Following the refusal by Michigan’s leading Democrat election official to remove ineligible voters from the state’s voter rolls, election integrity activists are taking matters into their own hands.
Last week, Check My Vote (CMV), a network of “independent volunteer database experts and data analysts” working to ensure election integrity in Michigan, launched a new website called checkmyvote.org, which allows Michiganders to “view their own voting histories and the registered voters in their area — at no charge.” While residents and clerks are able to see how someone voted, the “secrecy of a person’s ballot is protected.”
“User feedback is helping us put Michigan on the cutting edge of voter roll truth and accuracy,” Tim Vetter, co-developer and co-founder of checkmyvote.org, said in a statement. “Dirty voter rolls are a national security issue.”
Working alongside CMV is Michigan Fair Elections (MFE), a grassroots organization that, through its Soles to the Rolls initiative, is encouraging its volunteers throughout the state to use checkmyvote.org to identify potential irregularities in Michigan’s voter rolls. According to a Michigan Fair Elections press release, the website “includes a ‘Clerk’s Dashboard’ to assist in cleaning the [state’s Qualified Voter File] by monitoring existing and new registrations and flagging anomalies.” Only Michigan law enforcement, municipal clerks, and “approved election integrity volunteers” will have access to the dashboard, however.
“Our goal is simple. We are helping to clean Michigan’s QVF and keep it clean,” MFE Chair Patrice Johnson said. “We have a right to fair elections and a civic duty
