The Secretary of State is a Democrat. The Legislature is Democratic. The Washtenaw County Clerk is a Democrat.

Not obvious how Republicans had an opportunity to flag her registration.

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illegally removing these people, that is, come up w/ flimsy excuses or reasons, remove them from voting rolls, and then, let them do the grunt work of getting back onto the active voting roster.

but without a gift link,I cannot.

I won't subsidize the old gray lady, I have never had a facebook account, I closed everything I had with google years ago, and don't you have to have a Mac to use Apple? I've never tried.

If some subscriber would post a gift link (free to the subscriber as well as the receiver(s)) I would read and share it.

Republicans are using postal records to throw doubt on where people live, and then pressuring local officials to do mass removals. But the rules actually say they have to do them one by one with evidence, and it should take time and more than just "2 addresses for what seems to be the same person".

From the NYT:

Along with all the other forms of identification you mentioned.

-- Ron

A passport proves identity, but not residence.

Even though I KNOW the people who do the work personally, I go and confirm about a month before the mail in ballots are mailed out.

I trust no one when it comes to that.

Purges and challenges are afoot. Go to https://vote.org , https://canivote.org , https://iwillvote.com , or you local elected officials' site.

I checked my registration at vote.com, just to see how it worked, and I can report that it was easy and fast. I live in a reliably blue state that the MAGAts aren't likely to bother messing with, but it's still nice to have that reassurance.

Early voting for the 3/19 primary has already started, and I'm planning to go vote sometime this week.

I'm sorry my OP didn't make that clearer. Point being that the challenge-a-thon (see upthread) caught up her registration, and attempted to have her removed.

That she verified probably kept her name on the rolls so that it was there at her polling place, that it had been challenged probably 'flagged' it for additional attention when she came to vote.

She is a savvy individual who twigged right away when the card arrived, but those not paying attention or unaware of how pervasive and malicious the attempts to suppress the vote are might not be prepared.

Thus the OP.

My sister did vote. She was prepared.

As, I believe, ALL voters in blue areas within swing states will need to be. This is the wake up call.

patiently,
Bright

You may very well be correct.

However, based upon what you describe, the initial flagging doesn't sound that suspect. She moved to Michigan from a bordering State, immediately registered and voted. That sequence of events can be evidence of a person establishing residency for the purpose of voting in a particular election, and then "disappearing" back to the State they actually live in. Several States reported this problem during the past two election cycles(we had people here in North Florida trying that crap in Georgia for the run-off). Obviously, your sister isn't involved in this kind of vote fraud scheme. But it is very possible that the timing of her move, where she came from and that she immediately registered to vote and voted was the reason she was "flagged for verification".

But yes, everyone should make sure they have the appropriate documents, are at the right place and that your registration is in order.

AI and automated systems to challenge millions of voters.

They are counting on every means of cheating and gaming to win, because they only need to win once.

We need a massive effort to counter the cheating, intimidation, and vote suppression.

They don't plan on winning by voting. That became clear when they sacrificed hundreds of thousands of their truest voters to covid.

They've been coordinating a massive door knocking ground game, especially in swing states. We're going to see voter challenges this time around 10 times as bad as 2020.

are quitting from all the harassment.

We need stiff protection for poll workers, not leave it up to them to sue after the fact.

The precinct leader should have gone through the book and made all corrections prior to the polls opening. It’s annoying when things fall through the cracks. It’s embarrassing / intimidating to the voter to be questioned at the poll. All part of the plan.

so that everybody gets to vote by mail year in and year out after proving one time who you are and are
legally able too.

they only want R votes since those are R for real

because it is illegal.

She's going to need to take the damned thing down to city hall and make a stink until it's taken care of. All she will need is a driver's license and a recent utility bill and the foulest mood she can muster.

They tried that shit on me in 2004. I got it straightened out at the polls by being a virago until it was.

It will only stick if she fails to act. And once it's straightened out, she needs to mil that card to the Michigan branch of the ACLU.

My Facebook is and has been up and running all day. (I'm in Denver, CO) We need to get the word out as many ways as possible--over and over again.

Thanks for sharing this information with us.

