A founder of the National Council on Severe Autism perishes in an accidental house fire

I have been a follower and admirer of the people who founded  the National Council on Severe Autism  in May 2018. One of their founders, Feda Almaliti, died Saturday in a house fire with her beloved son Mu. This is a tribute to her and her son from her NCSA family.

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On the Passing of Feda Almaliti, 1977-2020

September 27, 2020

Yesterday was a day that rocked the autism community. Feda Almaliti, one of the founders of the National Council on Severe Autism and who was recognized nationally for her outspoken and often brash and hilarious advocacy for individuals and families impacted by autism, perished in an accidental house fire with her beloved son Muhammed. Feda was able to run out of the house along with her sister and niece but then went back in to bring out Mu. She could not carry him but kept fighting till she lost her breath due to heavy smoke. When the fire officials found the bodies, Feda was holding Muhammed.

Our hearts are broken....

...When we heard she had died trying to save Mu, a friend remarked, “Of course she did, she would not have been able to live with herself otherwise.”

Read the full post here.

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See also, Ways to Honor the Late Feda Almaliti and Her Son Muhammed

The NCSA Blog is full of posts that describe the hope and despair of severe autism and give voice to people who have been underrepresented and misrepresented by people presuming to speak for them.

VOR Remembers Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

The following is a tribute from VOR, a Voice Of Reason, to Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who died last week at the age of eighty-seven. She was best known among disability advocates for her majority opinion in the 1999 ruling in Olmstead v. L.C.. The Court determined that under the Americans with Disabilities Act, states must move people with disabilities to community settings if treatment professionals determine that such a placement is appropriate, if the individual does not oppose such a move and if the placement can be “reasonably accommodated.” 

VOR is a national organization that represents people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and their families, including people with severe to profound IDD, many of whom live in Intermediate Care Facilities for Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities, ICFs/IID. VOR played a key role in Olmstead by submitting an amicus brief that was quoted by Justice Ginsburg that made it clear that at times the "most integrated setting" for an individual may be an institution.

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VOR Remembers Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg 

“Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you.” - Ruth Bader Ginsburg

It is with great sadness that VOR mourns the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and with great joy that we celebrate her life and the gift that she gave to our families and our loved ones with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

We wish to thank Justice Ginsburg for having heard our voice, and for having included an amicus brief submitted by VOR in her opinion attached to the Court’s landmark ruling in Olmstead: 

“Each disabled person is entitled to treatment in the most integrated setting possible for that person – recognizing that, on a case-by-case basis, that setting may be in an institution.” - Olmstead v. L.C., 527 U.S. 581, 605 (1999)(quoting Brief of VOR et al., as Amici Curiae at 11)

The Olmstead decision is often misrepresented as an ‘integration mandate’, but that’s not true. By including the ideas of VOR and others in her opinion, Justice Ginsburg declared Olmstead a mandate for choice.

141 organizations and family groups signed on in support of VOR’s brief, which was written and submitted on our behalf by Attorney Bill Burke, with input and guidance from VOR's past presidents Polly Spare, Marilyn Straw, and Mary McTernan, Government Affairs Director Tamie Hopp, attorney Sam Golden, and other members.

Justice Ginsburg taught us that if we persist, and if we unite with others to strengthen our voice, our voice can be heard - from the homes of a few concerned families, all the way to the highest court in the land.

Justice Ginsburg left us with many memorable quotes. Here are two, both relevant to VOR's cause and our mission:

“You can disagree without being disagreeable."

"Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.”

For more information on the Olmstead Decision, please visit our website at:
https://www.vor.net/get-help/more-resources/item/olmstead-resources-2

"I would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability."
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 1933 - 2020

Michigan: Petition drive to repeal the Governor’s emergency powers hits another snag with shady signature collection company

Why is The DD Newsblog covering and taking sides on an issue so closely tied to partisan politics? I usually veer away from that in my blog, but sometimes there is no way to avoid the fact that party politics endanger people with disabilities and their families. I have two sons who live in a group home where all six residents are especially vulnerable to contracting Covid-19 and to its most dire effects, including adverse long-term health effects and death. My son Danny had aspiration pneumonia five times in 2017. He survived, but throw in a virus that amplifies heart and lung conditions and I'm not sure that he could survive that. As far as I am concerned, there is no messing around with party politics that threaten to increase the spread of the virus to the general public and to the people who work with my sons, who could then bring it into their group home. JRB

