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Benson statement on successful effort to uphold the voting rights of Michigan's military and overseas citizens
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson today made the following statement on a ruling by the Michigan Court of Claims granting the Michigan Department of State’s motion for summary disposition of a last-minute lawsuit brought by the Republican National Committee (RNC) seeking to disenfranchise Michigan’s military and overseas voters:
"The Court’s ruling is an important victory for our military and overseas citizen voters and for the integrity of our elections. This baseless lawsuit targeted the voting rights of U.S. citizens and their families living abroad, including the children of active-duty military service members. It represents a new low in the ongoing PR campaign to cast doubt on the security of Michigan’s elections. The judge rightly refused to allow this last-minute attempt to cause chaos.
"Michigan’s General Election is already underway. More than one million citizens have already submitted an absentee ballot or cast their ballot at an early voting site so far. Frivolous lawsuits like these, filed just weeks before Election Day, make it harder for the state’s election officials to do their jobs and threaten to interfere with our secure and accurate process."
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