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Resident says he found ballots and personal data at recycling center; clerk says materials retrieved and will be shredded
Summary
A Livonia resident told council he found city documents and ballots at a recycling yard and alleged potential election-law violations; the city clerk said the materials were retrieved, identified as unused/unvoted ballots, and that the city will change practice to shred such materials going forward.
A Livonia resident told the city council he found stacks of city documents and election ballots scattered at Glendale Recycling and suggested state election law may have been violated. Alan Dix said he photographed records containing residents’ names, addresses and phone numbers and urged the city to investigate and consider creating departmental retention policies.
"State election law was violated," Dix told the council, saying he had collected the materials and feared the risk to residents’ personal…
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