Michigan removes Upper Peninsula clerks from election duties over planned hand count

Michigan removes Upper Peninsula clerks from election duties over planned hand count

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Two township clerks in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan were removed from their election duties this week after they planned to hand count votes in Tuesday’s election, state officials said. Director of Elections Jonathan Brater said in a letter dated Monday that Rock River Clerk Tom Schierkolk and Deputy Clerk David LaMere intended to conduct a hand count prior to the county process of canvassing the results. Continue readin…

Michigan strips UP clerk of election duty over planned hand count

An Upper Peninsula clerk and his deputy will no longer oversee Rock River Township’s Nov. 5 elections after officials say they planned to break the law.

Michigan boots MAGA election officials over ballot hand count scheme

The state of Michigan has stripped two local officials of their duties overseeing the 2024 election after they insisted on doing a hand count of ballots that likely would have delayed reporting the results from their town.The New York Times reports that Tom Schierkolk, the clerk of Rock River Township in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and his deputy, David LaMere, were relieved of their duties because they wanted to conduct a hand count of ballots …

Michigan Clerk Removed From Election Duty

“Two local election officials in Michigan have been removed from overseeing the vote, in a forceful move to keep Trump-aligned officials from trying to subvert election rules,” the New York Times reports.

Michigan Clerk Removed From Election Duty Over Plans for a Hand Count – The New York Times

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