Michigan attorney general charges 7 over double voting in Macomb County

Detroit — Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel leveled criminal charges Friday against seven individuals who were allegedly involved in a flurry of double voting in the August primary election in St. Clair Shores.

Nessel's office alleges that four people voted twice — once in person on Election Day and once through an absentee ballot — and three assistant municipal clerks allowed the double voting to occur, "significantly" breaking from the rules.

"There are procedures in place to ensure that this does not happen, and that's why it so rarely does," Nessel said during a press conference in Detroit. "It really took a perfect storm to come together to allow these four individuals to double vote, which included voters who were willing to vote twice, the completion of affidavits that were false, poll workers who did not turn them away as they should have and municipal clerks who illegally altered the qualified voting file."

On Aug. 15, The Detroit News reported the Macomb County Clerk Tony Forlini's office had notified the state and Macomb County Prosecutor Pete Lucido of "possible double voting involving four individuals" in the Aug. 6 primary election. The situation was first identified by St. Clair Shores Clerk Abby Barrett, according to Forlini.




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