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Nevilledog

(51,107 posts)
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 01:05 PM Sep 2022

Michigan Republicans Sue To Overturn the Results of the 2020 Presidential Election



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This is not a typo. It is September 2022 and the GOP has filed a new lawsuit in Michigan to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

democracydocket.com
Michigan Republicans Sue To Overturn the Results of the 2020 Presidential Election
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9:58 AM · Sep 7, 2022


https://www.democracydocket.com/alerts/michigan-republicans-sue-to-overturn-the-results-of-the-2020-presidential-election/

WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Friday, Sept. 2, the Macomb County Republican Party, a candidate for Michigan governor, a non-profit organization, voters and a county clerk — who allegedly turned over a vote tabulator to a group espousing unfounded claims of fraud in Michigan’s 2020 election — filed a federal lawsuit challenging the results of the 2020 presidential election in Michigan. In their complaint, the plaintiffs claim that the electronic voting machines and tabulators used during the 2020 presidential election “were not certified or accredited in accordance with” Michigan election law nor were they “certified by the US Election Assistance Commission.” Accordingly, the plaintiffs request that the state “rerun the Michigan 2020 presidential election as soon as possible, by way of a special election, with paper ballots only, on a single election day, with the votes being counted by hand, with members of all political parties present to observe, with a public livestream of all vote counting.”

Among other baseless and outlandish claims, the plaintiffs allege that the 2020 election was conducted in an “unlawful and illegal” manner and should not have been certified because Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D) and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) lacked the authority to hold elections under “uncertified” electronic voting machines. This lawsuit comes nearly two years after a previous federal lawsuit in which Republicans attempted, but ultimately failed, to decertify the results of Michigan’s 2020 presidential election. Despite President Joe Biden’s decisive 154,000 vote victory in Michigan in 2020, Republicans remain unrelenting in their efforts to challenge this outcome and continue to promulgate conspiracy theories about rampant fraud in the 2020 election in Michigan and other states.


Read the complaint here
https://www.democracydocket.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/3-2022-09-02-compl-2.pdf




Insanity.
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Michigan Republicans Sue To Overturn the Results of the 2020 Presidential Election (Original Post) Nevilledog Sep 2022 OP
Not enough money to feed hungry school children, but always enough $$ for this crap. Irish_Dem Sep 2022 #1
Jesus on a pogo stick, how is *that* supposed to work? Ocelot II Sep 2022 #2
It's supposed to work the same way Trump got his "Special Master" ruling. GoCubsGo Sep 2022 #12
Surely there is some way to clamp down of spurious attempts like this? BSdetect Sep 2022 #3
My suggestion: If you file a frivolous election case you lose your citizenship. Nevilledog Sep 2022 #10
omg! hey republicans: "move on!" orleans Sep 2022 #4
When people have too much money to waste, they waste money. nt Samrob Sep 2022 #5
Sue who (okay, "whom")? I thought maybe Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny, but I was wrong. mahatmakanejeeves Sep 2022 #6
Too stupid to realize, Trump would just get beat worse than Meadowoak Sep 2022 #7
This is a very dumb lawsuit LetMyPeopleVote Sep 2022 #8
Can you say laches, boys and girls? rsdsharp Sep 2022 #9
This lawsuit and these people are certifiable...just saying Buckeyeblue Sep 2022 #11
Where do these people get the money to do this crap? Ray Bruns Sep 2022 #13
I'll bet I know where some of it comes from. llmart Sep 2022 #18
These morons won't be satisfied with anything. Initech Sep 2022 #14
The attorney who filed this has really put their license on the line. Frasier Balzov Sep 2022 #15
I guess this is going to be the new "Obama's birth certificate" scam Ray Bruns Sep 2022 #16
More ketchup thrown at the wall. louis-t Sep 2022 #17
Miraculous powers of Democrats rockbluff botanist Sep 2022 #19
It has to be this time, right? EnergizedLib Sep 2022 #20
let's put them on the same bus as couy griffin. mopinko Sep 2022 #21
Those people are idiots rockfordfile Sep 2022 #22
The attorney who filed this should be disbarred. Today! onecaliberal Sep 2022 #23
Okay Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2022 #24
These ham-hocks just don't seem to realize that even if they were successful, Aristus Sep 2022 #25
Apparently MORE lawyers are hungry for sanctions MissMillie Sep 2022 #26
This message was self-deleted by its author onecaliberal Sep 2022 #27
I'm going to file a complaint scipan Sep 2022 #28
I'm all for paper ballots everywhere, except this particular special election is a waste. Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2022 #29

Ocelot II

(115,706 posts)
2. Jesus on a pogo stick, how is *that* supposed to work?
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 01:06 PM
Sep 2022
Fuck me dead, how do I get out of this lunatic asylum?

GoCubsGo

(32,084 posts)
12. It's supposed to work the same way Trump got his "Special Master" ruling.
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 01:19 PM
Sep 2022

Shop for one of the unqualified judges Dear Leader installed, and let them rule in your favor, no matter how ludicrous your request. The Cannon decision has only emboldened these fuckers.

Nevilledog

(51,107 posts)
10. My suggestion: If you file a frivolous election case you lose your citizenship.
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 01:14 PM
Sep 2022

Not just voting rights cuz these fuckers don't really care about voting.

mahatmakanejeeves

(57,459 posts)
6. Sue who (okay, "whom")? I thought maybe Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny, but I was wrong.
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 01:09 PM
Sep 2022
GRETCHEN WHITMER, in her official capacity as the Governor of Michigan, and
JOCELYN BENSON, in her official capacity as Michigan Secretary of State

Frasier Balzov

(2,649 posts)
15. The attorney who filed this has really put their license on the line.
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 01:21 PM
Sep 2022

Cannot they not see what happened to Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani?

19. Miraculous powers of Democrats
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 01:49 PM
Sep 2022

Why do the ignorant low life trash never question their own elections? Why not down ballot corruption too? If we had the miraculous power to change one election, wouldn't we change them all in our favor?

Logic is a bridge too far for the low life.

EnergizedLib

(1,895 posts)
20. It has to be this time, right?
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 01:51 PM
Sep 2022

All of their other attempts failed, but this time will definitely count, right? They'll definitely get it overturned now, right?

mopinko

(70,111 posts)
21. let's put them on the same bus as couy griffin.
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 01:52 PM
Sep 2022

knock every one of those fuckers off the ballot.
aiding and abetting the worst domestic enemy ever.

Aristus

(66,380 posts)
25. These ham-hocks just don't seem to realize that even if they were successful,
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 02:06 PM
Sep 2022

they would render their oleaginous god ineligible to run in 2024.

MissMillie

(38,559 posts)
26. Apparently MORE lawyers are hungry for sanctions
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 02:26 PM
Sep 2022

One would have thought that the sanctions to Krakken Lady would have scared them off.

Response to Nevilledog (Original post)

scipan

(2,351 posts)
28. I'm going to file a complaint
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 05:01 PM
Sep 2022

that says I meant to invest in Amazon back in 1995 but just forgot or something, but now I want a do over.

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,347 posts)
29. I'm all for paper ballots everywhere, except this particular special election is a waste.
Wed Sep 7, 2022, 06:16 PM
Sep 2022

The only part that electronic devices should play in an election is to make it easier for voters to fill out a paper ballot that will get counted by people with the public watching the count.

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