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Jocelyn Benson: “The law provides for bad actors in that regard, and it does…”

Featuring: Jocelyn Benson, Democratic | Secretary of State of Michigan

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The Fight to Protect the 2024 Election with Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson

Published | Video Starts at 14:31

And there was nothing I could do in that moment to get them to do their job, to get them to do the right thing, to follow the law. We had a plan to go to court, compel certification. You know, The law provides for bad actors in that regard, and it does even more so now. So we knew that we would win the day because the votes as recorded on paper ballots were quite clear. But I remember coming home that night and thinking, they won this round because. (14:31–14:36)

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Asserts that the law has provisions to address bad actors in election certification, with recent enhancements.

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