I checked about an hour ago. Suspicious that happened in Super Tuesday…

Every accusation, and all. They're goebbeling again.

The popular vote is the enemy of the Reich wing. How many R's became president after losing the popular vote recently? They know how to game the system.

How can we systematically defeat it?

There's no time to pass legislation. Individual protests affect only the individual concerned. We need an organized response to this organized effort.

We're good. I've never missed a vote in my life. Not a primary or even a small local election.

you have the choice.

they lose control and eventually destroyed. Hitler's destruction and psychopath system only lasted a few years.
People farther on the left have warned democrats about republicans' bullshit and that they embrace fascism, we got called hysterical, crazy, too far left, radical, unrealistic for decades as we watched the Overton window continued to move rightward. Maybe it's time democrats trust those farther left then themselves this complacency has cost us so much as a country. Democrats need to go leftward. If Biden did something financially to help poor people, not middle class, not working class but helped the poor and did it without shame or hushed whispers. The Dems would win. Help disabled people. Help the unsexy and invisible people in a real way that helped them financially, personally I bet those polls would change and Biden would win.Trumps numbers rose when the checks for those struggling to survive were sent. Send money as in a check with dollars to the poor and financially struggling. People remember who helps them.

I'm voting Biden because I hate Fascism.

the republicans only help the filthy rich, so they can get the dark moneys from them .they couldn't give a shit for any of the working class.

Sick to death of being invisible. I am poor.
Nobody offers to improve the life of the poor here. Politicians treat us as if we are radioactive.

Never have I heard the poor and middle class its always middle class this and that.

If you are disabled and live under the poverty line on SSI we arent worthy to be able to have anything,and we are never ever mentioned like we are non existent,not anywhere on the political radar and it makes me angry. I hate being powerless,poor and ignored.

Was elected in November 2022. She’s republican like most of our elected officials. When asked if she thought the 2020 election was legit she said a lot but didn’t answer the question. She only won by a few dozen votes. Remarkable in my county. Everyone has their eyes on her.

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every chance they can. This plus the ridiculous electoral college will destroy democracy period.

CA22 might be ripe for dems so of course, Dems aren’t getting our ballots.
So I voted in person.

There is no voting in Michigan today. Our primary was on Feb. 27th.

I used to work in Ann Arbor. Yes, it is a very liberal city and beautiful. I live in one of the neighboring counties. For what it's worth, I think quite a bit of Oakland County is not very "red", but my county, Macomb is 50/50. Northern Macomb is rural and Southern Macomb not so much, but yes, it tends to have less educated folks than Oakland and Washtenaw. My district was gerrymandered. It used to have a solid Dem rep. Now we have a useless GOP rep.

a State ID & auto registration? Don't you mean a driver's license?

And what right did anyone have to drop a card in her mailbox that is exclusively for US Postal Office use? Wow

Which begs the question, if they thought she no longer lived there, why mail the card there? But apparently it's standard procedure. I imagine they assume that if someone moved their post would be forwarded.

diffidently,
Bright

They would probably have sent it to the old address with return service requested. They would then have been notified if there was a forwarding order or if it was non-deliverable, etc.

and my two voting-age sons every month on the first.

it only take a few minutes.

Our supervisor(D) of Elections in Orange County Florida, retired in March.
Desantis parades in Glen Gilzean, a jack of all trades lackey who desantis had only just appointed to the 'new and improved' Reedy Creek Improvement District; now known as the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District.
In case you've not been following fascism in the sunshine state, desantis went after Disney for not jumping aboard his "Don't say gay" horseshit. So desantis is trying to cripple Disney in some way or another. Which, considering WDW made 38 billion out of it's theme parks last year, is not very likely.

I expect a lot of fraud and intimidation this November in Orange County.

Now a swing state, the maggots are devising ways to exclude and keep Democrats off voter rolls.

I see this all the time. The screen on the ePollbook is pink and we just have the voter proclaim they live at that address. That's all. Unfortunately, not all states are as convenient as mine.

I live there -- this is not a county you would expect anything like that to happen. Thank you for sharing, I will encourage my circle of folks to double check their registration!

If my grandchildren weren't here, I'd leave.

It makes me sick that your post is even possible.