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Ingham County Clerk, Election Geek, Mom, LEO Wife, MSU Spartan 💚, Runner 🏃🏼♀️& Former MI State Legislator 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ she/her
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Hi friends! 👋 Barb Byrum here! If you've enjoyed getting election info, devastating tweet threads, or daily jokes here, and want to see it continue into 2024, please consider showing your support by donating $20.24 today!
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It does not matter what time it was, if she was alone or what she was wearing. We should be safe to run when, where and how we want.
#ElizaFletcher
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Hi
@laraleatrump
👋 Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum here! I watched your video, and it’s riveting stuff. But if you think you’ll be touching ballots in my state, you’ve got another thing coming.
Lara Trump says the RNC will have their own operatives working at polling stations who can “physically handle ballots”, and somehow this is allowed because a judge died last year. The DNC attorneys better be all over this. (Video: Newsmax)
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Hi Congresswoman
@LisaforCongress
👋 Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum, here! I saw this video of you at an event talking about the need to “ballot harvest” and I think there are some things you should know before you try that: 🧵
“We need to make sure that we ballot harvest, we go to the nursing homes,” Rep. Lisa McClain tells the N. Oakland Republican Club. “It’s not right. It is absolutely not right, but if we don’t play by those rules, we will not win.” Someone corrects her—call it “ballot chase.”
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Hi
@SpeakerJohnson
! 👋 Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum, here! It's not provable because it isn't true. And if the way you know this is "intuitively," it should really make American's question your intuition, and your leadership.
Speaker Mike Johnson: "We all know, intuitively, that a lot of illegals are voting in federal elections. But it's not been something that's easily provable. We don't have that number."
Sounds legit.
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MSU Students & Election Workers: If you received a parking ticket while voting or assisting voters at Brody on Election Day, I have spoken to the MSU Chief of Police and they will be voiding those parking tickets! Voting should not come at a cost for anyone!
#SpartansWill
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Hi
@repboebert
👋 I’m Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum (from Michigan). I saw today that you are “tired” of the separation of church & state. It’s been a long few years & we are all tired, but I thought, since you were sharing, I would tell you a little about why I am tired.🧵
“I’m tired of this separation of church and state junk — that’s not in the constitution," Boebert said.
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Hi
@KevinRinke
👋 Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum here. I noticed that you have a new campaign commercial that suggests dead people are voting and specifically that they are voting for Democrats. As an actual election official, let me tell you all the ways you are wrong. 🧵
Why is it that dead people always vote Democrat? 🤔
Unlike
@GovWhitmer
, I'll audit the voter rolls and make sure there's no hint of cheating in Michigan elections.
Join me, and let's lay voter fraud to rest. 🪦
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Hi Florida!👋 Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum here! I saw that Ron DeSantis' appointee just dropped you out of Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC), the system that tells us when voters move, register elsewhere, or die. 🧵
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I just want to make sure I understand this:
@CNN
reporter Omar Jimenez was arrested even after identifying himself as a member of the press, his white colleague
@joshscambell
was not and the killers of
#GeorgeFloyd
have still not been arrested...
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County Clerks don't hire poll workers and I'm from Ingham County, not Flint.
Anytime you need a lesson on election administration or Michigan geography, I'll keep a spot in my class open for you.
For someone who trolls people for a living, I thought you'd be better at it.
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Hi Michigan Voters! 👋 Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum here! Just a quick thank you to everyone who turned out and made this election have the highest turnout in Michigan election history for a midterm!🧵
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Hello,
@CoChairMeshawn
👋 It’s me, Barb Byrum. I’m the Ingham County Clerk, you know the kind that actually stands for free and fair elections. 🧵
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Hi Election Deniers! 👋 Ingham County Barb Byrum here! In the wake of the August 2, 2022 Primary Election, I have heard that you are back out spreading misinformation. Unfortunately (for you), I am aware of you. Let’s discuss: 🧵
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In case you were wondering what MAGA control of government looks like, take a look at what is happening over in Ottawa County, Michigan, today. 🧵
Ottawa County Board abruptly fires administrator, hires former GOP candidate John Gibbs via
@SentinelMitch
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So do yourself a favor, do not commit election crimes… or any crimes for that matter. And if you do plan to commit election crimes, do not tell a ballroom full of people.