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According to an article in the Detroit Free Press, “In secret recording, trainer for Unlock Michigan advises on unlawful tactics” by Paul Egan, 9/22/2020,

“A company collecting signatures to strip Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of her emergency powers coached paid petition circulators on giving voters false information, illegally collecting signatures without witnessing them, trespassing on private property, and even lying under oath, a secretly recorded videotape shows"

...“The profanity-peppered training session provides an inside look at the world of paid signature gatherers and could potentially pose problems for Unlock Michigan's attempts to certify the close to 500,000 signatures the group hopes to collect. It is the second example of irregularities in the Unlock Michigan signature collection process the Free Press has highlighted.”

Unlock Michigan is collecting signatures to repeal the Emergency Powers of Governor Act of 1945, which Governor Whitmer is using to respond to the coronavirus pandemic. Unlock Michigan is spearheading a petition drive that would allow the Michigan legislature to repeal the 1945 law without the threat of a veto from the governor.

Unlock Michigan, rather than being a grassroots organization, has ties to the Republican Party. Another group hired by Unlock Michigan to collect signatures [see The DD Newsblog, “Petitions: Read before you sign…”, 9/3/2020] was also found to employ shady tactics. According to the Detroit News, Unlock Michigan is “…primarily being funded by a nonprofit that doesn't have to disclose its donors."...“Michigan Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility, a Lansing-based organization with ties to Senate Republicans, gave $660,200 to Unlock Michigan from June 9 through July 20, according to a new campaign finance report.”

Read and think when you are asked to sign a petition and make sure you understand what you are signing.

Michigan: Legislators move to improve the counting of absentee ballots before the November election

While President Trump rails against the use of mail-in ballots by voters, claiming, despite evidence to the contrary, that mail-in voting leads to fraud, the dirty little secret is that mail-in or absentee voting is equally beloved by voters in both parties. Both Democrats and Republicans encourage voters to use this method of voting on their Websites. In Michigan, mail-in voting is exactly the same as absentee voting. Absentee ballots are sent to voters after they send in an application. No excuse is necessary.

In MIchigan, more than 2.1 million voters have already requested absentee ballots for the November 3rd election. The Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson anticipates that more than 3 million people will cast absentee ballots. With the current restrictions on processing and counting ballots, long delays in election results are inevitable. The good news is that the Republican-dominated legislature is working with Democrats to pass legislation before the election to speed up the process of counting votes.

An article in the Detroit Free Press, “Absentee ballots could be processed earlier under bill OK'd by Michigan Senate” by Dave Boucher, 9/15/20, describes proposals that should lessen the chances for Election Day chaos in an important swing state. Probably, delays in obtaining final election results will still occur, but the wait will not be as excruciating as it could be without some changes.

According the to The Detroit Free Press article:

“Right now, Michigan law prevents clerks from opening any absentee ballot until Election Day. Although the statute is one of several intended to maintain the integrity of votes cast through absentee ballots, it also creates even more work on a day that is already exceedingly stressful for clerks.

“That leads to long days and the potential for mistakes, as seen in Detroit after errors there caused hundreds of workers to remain at the TCF Center (formerly Cobo Center) well past midnight to count absentee ballots in the Aug. 4 primary election. “

Other impediments to counting votes include the requirement that only signed ballots received by the time polls close at 8 p.m. on Election Day are valid. In the August 4th primary, many of the10,000 absentee ballots that were rejected, were rejected because they were received after Election Day, even those postmarked before Election Day. Although a bill passed by the Michigan Senate would allow clerks to start processing absentee ballots the day before the election, “[the Secretary of State] Benson wants lawmakers to take up measures that would allow clerks to count absentee ballots postmarked by Election Day and received within 48 hours of polls closing and would require clerks follow up with voters if they forget to sign their ballot.”

“‘The Bipartisan Policy Center recommends clerks have at least seven days to process absentee ballots before Election Day. This bill allows only ten hours, only minimal processing, and includes a sunset provision that requires clerks to continue their advocacy in years to come,’ Benson said in an emailed statement."

