A judge in Detroit, Michigan, dismissed a lawsuit filed by a Republican candidate running for secretary of state that sought to block absentee ballots from being counted in the 2022 midterm election, bashing her legal bid as a “false flag of election law violations and corruption.”
Judge Timothy Kenny blasted GOP candidate Kristina Karamo’s attorneys for neglecting to show “any shred of evidence” that there would be corruption in Detroit’s election in response to a 37-page lawsuit she filed against City Clerk Janice Winfrey and the city’s board of election inspectors last month. Karamo, who is endorsed by former President Donald Trump, is running against Michigan’s Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.
“No exhibits, no testimony from any of the plaintiffs, no evidence … indicates the procedures for the November 9, 2022 election violate Michigan election laws,” read an opinion on the lawsuit, which was filed two weeks ago.
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“Such harm to the citizens of the city of Detroit, and by extension the citizens of the state of Michigan, is not only unprecedented, it is intolerable,” Kenny added. “The idea that the Court would single out one community in the state to be treated adversely when Plaintiffs have provided no evidence in support of their allegation simply cannot be allowed to occur.”
Karamo, who was selected as the GOP candidate to take on Benson during a nomination contest this summer, announced her lawsuit on Halloween, alleging that Detroit’s voting systems were corrupted and argued that Winfrey and her employees couldn’t be trusted to tabulate absentee ballots.
Judge Kenny refused to allow “evidence” of past violations, refused to hear from ANY of the plaintiffs witnesses, and decided the case only on “claims” by the defendants of how they “intend” to conduct this election. Then he proceeds to make false accusations against plaintiffs.
— Kristina Karamo (@KristinaKaramo) November 7, 2022
The GOP candidate alleged Kenny made “false accusations against plaintiffs” in response to his rejection of her legal challenge.
“Judge Kenny refused to allow ‘evidence’ of past violations, refused to hear from ANY of the plaintiffs witnesses, and decided the case only on ‘claims’ by the defendants of how they ‘intend’ to conduct this election,” Karamo posted to Twitter on Monday.
Ken Kollman, a political science professor at the University of Michigan, told the Detroit Free Press on Nov. 6 that the rising prominence of absentee voting that began growing around the time of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic has extended the time it takes to count ballots and has “given an opening for people who want to deny election outcomes.”
Karamo also alleged on Twitter Tuesday that so-called “eyewitnesses” reported the Redford Township Clerk’s Office “IS NOT complying with election law.” The town is roughly 16 miles northwest of Detroit and has a population of around 46,000 people.
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“At 8am on Election Day they are to post how many absentee ballots they’ve received,” Karamo added.
The Washington Examiner contacted the Redford Township Clerk’s Office for a response.
