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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
canuckledragger
(1,897 posts)multigraincracker
(33,957 posts)Enough said. Magat Capital of the state. I use to live in the county next door.
gibraltar72
(7,629 posts)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.
paleotn
(19,086 posts)Ours is called Essex County, VT.
turbinetree
(25,240 posts)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
(19,283 posts)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
(242 posts)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.
DownriverDem
(6,614 posts)very red parts of the state. You could live where it's blue.
ShazzieB
(18,529 posts)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.
DownriverDem
(6,614 posts)the state are very red and batshit trumper crazy.
Harker
(14,808 posts)This isn't the first story of this ilk.
keithbvadu2
(39,926 posts)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
(23,738 posts)Trust me: you do not want the old one back. If it shows up, shred it.