Ruth Johnson, a former Republican Secretary of State, who sponsored the Senate bill allowing the processing of ballots to begin the day before Election Day, is also pushing for more reforms that would alleviate some of the administrative burdens on clerks and make the vote count more efficient.  

These are all encouraging signs that legislators are taking more responsibility for improving the voting process and acknowledging that this is good for the state and its citizens.

Michigan: Protecting the right to vote with mail-in or hand-delivered paper ballots

Absentee voting has been standard for as long as I can remember for senior citizens, people in the military, people with disabilities, and others who have trouble accessing in-person voting on Election Day.

In 2018, a Michigan ballot initiative to expand voting rights passed overwhelmingly with bi-partisan support. Michigan now allows absentee voting for anyone requesting an absentee ballot. (Requirements for mail-in voting and absentee voting are exactly the same.)

To vote by paper ballot, go to the Michigan Secretary of State Website on Voter Information and follow these steps to make sure your ballot is counted:

• Register to vote or confirm that you have already registered;
• Apply for an absentee ballot;
• Follow the instructions carefully and fill out the absentee ballot;
• Mail it in or, better yet, hand deliver your ballot to your local polling place.

Michigan election law requires that local clerks’ offices begin mailing requested absentee ballots to voters 40 days before an election. Clerks will start mailing out ballots on September 24, 2020 for the November 3rd election. Vote as early as possible. You can track your ballot on-line to make sure the clerk’s office has received it. Voter registration and absentee voting is allowed up to the day of the election, but see the Voter Information Website for details. You can even change your vote before the election, but again, follow the instructions on absentee voting  carefully. 

Much of the anxiety being whipped up about voter fraud with absentee or mail-in ballots has itself a whiff of fraud about it or at least an apparent intent to deliberately frighten and mislead voters.

This article from the Hill, “Let's put the vote-by-mail 'fraud' myth to rest” by Amber McReynolds and Charles Stewart III, 4/28/20, sums it up in the first two paragraphs:

“Widespread calls to conduct the 2020 elections by mail, to protect voters from COVID-19 exposure, are being met with charges that the system inevitably would lead to massive voter fraud. This is simply not true.

“Vote fraud in the United States is exceedingly rare, with mailed ballots and otherwise. Over the past 20 years, about 250 million votes have been cast by a mail ballot nationally. The Heritage Foundation maintains an online database of election fraud cases in the United States and reports that there have been just over 1,200 cases of vote fraud of all forms, resulting in 1,100 criminal convictions, over the past 20 years. Of these, 204 involved the fraudulent use of absentee ballots; 143 resulted in criminal convictions.”

Read the full article for details.
 

Then there was this warning about voter fraud in Michigan tweeted by Donald Trump, Jr. in August 2020: 

 

“‘8% of the votes cast’ in Michigan’s Aug. 4 primary, 864 mailed ballots, came from dead voters. ‘NOTHING TO SEE HERE!!!’”. None of this was true. 

This article from the Detroit Free Press explains what happened in the August 4th, 2020 primary: “Donald Trump Jr. tweets about dead people voting in Michigan. We fact-checked the claim.” by Clara Hendrickson, 8/18/20: 

“On Aug. 14, the Michigan Secretary of State’s Office released preliminary data on the number of rejected ballots from the state’s Aug. 4 primary. In total, over 10,000 absentee ballots were rejected, including nearly 850 ballots cast by voters who died before Election Day. ..

 

"Nearly 60% of them were rejected because they arrived late. Absentee ballots must be received by the voter’s clerk by 8 p.m. on Election Day in order to be counted

“The remaining rejected ballots were deemed ineligible for a range of reasons, including missing or mismatched signatures or voters who changed addresses.”
 

“Of the rejected ballots, 846 had to be tossed because the voters were deceased. These were not instances of someone completing and mailing an absentee ballot by stealing the identity of a deceased voter. [emphasis added] Rather, as Benson’s Aug. 14 release notes, they were cast by eligible Michigan voters who died after casting their ballots but before Election Day."

