- Frustrations over election conspiracy theories sparked the resignation of an award-winning township clerk
- The clerk encourages those who are suspicious about vote rigging to attend a tabulator accuracy test
- Those tests are held in every community in Michigan before each election
COURTLAND TOWNSHIP — Sue Hartman loves her job as a township clerk in Kent County. She’s good at it — she won a statewide Spirit of MTA award from the Michigan Townships Association this year.
And she’s quitting.
Spending more time with her now-retired husband sounds appealing to the 68-year-old. But the main reason she’s leaving is frustration over an embedded belief among some of the 9,300 residents of this township northeast of Grand Rapids that elections are rigged…