Nothing really seems too sketchy about it. If a poll watcher or challenger is being loud and disruptive, calling the police seems like the right call. That person has violated the standard of conduct required, and really, there's no reason for that shit.
But in any event, Poll watchers don't have the same rights as Poll Challengers in Michigan. Poll watchers aren't allowed to challenge a person's right to vote, and they're not allowed to position themselves behind the elections' processing table.
This outlines the rules regarding Michigan Challengers and Poll Watchers
Honestly, this video seems like garbage to me. The information in it is incomplete or misleading.
For instance, when she's talking about provisional ballots, she mentions that they have six days. The video then cuts to what is the department going to do with it? Destroy it.
In that example, she told them to issue the dude a provisional ballot. Under Michigan law, the clerk then has six days to determine whether the individual who voted on the provisional ballot was eligible to vote and if they are, the vote is counted.
The provisional ballots aren't some kind of placebo that they give to people so they'll go away.
Why would they do anything with provisional ballots if the total number of them wouldnt make a difference in the outcome of the election? They should be put aside until the final tabulation of valid ballots is complete and if there aren't enough prov. ballots to change the outcome, then you're done. Otherwise you are wasting your time trying to verify ballot info for what? Those ballots should never get near a tabulator unless they have been fully vetted.
Nothing really seems too sketchy about it. If a poll watcher or challenger is being loud and disruptive, calling the police seems like the right call. That person has violated the standard of conduct required, and really, there's no reason for that shit.
But in any event, Poll watchers don't have the same rights as Poll Challengers in Michigan. Poll watchers aren't allowed to challenge a person's right to vote, and they're not allowed to position themselves behind the elections' processing table.
This outlines the rules regarding Michigan Challengers and Poll Watchers
https://www.michigan.gov/documents/SOS_ED_2_CHALLENGERS_77017_7.pdf
These are the rules on absentee ballots:
https://www.michigan.gov/documents/sos/VI_Michigans_Absentee_Voting_Process_265992_7.pdf
Honestly, this video seems like garbage to me. The information in it is incomplete or misleading.
For instance, when she's talking about provisional ballots, she mentions that they have six days. The video then cuts to what is the department going to do with it? Destroy it.
In that example, she told them to issue the dude a provisional ballot. Under Michigan law, the clerk then has six days to determine whether the individual who voted on the provisional ballot was eligible to vote and if they are, the vote is counted.
The provisional ballots aren't some kind of placebo that they give to people so they'll go away.
Why would they do anything with provisional ballots if the total number of them wouldnt make a difference in the outcome of the election? They should be put aside until the final tabulation of valid ballots is complete and if there aren't enough prov. ballots to change the outcome, then you're done. Otherwise you are wasting your time trying to verify ballot info for what? Those ballots should never get near a tabulator unless they have been fully vetted.