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Tue Apr 25, 2023, 06:12 AM Apr 2023

Michigan official gets house arrest for 2020 ballot sabotage

https://apnews.com/article/michigan-clerk-election-sabotage-5cf11dba7a7e9405b1fa27540240bd25

Michigan official gets house arrest for 2020 ballot sabotage

yesterday

FLINT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — A local official in Michigan accused of breaking a seal on a ballot box in her own election to ensure that votes couldn’t be recounted was sentenced Monday to six months of house arrest.

Kathy Funk, a Democrat, must wear an electronic monitor and also write a public apology for her actions in 2020 as the Flint Township clerk.

In January, Funk pleaded no contest to misconduct in office. A no-contest plea is not an admission of guilt but is used as such at sentencing.

Funk had won the Democratic nomination by just 79 votes out of about 5,300. A recount was not conducted, and she subsequently won the general election that fall. Investigators say she sabotaged the ballot box after the primary election, an act that would make those ballots ineligible for a recount.

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Michigan official gets house arrest for 2020 ballot sabotage (Original Post) sl8 Apr 2023 OP
Stupid thing to do. AllyCat Apr 2023 #1
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