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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Nathan Layne

Exclusive-Republican clerk could be charged in Michigan voting-system breach

Adams Township Clerk Stephanie Scott reviews a packet of documents during a monthly board meeting in North Adams, Michigan, U.S. September 12, 2022. REUTERS/Nathan Layne

A Michigan township official who promotes false conspiracy theories of a rigged 2020 election could face criminal charges related to two voting-system security breaches, according to previously unreported records and legal experts.

A state police detective recommended that the Michigan attorney general consider unspecified charges amid a months-long probe into one breach related to the Republican clerk’s handling of a vote tabulator, according to a June email from the detective to state and local officials. Reuters obtained the email through a public-records request.

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