The Secretary of State said that ..."Based on the total of counted and uncounted votes, the number of ballots from deceased voters accounted for about 0.03% of votes cast, meaning Trump overstated it by a factor of more than 200. And none of them were counted toward the final results.” [emphasis added]

 

“...Rather than indicating instances of fraud, the rejected ballots show the state’s ability to detect and discount ineligible ballots.”

Secretary Benson said the large number of rejected ballots reflects the need for reform ahead of November’s general election.

And finally, we get to some real voter and election fraud that should give purveyors of fear and misinformation pause. It is not a good look for the Republican Party:

Although there have been herculean efforts to find voter fraud where it does not exist, there is one voter fraud database that is linked to on the White House Website. The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, went looking for voter fraud and came up with underwhelming results, but at least the database reveals some of the details of voter or election fraud when it occurs.:
 

The Heritage Foundation “A Sampling of Recent Election Fraud Cases from Across the United States” explains the data it has collected:

“…This database is not an exhaustive or comprehensive list. It does not capture all cases and certainly does not capture reported instances that are not investigated or prosecuted. It is intended to demonstrate the vulnerabilities in the election system and the many ways in which fraud is committed.”

Let’s take a look at the Michigan database.

 
The most recent case on the list involves a 2016 felony conviction for Brandon Hall: 

“Brandon Hall was convicted of ten counts of ballot petition fraud stemming from the 2012 election. [Republican] Chris Houghtaling, who sought to become a candidate for the Ottawa County District Court, hired Hall to acquire the necessary signatures for his candidacy; Houghtaling reportedly did not care whether the signatures were collected legally or illegally, and even assisted in Hall's crime by providing him old 2010 petitions to copy. Hall, realizing he did not collect enough signatures, used a phone book to complete the rest. Hall's friend, Zachary Savage, assisted with the fraud, but prosecutors granted him immunity in exchange for his testimony. Hall appealed his conviction, which was affirmed. He is awaiting sentencing. “

 

That name sounded familiar. I wracked my brain trying to remember where I had heard it before. It finally came to me. Brandon Hall was one of the leaders of the protests in Lansing in April 2020, objecting to the governor’s stay-home order to prevent the spread of Covid-19. According to this article in the Detroit News, “Protesters gather outside the governor's Lansing residence over stay-home order” by Beth LeBlanc, 4/23/20: 

“Protesters carried American flags, Trump 2020 signs and Make America Great Again banners as they stood on sidewalks and in the governor's gated driveway. Some protesters carried firearms while others waited in their cars, honking horns in the residential neighborhood.” 

“…Organizer Brandon Hall of Petoskey estimated roughly 100 people attended the afternoon protest ...

 

"'It's time to open Michigan now,' said Hall, a 30-year-old conservative activist who was long based out of West Michigan. 'People who want to stay on house arrest can stay on house arrest, and people who want to work can work.'.

And then comes the blast of bad news from the past: “A month in jail for GOP politico convicted of 2012 election fraud” by Stephen Kloosterman, 12/27/16 and updated 1/19/19. 

 

It only gets worse:

“It's not the first time Hall has brushed with the law.

“In 2010, Hall was a Grand Haven School Board Member when $750 went missing from an elementary school's T-shirt sale to benefit a national charity. Hall was convicted of stealing and sentenced to two years of probation.

“Hall was also once the subject of a campaign finance complaint from a City Council candidate that his political action committee endorsed, the Grand Haven Tribune reported.”

This is such a bad look for the purveyors of voter fraud anxiety. 

 

In case you are interested, here is a YouTube video of Hall’s sentencing hearing on Dec 27, 2016. He appears to be genuinely sorry that he was caught.

Michigan workers eligible for tuition-free community college and more unemployment benefits

According to an article on Mlive.com, "Michigan front-line workers eligible for tuition-free community college under state program", 9/10/20, by Lauren Gibbons:

"Michigan residents without college degrees who’ve worked through the COVID-19 pandemic can now apply for tuition-free community college, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Thursday morning.

"The Future for Frontliners program, initially announced by the governor in April, is open to workers without an associate or bachelor’s degree who were deemed essential during the COVID-19 pandemic.

"To be eligible, workers must have worked at least part-time for 11 of the 13 weeks between April 1 and June 30 and were required by their job to work outside their home at least some of the time.

