Elon Musk, the owner of by State Jocelyn Benson (archived here).
Benson responded that Musk was spreading “dangerous misinformation.”
“There are 7.2 million active registered voters and 7.9 eligible voters in our state,” she said October 19 (archived here). “Musk uses a misleading figure, including 1.2 million inactive records that will be deleted by law.”
She linked to the state’s Election Fact Center, which says registrations are up cancelled if a voter dies, leaves their jurisdiction, requests a cancellation, or if the registration is identified as a duplicate (filed here).
“State and federal The law requires voters who are inactive because they may have moved to remain on the roll until the waiting period of two federal cycles has expired – a period that could be as long as four years,” the website says.
A separate web page from Michigan Department van State currently shows approximately 8.4 million registrations October 24, of which 338,719 will be removed in 2025 and 256,710 in 2027.
Since 2019, approximately 800,000 names have been removed from the electoral rolls (archived here).
Lawsuit dismissed
In a lawsuit filed by the Republican National Committee, a federal judge on October 23, 2024 rejected claims that Michigan had violated federal law and should be required to make further efforts to remove unqualified voters from the voter rolls (archived here).
The plaintiffs “have not alleged any specific deficiency in Michigan’s removal program, nor have the plaintiffs sought any specific damages,” Judge Jane Beckering wrote in a 30-page opinion.
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The judge said that simply comparing census data to voter registration numbers “does not plausibly indicate that Michigan is violating the National Voter Registration Act,” noting that the law “prohibits states from removing voters suspected of moving until at least two federal general elections have been held.” took place. past.”
She added that “the quality of the pleadings does not permit the Court to infer more than a mere possibility of misconduct.”
AFP contacted the foreign minister for additional comment but there was no response.
More AFP reporting on disinformation about the 2024 US election is available here.
