In Roscommon County, an official in Richfield Township told investigators that in early 2021, he handed over two vote-counting tabulators to an unauthorized and unidentified “third party” who kept the machines for several weeks. The country’s clerk also admitted to giving election equipment to unauthorized individuals.
In Michigan, there were 11 incidents in which Trump supporters breached or attempted to breach voting equipment. Nationwide, at least 17 incidents of voting machine breaches by Trump allies have been reported.
Trump supporters were inspired to breach voting equipment partly due to false claims that the state-ordered voting-system maintenance or upgrades would erase evidence of the alleged election fraud in 2020.
State officials including in Michigan asserted that systems maintenance or upgrades do not affect the data stored from past elections.
In an interview, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson told Reuters that they are investigating if there was a coordinated effort to breach the state’s election system.
