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Today’s Links:
Articles: Reuters – “Exclusive: Michigan widens probe into voting system breaches by Trump allies”
Michigan Live – State Police expand investigation into alleged voting machine tampering after 2020 election
Organizations Taking Action: Promote the Vote MI, ACLU Michigan, Voters Not Politicians
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It’s not only the January 6th committee who has questions about security breaches after the 2020 election. Michigan’s attorney general is pursuing allegations in 11 towns in Michigan of voting machine tampering or the sharing of electronic data from tabulation machines to third parties. The tampering was apparently instigated by local Trump loyalists who believed former President Trump’s now debunked claims of voter fraud.
Reuters and Michigan Live report that search warrants were issued and town clerks interviewed by investigators in townships in several counties. In some cases, unauthorized third parties were allowed to examine voting machines, in other cases, equipment and data was taken off the premises by the third parties.
In Missaukee and other Michigan counties, a Michigan state legislator approached multiple township clerks asking them to provide access to their voting equipment. Trump won the election with 76% of the vote in Missaukee County.
Lake Township located in Barry County, was notified that the state intended to seize its tabulation machine. Barry County has also been home to a crusade by its county sheriff. Republican Sheriff Dar Leaf reportedly joined with local Big Lie proponents and launched his own investigation despite the protests of local election officials and an election margin which favored Trump 2-1.
No charges have yet been brought against the alleged tampering suspects or complicit election officials.
Links to more details on the investigations are available at AmericanDemocracy Minute.org
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For the American Democracy Minute, I’m Brian Beihl.