RNC Files Lawsuit Over Secretary Of State’s Handling Of Absentee Ballots

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Last week, the Republican National Committee (RNC) filed a lawsuit against Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.

The lawsuit alleges that Benson intentionally tried to circumvent the state’s absentee voting safeguards. Benson allegedly instructed the election officials in private that they must presume the validity of absentee voter’s signatures, the lawsuit shows.

“Michigan’s State Constitution is very clear: election officials have to verify the identity of voters casting absentee ballots. Jocelyn Benson is yet again working to undermine election integrity by secretly instructing officials to disregard and circumvent these clear requirements. The RNC is suing Benson because Michiganders deserve election integrity, not underhanded Democrat schemes,” RNC co-chairman Michael Whatley said in a press release.

The RNC’s Thursday lawsuit is the second against Benson. In March, the party sued Michigan’s Secretary of State on March 14, alleging that the state failed to adhere to the National Voter Registration Act’s (NVRA) requirement that voter rolls must keep “clean and accurate voter registration records.”

“As Michigan’s chief election officer my responsibility is to ensure our elections are secure, accessible, and that the results are an accurate reflection of the will of the people. We’ve worked hard in Michigan to put secure identification procedures in place to ensure every valid vote and only valid votes count,” Benson told the Daily Caller in a statement.

“We will continue to do that work, no matter how many frivolous lawsuits and other seeds of doubt untrustworthy actors attempt to plant in their un-American effort to diminish voters’ confidence in our elections and their democracy,” the statement continued.

The RNC alleged that its analysis found inflated voter rolls throughout Michigan. The lawsuit alleges that more than 90% of Michigan’s counties have “inflated voter rolls.” Of those counties, 53 allegedly have more active registered voters than adult citizens over the age of 18, the lawsuit shows.

The latest RNC lawsuit is a part of the party’s fight for election integrity. 

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