Election News Roundup - October 17 Edition

MFEI & PIME ORIGINAL ARTICLES

• Benson's Flawed 2024 Election Audit **Reposted at the Midwesterner - see below

• One Step Closer to "Standing?"

• RELEASE: Michigan County Clerks Take Historic Stand Against Ranked-Choice Voting

• CALL TO ACTION: Make Public Comment on EAC Petition to Require Proof of Citizenship

MICHIGAN

• **Jocelyn Benson’s ‘random’ 2024 election audit omits all Detroit precincts

• Post-2024 election audit says Michigan’s votes were ‘secure and accurate’

• County clerks unanimously oppose rank choice voting proposal, citing added ‘inconsistency, voter confusion, voter fatigue’

• Sen. Jim Runestad pushes JCAR overhaul as critics warn Benson’s election rules evade local control

• Lawsuit: The Dead Still Live On Michigan’s Dirty Voter Rolls

• Preliminary examinations kick off for attorneys charged in Michigan voting machine case

• Michigan election tampering case stalls as attorney DePerno seeks to block texts linked to 2020 audit effort

• Supreme Court won’t wade into Michigan ‘fake elector’ bid against state

• Dearborn mailed 9,000 absentee ballots with an error, now sending corrected ballots

AROUND THE NATION

• Dominion Voting Systems sold and renamed as Liberty Vote

• Judicial Watch Sues ODNI for Records on Electronic Voting Machine Vulnerabilities

• Chief Justice Roberts Warns of ‘Potential Disaster’ in Supreme Court Case

• Justice Roberts raises concerns about limiting candidate lawsuits to ‘fraught’ election time

• Kavanaugh Blasts Illinois For Flip-Flopping On Candidate Standing In Election Litigation

• Kagan Displays Ignorance Of Standing Issues That Hamstring Republican Election Lawsuits

• Supreme Court Reviews Voting Rights Challenge

• Supreme Court Seems Receptive to Challenge to Post-Election Ballot Counting

• Louisiana Urges SCOTUS To Uphold America’s ‘Color Blind’ Constitution

• New Report Finds Post-Election Audits in Most Swing States Provide Scant Evidence to Confirm Election Outcomes

• Fairfax Democrats’ online primary crashes, forcing voting to extend after system failure

• Duplicate mail ballots are issued to dozens of Pennsylvania voters

• Maine governor urges voters to reject voter ID and other election law changes on Nov. 4 ballot

• Wisconsin DOJ asks judge to pause voter citizenship verification order

• My Conversation With Georgia Election Expert Garland Favorito

• How Important Is Election Privacy, Really?

• Floridians with felony convictions can now contact the state to learn if they are eligible to vote

NEWS AGGREGATOR SITES:

• ElectionBriefing.com

• ETI Media Report

• RealClearPolitics

• CitizenFreePress.com

---