"The program is funded by $24 million from the Governor’s Education Emergency Relief, part of the federal funding Michigan received from the CARES Act, according to a press release from the governor’s office. The state estimates 625,000 workers could be eligible for the program...."

In addition, according to another Detroit Free Press article, "State of Michigan: Unemployed workers will receive $300 federal benefit within 10 days" by Adrienne Roberts, 9/10/20:

"Michigan workers filing for unemployment benefits will receive the extra $300 federal benefit within 10 days, the state's Unemployment Insurance Agency said Thursday.

"The payments are retroactive, and will be paid out for the weeks ending Aug. 1, Aug. 8 and Aug. 15 initially, Steve Gray, the director of the UIA, said in a release.

"The benefit, funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), is available to states for up to six weeks, which would end Sept. 5. The UIA has applied for the additional three weeks of funding, according to the release..."

For details, read the full article and this update from the Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency.

13-year old autistic boy shot by police in Salt Lake City

This is easier to read about than to watch. If you prefer to read about it, this is an article from The Guardian:

"Police shoot 13-year-old boy with autism several times after mother calls for help"
by Kenya Evelyn, 9/8/20

 

Petitions: Read before you sign - statements by petition supporters and the collectors of signatures are sometimes misleading

Here is the short version of this post: A Michigan petition drive is underway to repeal the law that gives the Michigan governor the ability to protect public health and safety during the covid-19 pandemic. Some voters asked to sign the petition have been told that repealing the law will help the governor and small businesses or help hire more police and firefighters. None of this is true. One of the people involved in circulating petitions has a sketchy past involving voter and election fraud.

Read on for the details and political intrigue:

A petition drive is underway in Michigan to repeal a 1945 law granting emergency powers to the Michigan governor. Governor Gretchen Whitmer is using these emergency powers during the Covid-19 pandemic to protect public health and safety, including requiring face masks in enclosed public spaces, and regulating activities that can spread the Covid-19 virus and make it harder to control.

There is fierce opposition to the Governor’s actions, although, in general, governors who have taken strict measure on coronavirus have seen better political outcomes than those who have not. (According to a Washington Post article from 7/31/20 by Amber Phillips, Governor Whitmer has an approval rating of about 64%). Furthermore, the Michigan Court of Appeals upheld a lower court ruling that said that Whitmer had not exceeded her authority under the Emergency Powers Act. The Michigan Supreme Court was scheduled to hear oral arguments on September 2, 2020 on a case challenging her use of executive powers.

According to an article in the on-line magazine Bridge Michigan, “The Michigan Constitution sets signature thresholds for petition drives at 8 percent of the total turnout in the most recent gubernatorial election. While there are 7.7 million registered voters in Michigan, about 4.25 million cast ballots in the 2018 election that Whitmer won by nearly 10 percentage points over Republican Bill Schuette.”

The organization collecting signatures is called Unlock Michigan . It needs to collect to collect at least 340,047 valid signatures within 180 days (by early January 2021), according to Michigan law. “…organizers hope to get the initiative to the Legislature this year while they are still guaranteed a GOP majority in the state House. Passage by the legislature under these circumstances does not allow a veto by the governor.”

If the legislature repeals the 1945 law that gives the governor emergency powers to control the Covid-19 pandemic without legislative approval, is the legislature willing to step up to its responsibility to protect public safety by agreeing to approve emergency measures under a 1976 law that requires legislative approval of the governor’s actions? Who do they fear more? Their supporters who aggressively oppose controls or the pandemic that has ravaged the country for 6 months with over 100,000 cases in Michigan and close to 7,000 deaths?

Petition drives to place an issue on a ballot for a vote are not unusual. The controversy here is about the bait-and-switch tactics of the people hired to collect signatures and questions about the sketchy reputation of the company they work for.

Funding for the “Unlock Michigan” campaign comes mostly from a group with ties to Michigan Senate Republicans

An article in the Detroit News, “Mystery money fuels campaign to limit Whitmer's emergency powers” by Craig Mauger, 7/27/20, looks into funding for "Unlock Michigan".

“The group collecting petitions to limit Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's emergency powers is primarily being funded by a nonprofit that doesn't have to disclose its donors."

