MOST DANGEROUS, SERIOUSLY
DANGEROUS ESCALATION OF THIS
CAMPAIGN YET.
THE MICHIGAN SECRETARY OF STATE
JOCELYN BENSON HAD UNDER TAKEN A
COMPLETELY LAWFUL, ROUTINE AND
IN FACT, LOT TOREMOVE TO SEND OU
MICHIGAN LAW ABSENTEE BALLOT
APPLICATIONS TO THE VOTERS OF
HER STATE.
THE REASON BEING SO THAT THOSE
VOTERS DO NOT HAVE TO GO TO THE
POLLS IN THE FALL, POSSIBLY
AMIDST THE PANDEMIC IF THEY
DON’T WANT TO.
IT WAS CLAIMED THIS WAS DONE
ILLEGALLY AND WITHOUT
AUTHORIZATION OF A ROGUE
SECRETARY OF STATE AND
THREATENED TO HOLD UP FUNDING
FOR MICHIGAN IF THEY WANT TO GO
DOWN THE VOTER FRAUD PATH.
I’M JOINED BY THE PERSON TRUMP
WAS ATTACKING, JOCELYN BENSON,
MICHIGAN’S DEMOCRATIC SECRETARY
OF STATE AND RESPONLDED TO THE
PRESIDENT TODAY.
I HAVE A NAME, IT’S LOSEJOCELYN
BENSON AND WE SEND APPLICATIONS,
NOT BALLOTS.
IT DID NOT STOP THERE AFTER
TRUMP REWROTE HIS TWEET
CORRECTING IT.
BENSON WROTE BACK, HI AGAIN,
STILL WRONG.
EVERY MICHIGAN VOTER HAS A RIGHT
TO VOTE BY MAIL AND I HAVE THE
AUTHORITY TO MAKE SURE THEY KNOW
HOW TO EXERCISE THIS RIGHT LIKE
MY COLLEAGUES ARE DOING.
SECRETARY OF STATE.
GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE.
I WONDER IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN THE
LAW AND WHAT YOU ARE OVERSEEING
WITH RESPECT TO THE GENERAL
ELECTION IN THE FALL.
>> YEAH, WELL, IN MICHIGAN FIRST
THANKS FOR HAVING ME AND GIVING
ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO CLARIFY AND
REALLY AMPLIFY CITIZEN’S RIGHT
TO VOTE UNDER THE STATE
CONSTITUTION.
IN NOVEMBER OF 2018.
CITIZENS VOTED OVERWHELMINGLY TO
GIVE THEMSELVES THE RIGHT TO
VOTE BY MAIL SUPPORTED BY
CITIZENS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
POLITICAL SPECTRUM AND SOMETHING
CITIZENS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
POLLITICAL SPECKTRUM HAVE DONE.
WITH THE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT ON
OUR SATE AND THE PANDEMIC
HAPPENING IN THIS UNCERTAIN TIME
WE’RE LIVING IN, WE FELT AND I
FEEL IT’S IMPORTANT KNOW MORE
THAN EVER TO GIVE OUR VOTERS THE
CERTAINTY, THE CLARITY IN
KNOWING EXACTLY HOW TO VOTE IN
THIS YEAR’S ELECTIONS WITHOUT
LEAVING THEIR HOME SAFELY AND
SECURELY AND THE CLARITY THAT
COMES WITH GETTING AN
APPLICATION IN THE MAIL TO
REQUEST YOUR BALLOT BE SENDT TO
YOU TO EXERCISE THIS RIGHT.
>> SO EVERY MICHIGAN PERSON
ELIGIBLE TO VOTE CAN FILL OUT
THAT APPLICATION, SAY I WOULD
PREFER TO VOTE ABSENTEE AND THAT
IS UNDER STATE LAW, THAT’S OKAY?
>> YUP.
THEY ACTUALLY HAVE A RIGHT UNDER
THE STATE CONSTITUTION TO VOTE
BY MAIL.
>> SO ONE THING THAT I FIND
REALLY BIZARRE HERE I HAVE TO
SAY AND YOU STRESSED THIS,
YOU’VE SEEN BATTLES THAT CLEARLY
OFTEN HAVE A RACIAL OR VOTER ID
THERE IS DISPROPORTIONATE
EFFECTS HOW VOTING ID AFFECTS
AFRICAN AMERICANS VERSUS WHITE
PEOPLE AND POLLING PLACES IN SE
CONCENTRATED URBAN PRECINCTS
THAT VOTE DEMOCRATIC.
THIS IS NOT LIKE THAT.
AS FAR AS I CAN TELL, THERE IS
NO PARTISAN BALANCE TO ABSENTEE
VOTING.
