Michigan Republicans have blasted actions Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson took ahead of the 2020 presidential election. Courts upheld her authority to mail absentee ballot applications to every voter in the state.
. The GOP-led state Senate and House appealed the ruling after the Secretary of State’s Office — the defendant in the lawsuit — opted not to.Courts ruled Benson acted legally in mailing out absentee ballot applicationsto send absentee ballot applications to every registered voter in the state in 2020.judges upheld the ruling: one the previous Michigan GOP nominee for the Michigan Supreme Court, the other appointed to the bench by former Republican Gov. Rick Snyder.following the election.
Nevertheless, Republicans have campaigned on the conspiracies. Former GOP gubernatorial candidate Kevin Rinke hit the airwaves ahead of the primary he lost with aAhead of the upcoming election, Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmerthat would have shifted responsibility for clearing dead voters from the rolls from local to county clerks, a change some election officials supported.
Over the past two years, Republicans have railed against private grants distributed to elections offices in 2020 from the Center for Tech and Civic Life, which received millions of dollars from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan. Republicans have dubbed the donations "Zuckerbucks" and allege the funds were funneled to Democratic-leaning communities to boost turnout in those places.
"When I get into office, I will make sure we pass those bills right away," Whitmer's Republican challenger, Tudor Dixon, said at a
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