A group of Michigan voters are suing Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson on claims she’s allowed “partisan operatives” to dole out millions of dollars in private money for get-out-the-vote initiatives in select Democratic cities and counties ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
The lawsuit, filed Monday in the Michigan Court of Claims, alleges the Chicago-based Center for Tech and Civic Life gave money to county and local clerks in the battleground state to print and distribute absentee ballots and mail-in ballots and add drop boxes. The goal was to increase ballots cast “in only certain urban and predominantly Democratic precincts” and “selectively influence the outcome of the 2020 general election,” according to the filing.
Plaintiffs Dan Ryan and Myron Zolkewsky of Oakland County, Paul Driscoll of Macomb County and Joellen Pisarczyk of Livingston County reflect the “interested voters in Michigan who want a fair playing field,” said Thor Hearne, an attorney with True North Law in St. Louis, the lead law firm on the case. At least three of plaintiffs appear to be Republican Party members.
“The Michigan Constitution guarantees all eligible voters in Michigan, including these citizens, the right to cast a ballot in the upcoming general election,” according to the lawsuit. “These Michigan voters have suffered, or will suffer, an irreparable constitutional injury that is the result of Secretary Benson’s failure to exercise her duty to oversee and regulate the conduct of the 2020 general election.”
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