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So do what I do: Grab another cup of coffee and wake up! Protecting the separation of church and state is part of your job and the voters depend on you to work for them, no matter how tired you may be. ☕️
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This has become a bit of an issue for those of a certain political persuasion who believe that the other side already does this. Two problems: 1) They don’t and 2) Ballot Harvesting is simply not legal.
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P.P.S. There are 50 states, not 81.
Laura Trump: “We have lawsuits in 81 states right now”
Who wants to tell her?
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Hey internet, can we all boycott spending our tourism dollars in Louisiana?
The Louisiana GOP just advanced a bill out of committee that says life begins at “the moment of fertilization.”
It took 3 days for Republicans to criminalize contraceptives, IVF, and miscarriages.
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P.S. Just because you keep saying “we know 2020 was not on the up and up” does not make it so… and people only “have unanswered questions” because you continue to issue misinformation day in and day out. And the rest of us are pretty sick of it.
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Governor Gretchen Whitmer has been running ads in Florida to try to grow our population. It worked on at least one person: Mike Rogers. He has decided to move to Michigan to run for Senate.
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Hi
@repjoshschriver
! 👋 Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum here... the good folks of the twittersphere brought your comment to my attention and you seem to be missing some key details about how votes are certified. 🧵
If Anti-Democracy Democrats are going to try our Republican nominee for a crime or remove him from the ballot, the House of Representatives, duly elected by the people, must consider NOT CERTIFYING Michigan's electoral votes.
The people's legislative bodies are the ultimate
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Walking out of the Breslin and BooBoo points to the man in front of us, “That’s the coach!” Thank you,
@Coach_mtucker
for saying “Sure, bud,” when that little kid asked for a picture in the Michigan cold.
#BooBooSawTuckComin
#TuckComin
@MSU_Football
@MSU_Basketball
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First and foremost, precinct workers, clerks, and voters are the only people authorized to touch ballots. For example, I am the County Clerk, and I interact with exactly one voted ballot: My own.
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MICHIGAN ELECTIONS ARE SAFE AND SECURE! TABULATORS ARE TESTED IN PUBLIC BEFORE THE ELECTION, THE RESULTS ARE REVIEWED BY BIPARTISAN COUNTY AND STATE BOARDS OF CANVASSERS, POST-ELECTION AUDITS ARE DONE BY HAND, RECOUNTS ARE ALWAYS AVAILABLE, PLUS MANY MORE SAFEGUARDS!
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Hi
@hillharper
👋 Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum, here! This article about you not disclosing any income, bank accounts, or other assets caught my eye and, since you are new to the scrutiny of politics, I thought you might need a little coaching on financial disclosure. 🧵
Senate hopeful Hill Harper reports no income or bank account, despite self-funded campaign
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I am tired of having to respond to emails from people across the state who are asking for Michigan to use paper ballots… WHEN WE ALREADY USE PAPER BALLOTS. It honestly makes me wonder if they have ever voted, themselves!
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Hey Michigan!👋 It’s Ingham County Barb Byrum. It’s Convention Week for the Republicans so I thought I would take a few moments each day to highlight the greatest hits of some of the more prominent 2022 Republican Candidates for Governor. Today, we will look at Ryan Kelley 🧵
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Hi
@MIGOP
👋Ingham County Clerk and Campaign Finance Professor Barb Byrum here. I noticed something strange about your most recent campaign finance filings that you might need to look into. Seems like you have some financial problems. 🧵
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Hi friends! 👋 It’s your friend, Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum.
@mdeperno
is at Mar-a-Lago today for a $25,000 per ticket fundraiser with TFG. So I thought it would be fun to remind you all of why it’s so important that we support
@dananessel
this November.
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Today we are waking up to discover that what happened yesterday was not a nightmare, but actually occurred.
Today isn't the day for my usual
#JokeThenVote
Today we mourn. Tomorrow we demand our legislators vote.
#EndGunViolence
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Hi
@replisamcclain
👋 Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum, here. I saw your tweet and I have good news to report: In Michigan, we ALREADY HAVE voter ID laws on the books. Let me tell you about them… 🧵
You can’t have election integrity without voter ID laws.
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I am tired of having to respond to candidates who are conspiracy believers, running for office to try to take over our elections. You know, like Tina Peters, who you urged to commit election-related crimes. She was your former campaign manager wasn’t she?
