The Michigan state Senate Oversight Committee concluded its investigation into the 2020 general election and found the results were accurate.
The committee, chaired by Republican state Sen. Ed McBroom, announced its findings Wednesday after conducting nearly 30 hours of public hearings, hearing testimony from 87 eyewitnesses, experts, and concerned citizens, reviewing over 400 pages of testimony, and subpoenaing key documents from the secretary of state.
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“After innumerable hours over many months, watching, listening, and reading both in-person testimony and various other accounts, I am confident in asserting that the results of the November 2020 General Election in Michigan were accurately represented by the certified and audited results,” McBroom said in a statement.
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The 55-page report detailed conspiracy theories and allegations of fraud that had surfaced and included its findings on such claims.
The committee investigated the claims that dead people voted and found only two instances to be true, one of which was a clerical issue. The committee concluded that the people involved in both of these situations were not engaging in “fraudulent election activities or manipulations.”
The committee also concluded that the claim that “hundreds of thousands of absentee voter ballots were mailed to Michigan voters without previously being requested” was false and that many equated receiving an absentee ballot application unsolicited with that of getting the actual ballot itself.
Lynsey Mukomel, the press secretary for Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, told the Washington Examiner that the office will be reviewing “the report in its entirety in order to determine if a criminal investigation is appropriate.”
The report also addressed the error in Antrim County’s voting tabulation, which occurred via human error, but it noted the election officials were “easily able” to rectify the situation and that a complete recount hadn’t validated the original result as accurate.
The committee also issued a list of recommendations that includes codifying and training the duties of poll waters, prohibiting the unsolicited mailing of absentee voter ballot applications, and establishing signature verification requirements.
On Tuesday, the GOP-controlled Cheboygan County Board of Commissioners voted 4-3 to send a letter requesting a recount and review of whether an “unauthorized computer” manipulated the tallies to Jonathan Brater, the state elections director named to the job in 2019 by Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.
Benson, a Democrat, has repeatedly defended the integrity of the 2020 election in Michigan, which went for President Joe Biden, against claims of widespread fraud perpetuated by former President Donald Trump and his allies.
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She has also rebuked the growing calls for audits in battleground states across the country, stemming from a review in Maricopa County, Arizona, that was commissioned by the Republican-led state Senate.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s office and a spokesperson for the Michigan Republican Party did not immediately respond to the Washington Examiner’s requests for comment.
