- Mike Rogers urged the use of retired or off-duty police officers as poll watchers in Detroit, prompting Democrats to warn of voter intimidation
- Michigan law allows poll watchers to observe elections but prohibits them from interfering, touching voting materials or interacting with voters
- Rogers says poll watchers won’t discourage voting. Whether his comments allude to voter intimidation is disputed along partisan lines
In the run-up to the Nov. 3 general election, Democrats are using comments by US Senate candidate Mike Rogers to warn that Republicans may try to intimidate voters and suppress turnout in Michigan.
Rogers was recorded this year telling members of the Kalamazoo County GOP that Republicans should use retired or off-duty police officers as poll watchers in Detroit. He said the off-duty officers couldn’t wear uniforms at the polls, but “all you gotta do is open your jacket and you see the badge on the belt, right?”
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