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Rachel Leingang

Michigan secretary of state calls Elon Musk’s voting claim ‘dangerous disinformation’

Elon Musk looks off to the side while outdoors in a suit.
Elon Musk speaks to reporters in Washington DC on 13 September. Photograph: Nathan Howard/Getty Images

Michigan’s top elections official defended the state’s elections after repeated attacks on X from Elon Musk, who spread false claims about inactive voters.

Jocelyn Benson, the Democratic secretary of state in Michigan, corrected Musk multiple times in recent days and called his comments on voter list maintenance “dangerous disinformation”.

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