Name:   GoneFishin - Subject:   CRD Get The Facts First Date:   12/14/2020 2:35:38 PM

There was no fraud...the person in charge is a REPUBLICAN and just screwed.

LANSING — Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson filed an emergency motion Wednesday to intervene in a lawsuit alleging fraud in Antrim County, as the small GOP stronghold in northern Michigan is emerging as a last hope for allies of President Donald Trump seeking to cast doubts on the outcome of the Nov. 3 presidential election.

As chief election officer, Benson is concerned about allegations in the lawsuit that the county's election results were "somehow influenced by fraud or the purported rigging of the ... tabulators," Assistant Attorney General Heather Meingast said in a Tuesday email to an attorney pursuing the lawsuit.

A hearing on the motion is set for 3 p.m. Thursday. If the judge grants approval, it would give Benson a seat at the table, through the Attorney General's Office, to scrutinize the claims more closely and defend the actions of state and local election officials and the election equipment they use.

 

Well-publicized errors in the unofficial election results Antrim County sent to the state of Michigan on election night made it appear that Democrat Joe Biden received more votes than Trump, when in fact Trump had won the county by nearly 4,000 votes.

The errors were corrected and Antrim County Clerk Sheryl Guy, a Republican, took responsibility. According to a court filing, Guy made an error Oct. 23 when she updated ballot information to include a Mancelona Township candidate who had been inadvertently omitted from the ballot.