Lawsuit Claims Leftist Benson Is Breaking Michigan Election Law

The Federalist ^ | November 21, 2025 | M. D. Kittle Posted on by E. Pluribus Unum Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s lax residency directive is ‘unconstitutional and unlawful,’ the RNC lawsuit alleges. Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is violating the state’s constitution and breaking the law through a directive allowing individuals who have never resided in Michigan to vote in the Great Lakes State’s elections, a lawsuit filed Friday by the Michigan GOP and the Republican National Committee alleges. The complaint, exclusively obtained by The Federalist, takes issue with the secretary of state’s guidance on overseas voters who generally fall under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act. The lawsuit asks the court to block Benson’s edict and issue a declaratory judgment that the secretary’s guidance is contrary to the law. It’s a do-over, so to speak, of a similar lawsuit filed less than a month before last year’s presidential election. In that case, Judge Sima Patel of the state’s Court of Claims tossed the complaint. Patel, appointed to the bench by leftist Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, cited the election integrity-killing laches doctrine in scolding Republicans for bringing the complaint too close to the election. The liberal judge wrote that the lawsuit was an “11th hour attempt to disenfranchise these electors in the November 5, 2024 general election.” Now, the laches doctrine is no longer in play, but the election-integrity problem remains. ‘Unconstitutional and Unlawful’ Benson, who has her heart set on being Michigan’s next far-left governor, has come under fire for myriad election-law-related offenses, presiding over some of the dirtiest voter rolls in the country, and violating campaign finance laws. The latest lawsuit charges Benson with.(Excerpt) Read more at thefederalist. com . TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections KEYWORDS: Click here: to donate by Credit Card Or here: to donate by PayPal Or by mail to: Free Republic, LLC PO Box 9771 Fresno, CA 93794 Thank you very much and God bless you. 1 posted on by E. Pluribus Unum Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by.
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