Fri Feb 25 20:36:17 +0000 2022

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This is an insane story that deserves more attention.

3 people - 1 armed - stormed into a MI clerks office, and demanded access to voting equipment so they could “clone” it. They represented themselves as part of an “election integrity commission”

https://www.record-eagle.com/news/election-conspiracy-theories-flutter-around-cross-village-break-in-case/article_ac586896-85dd-11ec-ac66-07e55de51150.html

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Of course there was an ItalyGate reference 🤦‍♂️

https://www.newsweek.com/michigan-trump-supporter-bound-court-charged-attempt-tamper-voting-machine-1674238

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Tera Jackson contacted Allan Coveyou, a local computer repair tech, and asked that he bring an “oath keeper” along with him to the clerks office so they could clone the machine

So he recruited a friend that was a former police officer, who showed up armed w/ a bullet proof vest

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Ultimately Jackson, who seems to be the lead instigator in all of this, plead no contest to a misdemeanor which might even be expunged.

There was no restitution so the township has to foot the $5k bill to replace the tabulator.

https://www.record-eagle.com/news/cross-village-election-data-cloning-case-ends-with-misdemeanor-plea/article_6cd089d0-942c-11ec-98bc-77542742c0f3.html

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In another report, the clerk says the men said they were there to conduct a “forensic audit”.

https://www.petoskeynews.com/story/news/2022/01/28/cross-village-township-officials-reckon-community-center-break-in-defendant-heads-court/9237991002/

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They were concerned that data was going to be erased during an upcoming maintenance visit.

Thing is, the machine was just a tabulator. It only counted paper ballots, and did not store any data of consequence.

The maintenance visit was just to clean the rollers.