"Indications of apparent fraud": GOP candidate may have submitted dead voter's name to get on ballot

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Source: Salon

Published May 24, 2024 1:31PM (EDT)


Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers’ nominating petitions are being called into question by Michigan Democrats who are urging state election officials to examine what they say are "indications of apparent fraud," the Detroit Free Press reported Friday.

Senate candidates are expected to submit 15,000 valid signatures to get on the ballot. Democrats claim that over half of Roger’s 30,000 signatures may be illegitimate, with lawyers working for the party claiming to have found "patterns that indicate the presence of potential forgery and other fraudulent signature gathering tactics."

Rogers, considered a frontrunner for the Republican nomination, was endorsed by former President Donald Trump in March. Primary elections will be held in August. The Michigan Board of State Canvassers received the request for a probe late Thursday. The same concerned parties last week asked the board to look into the petitions of other GOP Senate candidates, too, among them former U.S. Reps Justin Amash and Peter Meijer (Meijer dropped out last month).

"The apparent fraud uncovered demands an immediate investigation," Lavora Barnes, head of the Michigan Democratic Party, said in a statement. A spokesperson for Rogers rejected the claims, calling them an "antidemocratic stunt." Democrats say a review of a random sample from Rogers' petition sheets found that 23 percent of the signatures were from people who are not registered to vote, suggesting 6,500 of the nearly 30,000 signatures his campaign gathered may be invalid.

Read more: https://www.salon.com/2024/05/24/indications-of-potential-fraud-mike-rogers-may-have-submitted-voters-name-to-get-on-ballot/

[OldBaldy1701E]

1. We could make this easier if we just assumed that every single filing from a rethug...

No matter what it is, is suspect and needs to be vetted thoroughly. I know we cannot as things stand, but it would make the entire legislative process easier to manage.

[FakeNoose]

5. Start with George Santos' filing - it must have been a complete mess

There's no way George Santos got the signatures legitimately.
He should have been thrown out before he even ran for the House.
And what a waste he turned out to be.

[calimary]

9. Yes. A rule that applies to everybody, ESPECIALLY including the GOP.

[kimbutgar]

2. Ironic that they accuse the Democratic Party of fraud when repukes are the ones committing fraud.

Now it should be standard practice to assume if the repukes are accusing you of something they are projecting their own actions to hide their crimes.

And of course the orange maggot monster is the most guiltiest of it all!

[erronis]

6. Nothing ironic about it. This is their M.O. and plans to gum up the works

so they can spew nonsense on the RW media.

It is amazing how clearly the (R)epuglicons have embraced the fouling of the media and normal human interactions,
while the Democrats and liberals have continued to use trust and honesty.

[calimary]

11. Just remember what the hand looks like when its index finger is pointing.

That’s one finger pointing out away from you with THREE other fingers curled and pointing back AT you. Thumb not counted in this formation.

[ShazzieB]

8. Almost everything they accuse us of is projection.

(I added the "almost" because I can't prove it's all projection but I strongly suspect that it is.)

Repubs:

[alfredo]

3. And they are

The ones whining about Dems cheating

[KS Toronado]

4. Vote for me, I'll cheat my way through life

just like my head teacher DiaperDon taught me.

[erronis]

7. For every fraud that is uncovered there are many more that are afoot right now.

And even those uncovered and actually punished will be a small percentage.

Used to be that punishment would be a deterrence against future activities. These people don't give-a-shit. Many are willing to clog the courts, pay the fines and/or go to jail as an acceptable cost of doing the "business".

[republianmushroom]

10. Don't tell me, "a little more republican election fraud."

Seems everyday, more and more.

[EarthFirst]

12. "Endorsed by TSF in March..."

So in other words there is veracity to the claim.

[live love laugh]

13. They'll probably get a slap on the wrist. #ioiyar