In a recent revelation raising fresh questions about election integrity and record-keeping in Michigan, Macomb County Clerk Anthony Forlini announced that his office identified 640 noncitizens who were summoned for jury duty in 2025 after self-reporting their ineligibility due to non-U.S. citizenship status. Drawn from a pool of 62,281 potential jurors, these individuals complied with the law by disclosing their status upon receiving summonses, but cross-checks against the state's Qualified Voter File uncovered 18 who had been registered to vote at some point—with actions taken to remove, challenge, or refer several cases, including those with prior voting records. Forlini, a Republican running for Secretary of State, described the findings as evidence of effective local due diligence rather than systemic failure, while noting that the Secretary of State's office had been informed and emphasizing that such discrepancies should prompt stronger safeguards like proof-of-citizenship requirements—amid ongoing debates over voter roll accuracy and noncitizen involvement in elections.
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MICHIGAN DEMS ARE PUTTING DEAD PEOPLE BACK ON THE VOTER ROLLS
In a recent Michigan House Election Integrity Committee hearing, State Rep. Rachelle Smit (R), a former township clerk with direct experience managing voter rolls, shared alarming personal anecdotes highlighting persistent issues with deceased individuals reappearing on Michigan's voter registration database. She recounted personally removing a dead voter from her township's rolls—only to later find the name reinstated by the Secretary of State's office, leading to the mailing of ballot applications to that deceased person. Smit also described a family member who died nearly 20 years earlier but was inexplicably added back to the rolls around the 2020 election cycle, receiving unauthorized voter application mailings at an old address. These incidents, she argued, underscore systemic flaws and inadequate oversight under Democratic leadership in the Secretary of State's office, fueling ongoing Republican calls for stronger voter roll maintenance, transparency, and reforms like proof-of-citizenship requirements to safeguard election integrity in the state.
