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Witness tells House committee MichiganQVF shows registration anomalies, urges transaction logs and transparency
Summary
A presenter cited large registration surges, duplicate ballots and third-party access to MichiganQualified Voter File (QVF) during testimony to a House committee, and called for transaction logs, user audit files and improved HAVA-compliant controls.
At a Michigan House committee hearing, a testifier identified in the record as Mr. Kayala told committee members that the stateQualified Voter File (QVF) and county registration records show irregularities including large unanticipated registration increases in Muskegon County, duplicate absentee ballots, and third-party write access to the QVF.
Mr. Kayala said the Muskegon County clerk reported 148,000 voters on one snapshot while internal analysis showed 17,000 registrations added in 2020 and that outside canvassers from GBI Strategies were active in September and October 2020. He said the stateQVF appears to have subsequent quarters with missing or changed counts after a quarter when the QVF was inaccessible, and that the…
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