There’s Work to be Done!

By: Lisa Van Houten

Unfortunately, the adage “cheaters never prosper” isn’t true when it comes to elections.

The Left is desperate to ensure that Donald Trump does not return to the White House.  We’re very familiar with some of the machinations they’re engaged in to achieve that.  1. Use lawfare to bankrupt and/or imprison the former president with baseless suits filed in Democrat districts with corrupt district attorneys, crooked judges, and biased jury pools; 2. Unconstitutionally attempt to keep Trump off the ballot in numerous states; 3. Collude with the mainstream media to constantly malign, slander, and outright lie; 4. Engage in election interference and fraud, while also seeking to undermine election integrity laws and voter I.D. requirements.

However, the Left’s plans to influence elections began long before Donald Trump came down the golden escalator.  In 2006, billionaire George Soros, known for using his massive wealth to push Marxist policies, began efforts to elect leftist Democrats as secretaries of state nationwide. Whether a state has fair elections often hinges on one person – the secretary of state.  One of those Soros-funded secretaries of state is Michigan’s Jocelyn Benson.

In 2020 Secretary of State Benson sent out automatic voter registration forms to all, supposedly eligible, Michigan citizens – padding the voter rolls with 114,000 additional names right before the election.  Because these forms were automatically sent to all mailboxes, it increased the likelihood that many of these forms could be used for fraudulent registrations. For example, in East Lansing alone, 1,936 ineligible people voted during the 2020 election, and the city’s voter rolls are 36% inaccurate as reported by a study from Pure Integrity Michigan Elections.  And according to statistics from Public Interest Legal Foundation, in 2020 Detroit had 2,503 dead people and 4,788 duplicate registrations on its voter rolls. Overall, Detroit had 479,267 voting-age adults, but had 511,786 registered voters!  Considering that in 2016, Donald Trump won Michigan by less than 11,000 votes, you can see how easy it would be to flip an election with fraudulent votes.

However, Democrat secretaries of state fight tooth and nail to keep from cleaning up their states’ rolls. In Illinois, voter records show that 11 counties “removed zero voter registrations” and 12 others removed 15 or fewer from November 2020 to November 2022. No one died in those 11 counties? Yet, these 23 jurisdictions reported 980,089 new voter registrations, but only 100 individuals were removed from the voter rolls during those two years.

In my home state of Michigan, Secretary of State Benson has been sued multiple times for refusing to clean up Michigan’s voter rolls, yet she has refused to do so – even though Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act requires states to maintain accurate voter rolls and to remove ineligible voters in the instance of death or address change.

Just recently, the Republican National Committee filed a federal lawsuit again demanding that Benson purge the voter rolls of ineligible voters.  In comparing the voter rolls to the recent U.S. Census data, 53 of Michigan’s 83 counties have more registered voters than voting-age citizens. Twenty-three other counties also have suspiciously high voter registration rates of 90% or more – much higher than the national average.

The 53 Michigan counties with registration rates at or above 100% of the adult population include:  Alcona (112%), Allegan (104%), Alpena (101%), Antrim (111%), Arenac (104%), Barry (102%), Benzie (108%), Berrien (102%), Calhoun (101%), Cass (101%), Charlevoix (105%), Cheboygan (104%), Crawford (110%), Delta (104%), Dickinson (100%), Emmet (104%), Genesee (104%), Gladwin (103%), Gogebic (101%), Grand Traverse (101%), Huron (100%), Iosco (104%), Iron (106%), Kalkaska (115%), Kent (100%), Keweenaw (114%), Lapeer (102%), Leelanau (108%), Livingston (102%), Mackinac (114%), Macomb (101%), Mason (104%), Menominee (101%), Missaukee (106%), Monroe (100%), Montmorency (110%), Muskegon (101%), Newaygo (103%), Oakland (101%), Oceana (105%), Ogemaw (106%), Ontonagon (101%), Osceola (101%), Oscoda (110%), Otsego (111%), Presque Isle (107%), Roscommon (110%), Schoolcraft (107%), Shiawassee (102%), St. Clair (102%), Van Buren (104%), Wayne (101%), and Wexford (105%).

As a previous lawsuit shows, in 2020 Michigan had only one county whose voter registrations exceeded 100% of the voting-age population – now it has 53 counties with that discrepancy. Dirty rolls lead to dirty elections.  Why would Benson be so opposed to cleaning up Michigan’s voter rolls, if there wasn’t a nefarious reason for keeping those names on the list?

There are many evidences of election fraud occurring in past elections – and there is very real concern for the 2024 election.  It can seem hopeless, discouraging, and overwhelming.  However, there is much we can do!  Here in Michigan, frustrated, everyday Michiganders have risen up to help restore election integrity and accuracy in voter rolls.  Groups such as Michigan Fair Elections and Election Integrity Force are doing all they can to ensure a fair election in November.  That includes, among other projects, seeking and training volunteers in every Michigan county to analyze a free voter database, tracking potential duplicate and ineligible voters and sharing that information with county and/or township clerks.

It’s obvious what is at stake in this upcoming election.  We’ve witnessed the growing lawlessness, the open border, and attacks upon freedom – including the targeting of conservatives, pro-lifers, and even parents expressing concern at school board meetings.  The radical transformation of America by a weaponized federal government in just a little over three years is breathtaking.

Leftists have proven they aren’t interested in election integrity, but in winning elections – by hook or by crook.  The DNC far surpasses the RNC in funding and get-out-the-vote efforts.  We can’t become complacent or duped by positive poll numbers.  While conservatives are waking up and getting involved, there’s a lot of work to be done – and groups such as American Decency and the ones mentioned above can’t do it alone.  Concerned citizens are needed, not just on election day, but also now and in the months ahead with projects such as working to restore accurate voting rolls and get-out-the-vote efforts.

Get involved, go to the polls, and go to your knees.

 

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