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Yet higher and higher profile Republicans keep alluding to the fact that they think that they should do it…
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Hi
@GarrettForMI
👋 Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum here. It’s been brought to my attention that you are considering committing some voter intimidation. Let me help you to see why that’s probably a bad idea. 🧵
Hey
@dananessel
and
@JocelynBenson
, I'm not a lawyer, but if a guy running for governor is paying campaign staff to videotape voters as they cast their ballot in a dropbox, with the stated purpose of having them questioned by cops later, isn't that voter intimidation?
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I am tired of having to spend my days battling election conspiracy theories that continue to crop up despite the November 2020 election being safe, secure, and legitimate. Don’t take my word for it, this is from the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency. But I digress…
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I am tired of having to remind voters that dead people don’t vote in Michigan. I am tired of having to tell people that Sharpies don’t break tabulators. I am tired of telling people that ID is already required to vote in Michigan.
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Insurrectionists don't get cookies, Matt.
Tonight
@MichiganDems
@RepNataliePrice
handed out bad tasting, dry cookies to celebrate her first bill. Only two republicans didn’t get a cookie reward. Guess who?
@NeilFriske
and yours truly.
#HighFive
Neil!
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Michigan Democrats spent the week trying to keep our kids safe and prevent gun violence. Republicans spent the week deciding whether to vote for the candidate who thinks yoga is satanic or the candidate who lost his law license this week to run their party.
#MIGOP
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Hi David Kallman and
@miOttawa
Board of Commissioners! 👋Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum here. I noted that you were googling election law in your most recent meeting regarding Early Voting Agreements. I thought you might want to hear from an actual Election Administrator… 🧵
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I have been mystified by the pivot of Republican candidates away from calling our Government a Democracy and toward calling it a Constitutional Republic. 🧵
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There is a very finite list of people who can turn in a voter’s ballot and it is written into state election law.
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Hi
@mdeperno
! 👋 Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum, here. Long time, no chat. And apparently we needed to, because it sounds like you have been drinking too much Mar-a-Lago Kool-Aid. But let this professional Election Administrator help to set you straight. 🧵👇
Republican AG candidate Matt DePerno wants to disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of urban voters by “not counting” ballots not yet processed by midnight after the polls close.
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Any person found to be doing so would be committing a felony that comes with a fine of up to $1,000 and/or imprisonment for up to 5 years… for each violation.
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I am tired of having to explain that knocking on doors 18 months after an election is over and demanding voters disclose information is not a valid methodology to audit an election.
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If these Representatives are convinced that the election results are false & fraudulent, I welcome them to abstain from swearing an oath and taking office for the 2021-22 term, as they, too, were on the ballot.
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For those who do not know (of which I will be forced to assume you are one), “ballot harvesting” means learning that someone has an absentee ballot, collecting their ballot, and taking it to their local clerk to turn it in, voting the ballot.
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If anyone other than those people (or your friendly postal worker) possesses, delivers, returns, solicits to return, or agrees to return a ballot, they have violated election law in the great state of Michigan.
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‘Those women from Michigan’ led the state through its toughest year yet.
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Is now a good time to point out that the MIGOP has historically utilized Dominion for their convention elections?
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Election inspectors are hired by local clerks in Michigan and we hire Democrats and Republicans to work in our polling places. We’re required by law to do so.
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So if you intend to train these 100,000 workers to do anything but their sacred constitutional obligation, they’ll find themselves on the curb faster than you can say “election interference.”
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Stopped for a few shots of espresso and saw these stickers. There were also pride and trans flags hanging in the windows. This is in Ottawa County, Michigan.
#HateWontWin
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️♥️
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In fact over 250 actual audits have already taken place in Michigan, each confirming the results.
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I am tired of having to deal with all the nonsense claims of election fraud that have been created and disseminated by the former president and his followers, yourself included. But that is part of my job.
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I am tired because I have administered 4 elections since November 2020 and have another one in just over a month. I really cannot be spending all this time dealing with those obsessed with November 2020.
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A local clerk or their representative can pick up a ballot from a voter at the voter’s request, and they must wear and show credentials when they arrive to obtain that ballot.
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Offering to take their ballot to the dropbox or the local clerk’s office is where the line is drawn.
