A federal court in Michigan dismissed a lawsuit over voter records , dealing another blow this week to the Republican National Committee’s efforts to target the battleground state over the voting process.
The lawsuit accused the Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Michigan Bureau of Elections Director Jonathan Brater of failing to “maintain clean and accurate voter registration records.” U.S. District Judge Jane Beckering said Republicans did not supply evidence and lacked legal standing in their challenge.
Earlier this week, a Michigan state judge rejected the RNC’s separate attempt to disqualify the ballots of certain overseas and military voters.
The RNC alleged in its original March complaint that there are more registered voters in Michigan than eligible citizens, a claim that misrepresents data and has been echoed in recent days by Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla and Space X and owner of the social media platform X. The Republicans in the case argued the state failed to remove some people who are no longer eligible from voter rolls and violated the National Voting Rights Act.