Michigan attorney general charges voters and clerks for alleged double voting in primary election

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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has filed charges against four voters and three assistant clerks for allegedly engaging in double voting during the state’s August primary election. The voters, all from St. Clair Shores, are accused of casting both absentee and in-person ballots.

According to Nessel’s office, the four voters were informed at their polling locations that their absentee ballots had already been received. Despite this, assistant clerks allegedly instructed poll workers to override the system warning, allowing the voters to cast in-person ballots. Both absentee and in-person votes were counted as the clerks failed to ensure the absentee ballots were rejected.

The voters face felony charges for voting both absentee and in-person, and for offering to vote more than once. Two of the assistant clerks were charged with falsifying election records and the same voting-related felonies. A third clerk faces multiple counts of the same charges.

Nessel emphasized that double voting is extremely rare in Michigan, attributing these incidents to a series of procedural errors. She expressed concern over the occurrence of four such incidents in a single municipality.