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Ingham County Proposal 3 Recount is COMPLETE in one day, thanks to the hard work of over 50 people!
Over 86K ballots counted
Change: 22 more Yes votes and 15 fewer No votes
Humans cannot be programmed like machines
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Good Morning Ms. Carone.👋A couple of notes on your comment. First of all, you may address me as CLERK Byrum. My friends call me Barb, not my students, and no one calls me Mrs. Byrum. 🧵
@BarbByrum
@RepBoebert
Well Mrs. Byrum,
Clearly you’re tired of doing YOUR JOB but that doesn’t change the fact that Detroit alone has over 300 eye witness testimony to election fraud. It doesn’t change the fact that there’s still 800,000+ ineligible voters on the Michigan QVF,
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For those keeping track: 13 Republicans filed to run for Governor of Michigan in 2022. 🧵
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This is America and we do not disenfranchise voters! Clerks will count each and every legally cast ballot from qualified, registered voters no matter how long it takes. If you don’t want to live in a Democracy where every vote is counted, you can f@#* off and live somewhere else.
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Ballot chasing is perfectly legal, and it is a commonly used practice by candidates whereby they obtain the list of voters with absentee ballots (which is public record), and communicate with them about the issues or remind THEM to cast their ballots.
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Let me say this as clearly as I can for you and everyone to hear: IN MICHIGAN, ALL LEGALLY CAST BALLOTS THAT ARE IN THE HANDS OF THE LOCAL CLERK BY 8:00 P.M. LOCAL TIME ON ELECTION DAY *WILL* BE COUNTED.
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As a County Clerk for a county containing Michigan State University, this report has so much to love. For those that have limited time, let me highlight a few key points. 🧵
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A voter can also send the ballot with a member of their immediate family to turn it in. In this section of law, immediate family includes father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, grandparent or grandchild.
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For the last *bleeping* time: Ballots take a long time to count, especially during the Presidential election when far more qualified registered voters choose to vote. 🧵 1/
We are fighting to make sure that the "man-made late night miracle" does not happen again in 2024, like it did in the 2020 election.
#ElectionIntegrity
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Hi
@Sentombarrett
👋 I’m Barb Byrum. It seems as though you’ve been able to skate by the last few weeks without being held accountable for that abhorrent fundraising text you sent and I thought it wise to remind folks what you were encouraging.
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Shortly before polls open, the Democrats and the Republicans precinct workers swear an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Michigan.
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Hi
@pjcolbeck
👋Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum here. If you or your acolytes intimidate or deter a single qualified, registered voter in my county from casting their vote I will see that you are held accountable.
BREAKING: 2022 Election Operation Overwatch NOW Active.
Everyday citizens all across America have been deployed to ensure that the 2022 elections are conducted in a lawful manner.
@MrJustinBarclay
@realLizUSA
@TruckerRandy
@GrantHermes
@CraigDMauger
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The State Board of Canvassers has one job to do today: Certify the November 3, 2020 General Election results. All 83 County Boards of Canvassers have certified and submitted their election results to the State for their certification. The duties of the State Board of Canvassers
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So it is:
❌️ Bad for Florida
❌️ Bad for every remaining ERIC member
❌️ Bad for law enforcement trying to catch voter fraud
❌️ Bad for our Democracy
And it is good for..... no one.
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There is a big distinction between ballot harvesting and ballot chasing, as the person tried to yell to you, during your speech.
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In large cities and townships, the local clerks train those workers. In smaller cities and townships, that responsibility falls to County Clerks, like me.
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Will you be Spartans when the bills come up next week to stop the next one? Asking for the families of the nearly 40,000 students on campus. Oh, and they vote by the way, so consider your answer.
#EndGunViolenceNow
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To those who have asked for my comment about the recent revelations about
@KristinaKaramo
Her lack of understanding of how elections are run is still the most disqualifying characteristic to her bid for Secretary of State.
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I suppose the silver lining for you is that if you are going to commit election fraud, you are already married to a bail bondsman.
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Hi
@KristiNoem
! 👋Barb Byrum, here! This is my Puppers. She isn't good at hunting, but I love her and she doesn't deserve to be shot at the gravel pit, like you did to your dog.
Just a reminder that abuse of animals is a leading predictor of violent crimes against humans.
