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Detroit residents press council for hearing after alleged voter-roll discrepancies
Summary
Multiple residents and community organizers urged Detroit City Council to hold a hearing and use subpoena power to investigate alleged discrepancies in recent voter rolls and absentee-ballot handling; council members said existing submissions have been reviewed and can also be sent to state and federal agencies.
Dozens of Detroit residents and organizers used the council's public-comment period to demand a formal hearing and investigation after they said they found discrepancies in the city's voter rolls and absentee voting process.
Speakers said affidavits and lists indicate mismatches between lists provided by the city clerk and other vote counts. “While down there preaching…I was a little sad because I was thinking like most logical people, where did 50,000 people go?” Pastor Lorenzo Osula said, describing a difference he said he saw between two vote lists. Several other speakers, including Ramon Jackson and Malik Shelton, said they represent Detroiters who can testify under oath that they did not vote yet appear on voting lists.
The calls for a hearing centered on three requests: (1) that the council subpoena city election officials and members of the Board of Elections to produce records;…
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