In a pair of rulings, judges in Michigan and North Carolina rejected lawsuits filed by the Republican National Committee (RNC) aimed at curbing overseas voting policies. These policies, which allow U.S. citizens living abroad to cast ballots in U.S. elections, became the focus of legal challenges from Republicans who argued that such measures opened the door to potential fraud.
The RNC’s lawsuit in Michigan specifically targeted a policy implemented by Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson. This rule allows individuals who have never resided in Michigan to cast overseas ballots in state elections if their spouses or parents lived in Michigan before relocating abroad. The RNC argued that this policy was too permissive and could lead to voter fraud by enabling ballots from individuals with no direct ties to the state.
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However, Michigan’s Court of Claims Judge Sima Patel dismissed the RNC’s claims, stating that the lawsuit was both untimely and lacking in legal merit. In her ruling, Patel emphasized that the RNC’s lawsuit was essentially a last-minute attempt to prevent valid overseas votes from being counted. She called the case an “11th hour attempt to disenfranchise” overseas voters, many of whom are spouses and children of former Michigan residents now living abroad.
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