A Hillsdale College vice president found an absentee ballot in his Michigan mailbox. But it came from Washington, D.C. — and was addressed to someone who likely never lived there.
“We have no reason to believe anyone with that name ever lived at this location,” said Robert Norton, Hillsdale’s vice president and legal counsel, to The Federalist.
Norton found the absentee ballot in the mailbox of his home in rural Jonesville, Mich. It came from the District of Columbia Board of Elections, and was addressed to a woman Norton says never lived there. The mailer, obtained by The Federalist, contained a blank ballot, instructions, a secrecy sleeve, and a pre-paid return envelope.
Norton said he has never been a D.C. resident. He has lived at his house for years, and the previous resident owned the house for decades.
“There’s no possible, ‘Oops, I lived there for a while and sold the house,’” Norton said.
While Norton said he has “no idea” why the board of elections would send him a mail-in ballot addressed to someone else, he suggested it could be an error in a voting database.
“But that is not nothing,” Norton said. “Obviously one got away, and many others can get away.”
Norton also suggested the mailer could have been political bait. Left-wing media and officials have targeted Norton for advising those with integrity concerns after the 2020 election.
“Did somebody with access to it send me a ballot, seeing if I would take the bait
