New Michigan audit debunks dead voter theory in 2020 election

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Craig Mauger
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Friday's report from Michigan's Office of the Auditor General is the definitive debunking of the conspiracy theory that there was a significant number of fraudulent votes cast on behalf of dead people, a theory that's been touted by Donald Trump himself:

detroitnews.com
New Michigan audit debunks dead voter theory in 2020 election
The 67-page report examined election processes in the battleground state, generally finding them to be sufficient with some exceptions.
8:17 AM · Mar 4, 2022

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2022/03/04/audit-debunks-dead-voter-theory-michigan-2020-election/9373387002/


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Lansing — A report released Friday by Michigan's Office of the Auditor General quashed a conspiracy theory that a significant number of fraudulent votes were cast on behalf of dead people in the state's 2020 presidential election.

The 67-page document examined election processes in the battleground state, generally finding them to be sufficient with some exceptions. Nothing in the document specifically called into question the results of Michigan's election, when Democrat Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump, but did criticize audits that occurred afterward.

The office, whose leader was appointed by the Republican-controlled Legislature, compared state voting records with public health records, finding 1,616 votes, or 0.03% of the total ballots, were attributed to people who were deceased as of Election Day.

President Donald Trump holds up papers as he speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House, April 20, 2020, in Washington.
In the wide majority of the cases, the problem votes were absentee ballots cast by someone who died in the final days before the election, according to the auditors' report. That indicates the people were alive when they sent in their ballots ahead of the election but passed away before Election Day.

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Full report

https://audgen.michigan.gov/complete-projects/bureau-of-elections-2/

[Thomas Hurt]

1. If the news is any measure, the few dead people who voted

were the results of live trumpers trying to defraud the state.