SLAP OF THE RULER
Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum (D) took Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers to school recently on the social media platform X after he misspoke on Newsmax, wrongfully claiming that those voting in Michigan “can sign a piece of paper that said ‘No, gee whiz, I really am ‘fill in the blank,’” She took Rogers – and all voters – step-by-step through the voting process, noting that all voters who come to a polling place or early voting site are asked to present a valid photo ID “in compliance with state statute.” If a voter doesn’t have one but still wishes to vote, they have to sign an affidavit under penalty of perjury that they are the voter, with $1,000 fine and up to five years in jail as the potential consequence. She noted that across the entire state in 2020, 11,417 voters signed valid affidavits. In August 2024, only 1,387 voters did, with Ingham County only having 20 total. Her verbal spanking on X further emphasized that “This law is not new. This Voter ID law in Michigan has been on the books since 2007… You had full faith in our election administration until you needed Trump’s endorsement to win your primary. I do not know what the voter ID requirements were in Florida, but in Michigan, our Voter ID requirement haven’t changed – you have.” SLAP. Rogers did not respond to any of Byrum’s tweets.
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