DOJ Demands Detroit's 2024 Ballots: GovBrief #444

Harmeet Dhillon wants every ballot Detroit cast in 2024.

Her Civil Rights Division at the Justice Department gave Wayne County two weeks to hand over 865,000 ballots, envelopes, and receipts, with a federal lawsuit waiting if it refuses. The justification rests on three fraud cases that aren’t from 2024 and that Michigan’s own officials caught and prosecuted.

DOJ already seized 2020 ballots in Georgia and pulled records from Arizona. Now Wayne County is the target in a battleground state where Democrats are defending the governor’s mansion and a Senate seat in November. Trump told House Republicans in January that Democrats would “find a reason to impeach me” if they won the midterms, and the years-long warnings about voting under a second Trump term are coming true.

Call your representatives through Resistbot and 5 Calls and demand legislation to keep state election records out of DOJ’s reach before the next demand letter lands in your state.

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