If Michigan is trying to make people think its elections are more secure and more trustworthy, my goodness, they have a funny way of showing it:
Michigan's process of handling election recounts and fraud allegations has changed, with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signing two controversial bills into law Monday. ...
Among other changes, the law will eliminate the board of canvasser's investigative powers, instead requiring the board to refer any allegations of fraud to the relevant county prosecutor, rather than conducting a recount.
Only alleged errors could merit a recount, and only when the alleged errors could potentially change election results.
A Democratic state Senator claimed that the laws, "achieve critical goals of protecting the security of every vote, modernizing our recount process, and uplifting the voices of Michigan voters."
"The security of every vote?"
I have to say, if you want to destabilize a people's faith in an election process, this is a pretty good way to do it.
For starters, removing the ability of election officials to investigate fraud — and kicking it over to local prosecutors instead — has all the obvious appearance of a political sop. Prosecutors, as we all well know, are very frequently politicized, compromised by money and ideology, and aggressively contemptuous of the rule of law.
(Just ask George Soros!)
Election officials can be compromised too, of course, but keeping voter fraud investigations within the realm of the voting apparatus nevertheless helps ensure that the people who know the system best can investigate it properly.
Limiting recounts to cases "only when the alleged errors could potentially change election results," meanwhile, puts a considerably high barrier in place for petitioners to get a recount in the first place. In effect, the state is apparently saying that unless enough error can be demonstrated to flip an election, authorities don't care.
Again, that doesn't seem like an election system that actually cares about integrity; it seems more like one that's kinda trying to look the other way on it.
With Democrats on the cusp of historic defeats nationwide in November, election integrity is more important than ever now. We need secure, transparent, accessible election infrastructure.
Hate to say it, Michigan, but I'm not sure you're gonna get that this year.
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