MY UNDERSTANDING OF THE RESEARCH
IS THAT THERE IS JUST A LOT OF
PEOPLE THAT WANT TO DO IT,
PARTICULARLY SENIOR CITIZENS IN
THE MIDST OF A PANDEMIC.
I DON’T GET IT WITH POLITICAL
PLAY.
>> I AGREE.
I’M DUMBFOUNDED THIS IS
CONTROVERSIAL BECAUSE THERE ARE
DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN
SECRETARIES OF STATE DOING WHAT
WE’RE DOING HERE IN MICHIGAN BUT
TO ME, IT’S ALSO A REFLECTION OF
WHAT WILL BE HAPPENING IN OUR
STATE IN THE MONTHS AHEAD, WHICH
IS AN EFFORT TO MISINFORM AND
CONFUSE VOTERS ABOUT THEIR
RIGHTS IN THIS STATE.
WE SEE IT HAPPENING NATIONALLY.
WE SEEN IT HAPPENING IN VARIOUS
DIFFERENT FORMS AND WE
ANTICIPATE THIS IS GOING TO
ESCALATE IN THE MONTHS AHEAD SO
MY RESPONSIBILITY IS ALSO TO TRY
TO CUT THROUGH THAT
MISINFORMATION THAT CHAOS, THAT
CONFUSION AND JUST CLEARLY STATE
TO ALL VOTERS, REGARDLESS WHO
YOU ARE VOTING FOR, THIS IS YOUR
CHOICE AND HOW YOU CAN VOTE AND
GIVE THEM AGAIN THE CERTAINTY
THAT YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE,
IT WILL BE PROTECTED AND I’LL
FIGHT FOR EVERYONE REGARDLESS OF
HOW THEY ARE VOTING TO ENSURE
THEIR VOICES ARE HEARD.
>> YOU KNOW, I DON’T WANT TO
GIVE TOO MUCH CREDENCE TO INSANE
AND UNSUPPORTED ACCUSATIONS THE
PRESIDENT MAKES BECAUSE THEY ARE
INSANE AND UNSUPPORTED.
MY READ OF THE DATA THERE IS NO
DATA SUPPORT THERE IS ANY WIDE
SPREAD FRAUD.
ARE YOU CONFIDENT THAT YOU HAVE
THE SYSTEMS IN PLACE TO
ADMINISTER FREE AND FAIR
ELECTION NO MATTER HOW MANY
PEOPLE CHOOSE TO VOTE IN PERSON
OR ABSENTEE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VOTING BY MAIL
INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT FOR
DECADES IN THIS COUNTRY IN
VARIOUS STATES SO WE’VE GOT THE
TOOLS IN PLACE NOT JUST TO
ENSURE EVERY CITIZEN CAN VOTE BY
MAIL BUT TO ENSURE THAT WHEN
THEY DO SO, IT’S SECURE.
EVERY SIGNATURE, EVERY CITIZEN,
EVERY VOTER WHO IS VOTING BY
MAIL IS REQUIRED TO SIGN THE
ENVELOPE IN WHICH THEIR BALLOT
IS RETURNED AND THAT SIGNATURE
IS THEN MATCHED WITH THEIR VOTER
REGULAR
REGISTRATION TO CONFIRM THEY ARE
WHO THEY ARE.
THE SECURITY MEASURES ARE IN
PLACE.
IT’S QUITE HARD TO FORGE OR FAKE
SOMEONE’S SIGNATURE AND VERY
EASY TO CONFIRM OR DISCARD A
BALLOT THAT HAS A MISMATCHED
SIGNATURE AND WE’RE BENEFITTING
FROM THE PACT THIS HAS BEEN
GOING ON FOR DECADES WHERE FRAUD
HAS OCCURRED AND WHEN IT OCCURS
BECAUSE OF THE SECURITY CHECKS,
IT’S FOUND AND PROSECUTED.
>> YEAH, I HAVE TO POINT OUT
THAT THE MOST NOTABLE AND
EGREGIOUS EXAMPLE OF ABSENTEE
VOTER FRAUD THAT HAPPENED IN
THIS COUNTRY WAS A REPUBLICAN
OPERATIVE ESSENTIALLY CHEATING
ON BEHALF OF THE REPUBLICAN
CANDIDATE IN NORTH CAROLINA,
SOMETHING THAT WE COVERED, BUT
ALSO, WAS SNIFFED OUT AND
OBVIOUS.
MICHIGAN SECRETARY OF STATE
JOCELYN BENSON WHO SEEMS LIKE
SHE IS QUITE ON TOP OF THE