2021

the home of Midvale College. Quite the subject of discussion. This coming election was for the kids a millage request. The Nazis have taken over the county party.

turbinetree

(25,267 posts)
3. So if I was taxpayer in said state and someone misplaced them or they were missing
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 03:51 PM
Oct 2021

would that not constitute theft of officially paid for machines by said taxpayers....because grand theft is still grand theft.....just lock her ass up....

JohnnyRingo

(19,310 posts)
5. Wow! This is just crazy
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 04:03 PM
Oct 2021

We've always had partisanship, but our election officials took their responsibilities seriously.

It's as though an orange mental disease has descended upon the land causing people to act irrationally.
I'm tired of slapping their wrists.

ZERTErYNOthe

(243 posts)
6. Not moving to Michigan
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 04:08 PM
Oct 2021

I have been considering moving permanently to Michigan to be close to family. I already spend a lot of time there, and have for most of my life, but after stories like this, and the one about the Kent County health director being run off the road, and so many others .... well, I've cancelled plans to move back. I won't be a part of their economy. It feels bad, but staying where I am is now a better option.

ShazzieB

(18,657 posts)
11. I feel the same way about staying in Illinois.
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 04:23 PM
Oct 2021

There are states with a lower cost of living, but most of them are red, and the way those states have handled covid has convinced me that moving to any of them would not be worth the risks.

When it comes down to it, I like living in a blue state. Not having to fend off maskholes every time I go out in public is a nice perk, but it goes way beyond that..

Sort of the opposite to you situation, but I think you can see the parallel.

keithbvadu2

(40,107 posts)
12. I do NOT trust voting machines.
Thu Oct 28, 2021, 07:02 PM
Oct 2021

I do NOT trust voting machines.

Too easily hacked.

Proprietary software.

Cellphone modems in some of them

No printer for hard copy backup
......... Too expensive? BS on that!

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PAPER ballots all the way!

JustABozoOnThisBus

(23,763 posts)
13. Simple solution: buy a new tablet to replace the stolen one.
Fri Oct 29, 2021, 01:24 PM
Oct 2021

Trust me: you do not want the old one back. If it shows up, shred it.

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