We love animals, but tough decisions like this happen all the time on a farm. Sadly, we just had to put down 3 horses a few weeks ago that had been in our family for 25 years.
If you want more real, honest, and politically INcorrect stories that’ll have the media gasping,
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In Michigan, local clerks have control over their polling locations and the workers within them. If election inspectors are found to be disrupting the process of an orderly election OR going outside their duties, local clerks are within their rights to dismiss them immediately.
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Nice that folks are starting to see
@GovWhitmer
for what we here have always known her to be: A no-nonsense, badass, take-no-prisoners Woman from Michigan.
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It’s important for folks to understand what you’re talking about: The end of a consent decree that was keeping the RNC from intimidating and suppressing voters (especially in minority-majority areas).
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Don’t blame others for what you did, Meshawn. It is important that you own your choices. No one made you turn in these false slate of electors, just like no one made you charter buses to take insurrectionists to Washington DC on January 6th.
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This is welcomed leadership! Whitmer to call for election protections, paid leave, 100% clean energy in new speech -
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Welcome to my Election TED Talk: County Clerks do not have EPB and you do not get to make demands. I answer to the People of Ingham County...not partisan hacks. Also, there is no such thing as EPS software.
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The Michigan Senate just passed SB 4, which guarantees civil rights protections to LGBTQ+ folks through MI's Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act. This is a step forward in the fight for equality. Now it is your turn, Michigan House, to show that
#HateWontWin
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Election tampering, inciting violence, a plot to commit acts of vigilanteism that border on seditious overthrow of the democratically elected government…
Candidate for MI governor Ryan D. Kelley tells prospective poll workers to unplug tabulation machines if they suspect fraud in the 2022 election. State senate candidate Mike Detmer takes it a step further: “We need to be prepared to lock & load,” he says. “Show up armed.”
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The time for political games is over. The eyes of the nation are on the Michigan State Board of Canvassers today; they are watching and waiting. A failure to certify these election results will signal to the country that democracy is dying in Michigan.
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Among the provisions in the Michigan Constitution is the right to a secret ballot for our voters.
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And with the stoke of a pen, the Ingham County August 2nd Primary Election has been certified! This is the result of the hard work by the Ingham County Board of Canvassers, who went through the entire election, over the past few days, and made it official.
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Hello,
@Tinafor22
👋 I’m Barb Byrum, Ingham County Clerk, from Michigan. Typically, I leave out-of-state election deniers and conspiracy pushers alone but since I have spent the past few days in Colorado, I thought I would make an exception.
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I am proud to have played a small part in this.
@mireprofreedom
Reproductive Freedom for All volunteers turned in more than 40,000 signatures TODAY.
We are so grateful for the outstanding momentum from our volunteers who collected signatures through the weekend to get
@mireprofreedom
on the November ballot!
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Former GOP Chair arraigned ✅️
Former GOP AG Candidate arraigned✅️
Former GOP State Rep arraigned ✅️
Campaign finance felon keynoting Mackinac conference ✅️
Election Denying AZ Candidate speaking at Mackinac conference ✅️
Big week for the MIGOP
MAJOR NEWS: Matt DePerno, ex-Rep. Daire Rendon charged in tabulator probe, court records show
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We’re so blessed this weak little girl moved to Michigan! Looks like he’s bringing all his California Dreaming here with him.
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Hi Twitter Family! 👋 Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum here with a Public Service Announcement regarding petitions that you may be asked to sign in the coming months. 🧵
Secure MI Vote signature collectors are lying to you. Decline to sign.
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I urge you to reconsider leaving ERIC. Call on your leaders to do the right thing and rejoin. The last thing Florida residents need is to wake up to find that the SOS has enabled voter fraud by leaving ERIC.
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🚨🚨Michigan: It is time to return your voted absentee ballot! The US Mail takes a while so please either hand-deliver or place your voted ballot in your local clerk’s drop box.
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Hi Dar! 👋 Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum here. There are no two ways around it, you are wrong. I will post the relevant MCL section in its entirety so you and the internet can read it. It's not even in legalese. 🧵👇
Barry County Sheriff Dar Leaf contended in an interview this week that local clerks have the “authority” to hand over tabulators to third parties.
But Michigan experts said he’s misreading the law.
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