MI-AG: Candidate sees 'widespread irregularities' at Michigan Dem convention
Lansing — Karen McDonald, Oakland County's prosecutor who wanted to be the Democratic nominee for attorney general, says her team has uncovered "widespread irregularities affecting at least hundreds of voters" at the party's April 19 convention.
McDonald lost the attorney general race at the gathering to Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit. But in recent days, she says, she's found party members whose votes were recorded incorrectly and people who voted but their votes weren't recorded at all. Meanwhile, McDonald contends more than 200 votes were cast from individuals who weren't in Detroit, despite the fact that voters were supposed to be in person at the convention in Detroit to participate.
McDonald laid out her findings and called for a third-party, comprehensive audit in a five-page letter to Michigan Democratic Party Chairman Curtis Hertel on Friday. The Detroit News obtained the letter Saturday morning......
"There was behavior at the endorsement convention that was reprehensible and antisemitic," McDonald said. "Absent an audit, a plan for a secure and accurate election process and a commitment by party leadership to create an environment where everyone can feel safe and be heard, there is no reason to expect a different result in August.
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