Michigan AG Rejects DOJ’s Request to Access Wayne County 2024 Ballots

Michigan attorney general Dana Nessel on April 19 rejected the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) request to turn over 2024 election ballots and other voting materials from Wayne County. Nessel’s statement followed an April 14 letter from the DOJ demanding the Wayne County elections clerk produce all ballots, ballot receipts, and ballot envelopes from the 2024 elections within two weeks. The department said the request was intended to ensure that “federal election laws were not violated in the November 2024 election,” as it noted convictions of election fraud in Wayne County, citing three state-level prosecutions tied to voter fraud during the 2020 election. In a joint statement with Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, Nessel said the highlighted convictions show Michigan’s safeguards are working and that voter fraud cases are “rare and addressed” in the state....