A new report provided exclusively to The Federalist shows how Ann Arbor, Michigan election officials purportedly violated state law during the 2022 midterm elections.
Titled, “Ann Arbor compromises election integrity during 2022 Election,” the report issued by Michigan Fair Elections (MFE) and Pure Integrity Michigan Elections (PIME) alleges numerous violations of state election law by county officials regarding issues such as voter registration and “discriminatory” practices. The report’s findings — which readers can examine below — are based on MFE and PIME’s review of open-source documents, information obtained via open records requests, and data from Michigan’s Qualified Voter File.
Among the notable issues raised in the analysis is Ann Arbor officials’ purported acceptance of tardy ballots and registering of voters past the state’s registration deadline. While Michigan law stipulates that “a person may apply in person at the clerk’s office before 8 p.m. on election day to vote as an absent voter,” time-stamped, voter history records reviewed by MFE and PIME allegedly show that more than 600 people — many of whom were college students registered at the University of Michigan’s (U-M) satellite registration offices — “were registered to vote absentee after the 8 p.m. election day deadline.”
Of these 600 late registrants, 120 purportedly cast absentee ballots the day after the 2022 election, on Nov. 9.
A screenshot of a voter history file obtained via open records request appears to show such a discrepancy. While the file description says the voter was registered on Nov. 8,
