DETROIT (WHTC/WKZO) – It is one thing to question the integrity of the election process, but another to take things into one’s own hands.
That’s the premise behind a “panic button” communication system being implemented for the November 5th General Election in Michigan. Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson told a National Press Foundation meeting in Detroit on Monday, July 29, that her department wants to have such a set up in place, contingent on the support of local clerks, in which poll workers and other election officials can immediately contact law enforcement and other entities via text if a threat occurs at a polling location.
Such a program is being piloted for the August 6th Primary Election, and Benson says that when elected officials start questioning the integrity of elections, it could spur others to take lawless action on their own.
While Benson has faith in the integrity of the election system, others say that questioning that shouldn’t be stifled in the name of preventing violence.
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