Category: Jocelyn Benson

Michigan Supreme Court Reinstates Jocelyn Benson’s Election Guidance Manual

The Michigan Supreme Court on Thursday allowed local election clerks to use new poll challenger guidelines issued by Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson in the form of a manual, which a judge had previously found to violate the law. The high court’s ruling temporarily stops an Oct. 20 ruling by a Michigan Court of Claims judge that…


Michigan State Senator Raises Concerns About Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, Election Integrity

Michigan state Sen. Ruth Johnson, a Republican, has accused Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, of incompetence, and raised concerns about election integrity in the state. In an interview with Newsmakers, a collaboration between The Epoch Times and NTD, Johnson said she chairs the state Senate Election Committee and revealed that Benson doesn’t…


Voters Appealing Against Dismissal of Case Alleging Michigan Secretary of State Violated Constitutional Rights

A years-long legal battle alleging dereliction of duty on the part of Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has moved to the Michigan Court of Appeals. In the early fall of 2020, four Michigan voters said they had discovered that some local election officials were allegedly using millions of dollars of private donations from the…


Voters Appeal Dismissal of Case Alleging Michigan Secretary of State Violated Constitutional Rights

A years-long legal battle alleging dereliction of duty on the part of Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has moved to the Michigan Court of Appeals. In the early fall of 2020, four Michigan voters said they had discovered that some local election officials were allegedly using millions of dollars of private donations from the…


Voters Appeal Dismissal of Lawsuit Over Use of Zuckerberg Millions in Michigan Elections

A years-long legal battle alleging dereliction of duty on the part of Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has moved to the Michigan Court of Appeals. In the early fall of 2020, four Michigan voters said they had discovered that some local election officials were allegedly using millions of dollars of private donations from the…


Benson Loses Round in Fight Over Dead People on Michigan Voter Rolls

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s latest legal maneuver to avoid removing 25,975 deceased people from the state’s voter rolls has been stymied by a federal court. Benson moved for dismissal of a case brought against her in November 2021 by the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) for her failure to clean up the state’s…


Michigan Voters Sue Democratic Secretary of State Over Use of $17 Million in ‘Zuckbucks’ to Tilt Elections

Michigan voters are challenging Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson for allegedly breaking state laws and corrupting the 2020 elections by allowing left-wing billionaire Mark Zuckerberg to use his social media fortune to dictate how the elections were administered. In official results, Democrat Joe Biden prevailed over incumbent Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election in…


Benson Does About-Face on Release of Driving Records of ‘Victims’ of Police Violence

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson last week created a short-lived exception to her department’s practice of releasing people’s driving records to the media. Under Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act, the secretary of state’s office routinely makes any person’s driving record available to third parties very quickly upon formal request. The first-term Democrat, who is…


‘Unsecured Elections Are State and National Security Threat’: Michigan Secretary of State Candidate Kristina Karamo

Kristina Karamo, a Republican and a mother of two, decided to run for Michigan Secretary of State last year after witnessing irregularities during the 2020 election. She said securing elections are critical because they’re at the forefront of everything we have. “Unsecured elections are state and national security threat,” Karamo told The Epoch Times Tuesday….


Michigan Secretary of State Sued for Failing to Remove Dead From Voter Rolls

A good-government group is suing Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson for refusing to remove dead registrants from her state’s voter rolls and for refusing to provide documents regarding her agency’s efforts to remove them from those lists. The Indianapolis-based Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF) filed a federal lawsuit on Nov. 3 against Benson, a…