New lawsuits have been filed against MI SOS Jocelyn Benson and Jonathan Brater, Director of the MI Bureau of Elections.
Jocelyn Benson has lost ten lawsuits so far, and that number will continue to rise as she continues to put her finger on those trying to secure elections before November 5, 2024.
Why are so many lawsuits filed against MI SOS?
Why doesn’t Jocelyn Benson want to ensure our elections are conducted in a manner that is unquestionably open, transparent, fair, and most importantly, safe from election interference by certain parties, foreign nations, or outside groups. ?
Should the nation’s top election official be responsible for ensuring that every election official enforces basic requirements like voter identification, US citizenship verification, and signature and address verification? Don’t Michigan voters have the right to feel comfortable knowing that no dead voters cast their ballots on the ballot, outside, third-party groups aren’t trying to register dogs, US Postal workers aren’t dropping stacks of ballots in drop boxes. In strict violation of USPS rules, Election officials or workers are not manipulating voter rolls, and that eligible Voters are allowed to vote ONCE in our Election?
Why would the Secretary of State fight to prevent it from happening?
Last week, I spoke at the Monroe Co., MI GOP Lincoln Day Dinner with the Babylon Bee’s Managing Editor, Joel Berry. During my speech, I explained how easy it is for UOACAVA non-military voters to cheat in our elections. The next day, Berry tweeted about the UOCAVA scam and included an image from the first article in a series that warned of untraceable ways for unknowing voters to cheat using just a computer or smartphone.
How Democrats Used Easy and Almost Undetectable Methods to Steal the Election From Trump – UOCAVA Voters – Who’s Stopping It?
Elon Musk retweeted Berry’s message asking, “Is this true?” President Donald J. Trump also shared our investigative report on Gateway Pundit, telling RNC lawyers, “STOP THIS SCAM NOW!!!”
Curiously, Democrats have announced plans to obtain 1.7 million new voter registrations from swing state “voters” through overseas voting (UOCAVA) in the 2024 election, including 264,256 in the state of Michigan.
Now, MIGOP and the RNC have joined forces to challenge the constitutionality of Michigan SOS Jocelyn Benson’s guidance, allowing overseas or UOCAVA voters who have never lived in Michigan to register to vote in Michigan.
The lawsuit simply states that, according to our constitution, ONLY Michigan residents can vote in our elections:
The Michigan Constitution allows Michigan residents—and only Michigan residents—to vote. See Const. 1963, article. 2, § 1 (“Every citizen of the United States who has attained the age of 21 years, who has resided in this country for six months, and who satisfies the requirements of local residence provided by law, shall be a voter and shall be qualified to vote. at any election except as provided in this constitution, the legislature shall determine the place for voting purposes.
The lawsuit continues:
So, while the right to vote in Michigan is an “absolute constitutional right,” “certain conditions must be met before an individual can exercise the fundamental political right to vote.”
Congress enacted the Uniform National and Foreign Citizen Absentee Voting Act, 52 USC § 20301, et seq. (“UOCAVA”), to ensure that members of the United States Armed Forces and other American citizens living outside of American territory can register and vote in federal elections. UOCAVA provides that members of the armed forces or overseas nationals may vote in their previous country of residence. See 52 USC § 20301 (1), (5). UOCAVA has the effect of partially preempting State residency requirements for some overseas voters.
Despite the Constitution’s unambiguous adjure that no person may vote in Michigan unless he resides in Michigan, the Secretary of State has distributed instructions that “AUnited States citizens who have never lived in the United States but have a parent, legal guardian, or spouse last domiciled in Michigan are eligible to vote in Michigan as long as the citizen has not registered or voted in another state. Election Officials Manual, Chapter 7: Military and Overseas Voters, Federal Voter Registration and Absentee Election Program Guidelines
On its face, Chapter 7 extends voter qualifications to individuals who have never lived in Michigan. As a result, Certain people who have lived in Michigan (or perhaps anywhere else in the country) are registered to vote and vote in Michigan elections. Michigan election officials have registered people to vote who have never lived in Michigan and allowed them to vote in Michigan state and federal elections.
This violates the Michigan Constitution, and, as applied to the Plaintiff, dilutes votes and harms the organization’s mission.
The lawsuit describes how Benson’s MI SOS directive undermined Chesterfield Twp City Clerk Cindy Berry, who was asked to violate her oath of office to uphold the MI Constitution when bound by MI SOS directives.
In addition, Chapter 7 subjects Cindy Berry to competing obligations. On the one hand, he took an oath to uphold the Michigan Constitution; on the other hand, he is bound by the Secretary’s instructions. See MCL 168.765a(17) (“The secretary of state shall make instructions consistent with this act … The instructions developed in this section are binding on the operation of absentee voter counting places or combinations of absentee voter counting places used in elections. carried out by county, city, or municipality. Plaintiffs then seek declaratory relief that Chapter 7 misstates the law and that under the Michigan Constitution, only Michigan residents can vote in Michigan.
The lawsuit explains how counting the votes of identifiable voters who have never lived in Michigan would result in an inaccurate vote count of eligible voters. Furthermore, since a large number of overseas voters vote for Democrats, this scheme to register voters who have ever lived in Michigan will affect the outcome of what should be a free and fair election.
Counting footballs from ineligible overseas voters who have never lived in Michigan will result in inaccurate vote counts. In addition, overseas voters overwhelmingly support Democratic candidates.3 Ex. C. Thus, counting the ballots of ineligible overseas voters will disproportionately harm Republican candidates and undermine the rights of Republican candidates to a fair and accurate electoral count. It would also dilute the legitimate voice of the Claimant’s members and voters.
The Republican Committee also devotes significant resources to maintaining voter confidence and participation. That effort was hurt when voters discovered that election officials were accepting absentee ballots without verifying the voter’s residency as required by the Michigan Constitution.
Instead of addressing legitimate election security issues, MI SOS Jocelyn Benson has been on a public relations tour, making “election violence and threats” with no evidence whatsoever of her claims, most importantly about the upcoming elections. Stay tuned for a full report on this topic, coming soon to Gateway Pundit.
