Tony Daunt has accused Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson of failure to enforce voting law. | Courtesy of Michigan GOP
Tony Daunt has accused Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson of failure to enforce voting law. | Courtesy of Michigan GOP
A Republican activist said officials in Michigan must remove ineligible voters throughout 16 counties, claiming that there are strangely high levels of registration, Livingston Daily reported.
Tony Daunt, executive director of Michigan Freedom Fund and treasurer of the Clinton County Republican Party, filed a complaint in Grand Rapids, claiming Michigan is in violation of accurate voter registration federal legislation.
Daunt claims that Secretary of the State Jocelyn Benson (D) failed in her duty to sort through the state’s voter rolls. Daunt told Livingston Daily that through her privation, the integrity of every vote within the state is being threatened.
“Failure to maintain updated and accurate voter rolls violates federal law and undermines the principle of free and fair elections,” Daunt told Livingston Daily.
In his complain, Daunt names 16 clerks from the counties of Oakland, Washtenaw, Livingston, Antrim, Benzie, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet, Grand Traverse, Iosco, Kalkaska, Keweenaw, Leelanau, Mackinac, Otsego and Roscommon.
Daunt’s complaint states that Leelanau had a registration rate of 102%, while 15 counties had rates of 90-97.5%, while their figures claim to be closer to 73%, according to the news agency.
Benson claims the lawsuit is a farce and that old data are being used to draw into question the voting procedures that are being used currently.
Jake Rollow, spokesperson for Benson, told Livingston Daily Michigan has a strong voting population, with most driver’s license holders being registered to vote.
“As with other states, there is a federally mandated delay before some registration records are cancelled to ensure responsible list maintenance and has never been credibly linked to illegal voting on any substantial scale,” Rollow told Livingston Daily.
Public Interest Legal Foundation, an Indianapolis-based conservative group, also filed a complaint against the city of Detroit in December 2019, claiming that dead individuals’ names were being used to register voters.
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