Hope they all get the full 5 years
According to Nessel, the four individuals appeared in person at their respective polling locations in St. Clair Shores, requesting ballots to vote in the August Primary Election. Her office alleges that upon arrival, they were informed by their local poll volunteers that they had previously completed and returned their absentee ballots, and yet, due to the failure of the city employees, were still allowed to vote in person that day.
In each instance, across three separate precincts, the volunteer election workers on-site saw the warnings on the electronic record of voter information assessed by poll workers at election sites that indicated the voter had already voted by absentee ballot, and that their ballot had been received and approved for tabulation by the local clerk.
“The absentee ballots were being contemporaneously counted already by designees of the city clerk at a separate location, demonstrating the proper functioning of checks and balances in our election system,” Nessel said. “However, despite clear and very obvious warnings, the election workers on site contacted a designated municipal call-in center seeking direction from the assisting clerks and were instructed to issue the would-be voters a second ballot and override and ignore the very clear warning displayed.”
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