Cynthia Diane Stephens

“ Plaintiffs’ emergency motion asks the Court to order all counting and processing of absentee ballots to cease until an “election inspector” from each political party is allowed to be present at every absent voter counting board, and asks that this court require the Secretary of State to order the immediate segregation of all ballots that are not being inspected and monitored as required by law. Plaintiffs argue that the Secretary of State’s failure to act has undermined the rights of all Michigan voters. ”

“ Rather, any alleged action would have been taken by some unknown individual at a polling location.
C. BALLOT BOX VIDEOS
It should be noted at the outset that the statute providing for video surveillance of drop boxes only applies to those boxes that were installed after October 1, 2020. See MCL 168.761d (2) . There is no evidence in the record whether there are any boxes subject to this requirement, how many there are, or where they are. The plaintiffs have not cited any statutory authority that requires any video to be subject to review by election challengers. ”

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