LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – While Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson waits after petitioning the Michigan Supreme Court for an emergency ruling regarding Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. being removed from the ballot, one attorney says she is committing the “ultimate election interference.”
Attorney David Kallman told Michigan News Source that Benson “refuses to perform the ministerial act to remove Kennedy from the ballot.” A ministerial act is essentially clerical work that simply removes a candidate’s name. “She has no discretion,” Kallman said.
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Benson demanded the state’s top court issue an emergency pause by 3 p.m. on Monday. However, the Michigan Supreme Court is not obligated to meet that request. Benson petitioned the Michigan Supreme Court to weigh in after a Friday Court of Appeals decision said Kennedy should be taken off the ballot. Friday marked the day to finalize Michigan ballots.
Benson’s office argues that removing Kennedy’s name deprives the Natural Law Party of their candidate. Others say it is simply a way for Benson to give Democrats a greater opportunity to win in November.
In related news, the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (ACLU) is suing a member of the Kalamazoo County Board of Canvassers. A media outlet reported Robert Froman said he would not certify the 2024 presidential election if it went the same way as the 2020 election, which he believed was stolen from former President Donald Trump.
The suit is a preemptive effort to go after election officials who refuse to certify an election, and have them face charges or penalties if they do. In a video posted earlier this month, Benson stated “we’ll get you.”
Kallman said it’s interesting how the two cases tie together. “Benson refused to carry out a ministerial act, but then the Democrats argue the other way when it is a county canvasser and claim that the Republican official must comply with a ministerial act. Seems a little hypocritical to me,” he said.
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