That prompted Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to revoke Scott’s ability to run the upcoming election, putting Hillsdale County Clerk Marney Kast, a fellow Republican, in her place.Īmid false allegations that the 2020 election was stolen from Donald Trump, conservative activists and officials have zeroed in on election equipment as supposedly holding evidence of the theft. Instead, Scott told Michigan news site Bridge Michigan that she wanted to preserve data on the machines from previous elections-an apparent reference to the false idea that voting machines have been used to steal elections. It also marks the second time a piece of elections equipment under the control of a QAnon-tied elections official has been compromised.Īhead of a special election on Tuesday, Scott refused to allow maintenance to be carried out on voting equipment. The equipment’s disappearance came after a week of controversy for Stephanie Scott, a clerk in rural Adams Township who has clashed with Michigan’s Secretary of State over Scott’s bogus election fraud claims. A key piece of voting equipment has gone missing while under the supervision of a pro-QAnon clerk, prompting a Michigan State Police investigation.
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