The Detroit Election Commission is facing a lawsuit for allegedly selecting an overwhelmingly higher number of Democrat poll workers compared to Republican poll workers for the August primaries, potentially violating Michigan election law.
The commission reportedly appointed around 2,337 Democrat poll workers but only about 310 Republican poll workers, resulting in an imbalance of over 7 to 1.
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“Detroit’s failure to hire Republican poll workers is the kind of bad-faith Democrat interference that erodes confidence in our elections,” said RNC Chairman Michael Whatley and Co-Chair Lara Trump.
“The RNC is bringing suit to remedy this completely unacceptable breach of public trust and our unprecedented election integrity campaign will continue to fight in Michigan and nationwide to protect the rights of every voter to have fair, accurate, secure and transparent elections,” Whatley and Trump said.
Poll workers, also known as election inspectors, are responsible for assisting voters, managing ballot counting, and identifying any irregularities during the election process. Michigan election law requires the appointment of an equal number of poll workers from each major political party, as closely as possible, in each precinct to ensure transparency and fairness.
The lawsuit claims that only 35 precincts had roughly equal party representation, while 200 out of 335 precincts had no Republican poll workers at all, despite qualified Republicans having applied or been identified but not pursued or hired. The Republican National Committee (RNC) had submitted a list of 676 potential Republican poll workers in May, but only 52 were hired.
The lawsuit demands that the city appoint more Republican poll workers to ensure balanced party representation for the upcoming November General Election.
“Our constitution is based on the principle that checks and balances ensure fairness,” said Patrice Johnson, founder of Pure Integrity Michigan Elections. “When representation is heavily skewed, the system of checks and balances breaks down.”
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