…“Michigan Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility, a Lansing-based organization with ties to Senate Republicans, gave $660,200 to Unlock Michigan from June 9 through July 20, according to a new campaign finance report.”

…“Under Michigan law, ballot proposal committees, like Unlock Michigan, can receive money from corporate donors and unions, including nonprofits that raise their funds from elsewhere. The chain of giving effectively conceals the original source of the money.” [Emphasis added]   

…“Unlock Michigan released its first campaign finance disclosure on Monday. Of the $765,024 the group raised through July 20, 86% of the money came from Michigan Citizens for Fiscal Responsibility, which spent about $1.1 million backing GOP Michigan Senate candidates in 2018, according to the Michigan Campaign Finance Network.”

Unlock Michigan hires a firm to circulate petitions that subcontracts to a circulator with a criminal record
 

This is according to an article in the Detroit Free Press, “Unlock Michigan petition circulator has criminal record, history of 'bait and switch' by Paul Egan, 8/28/20:

“The owner of a firm collecting signatures to repeal a law granting emergency powers to Michigan's governor has a criminal record for falsifying his voter registration and a history of alleged ‘bait and switch’ tactics in paid petition drives around the U.S.”

The individual in question is Mark Jacobi, a subcontractor to National Petition Management, the firm Unlock Michigan hired to head up its drive to collect about 500,000 signatures.

“Mark A. Jacoby, 37, whose company, Let the Voters Decide, is publicizing that it will pay petition circulators $3.50 for each valid signature to repeal the Emergency Powers of Governor Act of 1945, was arrested for suspected voter registration fraud and perjury in California and pleaded guilty in 2009 to a lesser charge of registering to vote at an address where he did not live.”

Unlock Michigan disputes the involvement of Jacoby in the collection of signatures, but Jacoby said he is a subcontractor to National Petition Management, the firm Unlock Michigan hired to head up its drive to collect about 500,000 signatures. 


According to the Detroit News [from "Mystery Money"], “As of July 20, Unlock Michigan had paid National Petition Management $300,000 in the relatively early stages of the petition drive, records show." , The Detroit News]

So, think before you sign and make sure you understand what you are signing.

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For more political intrigue from The DD News Blog, read about the 2012 Proposition 4 campaign involving state advocacy groups and fines for campaign finance violations.

Michigan: Election Shenanigans 2020, Part I

It's election season again, and there are various schemes afoot to discourage us from voting or to deceive us in some way so that we aren't thinking straight when we do vote. 

This article in the Detroit Free Press, "Michigan election, legal chiefs decry 'racist' robocall that attacks mail-in voting" by Dave Boucher, 8/27/20, describes a robocall that is going around in Detroit:

 

"The top elections and legal officials in Michigan jointly denounced a robocall making the rounds in Detroit on Thursday, labeling it a racist and inaccurate attempt to dissuade the use of mail-in voting.

 

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Attorney General Dana Nessel said they want to warn residents that other misinformation campaigns are likely to crop up as the Nov. 3 general election draws near. "

Here is a YouTube version of the call.

The call claims that "voters who apply for and use absentee ballots are providing personal information that may be used by police to exercise warrants, credit card companies to collect debts and the CDC to 'track people for mandatory vaccines.'"

None of this is true.

"Don't be (inaudible) into giving your private information to the man. Stay safe, and beware of vote by mail," the robocall states.

"Nationally, President Donald Trump and other Republicans continue to repeat false claims about mail-in voting, arguing the process may lead to a rigged or corrupt election. Experts say vote-by-mail does not give an advantage to either political party and election fraud in any form is incredibly rare." 

According to the Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, it's a felony under Michigan law to deter or otherwise disrupt a person trying to vote. Someone convicted of this offense could face a $1,000 fine and up to five years in prison. 

Anyone who receives a suspected robocall should report that information at www.mi.gov/robocall and email the information to elections@michigan.gov, according to the news release

The President suggested in August that he will send law enforcement to monitor polls, a tactic that is well-known for voter intimidation. It turns out that is illegal, too, so he must have been kidding.

Here are two documents [one & two] on Michigan and Federal Election Day Offenses to consider before voting for the Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020 election.

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