Election law at the heart of Michigan voting machine investigation – By Clara Hendrickson (Detroit Free Press) / July 10, 2023
At the heart of the investigation into an alleged conspiracy to seize voting machines in the wake of the 2020 presidential election lies a question about Michigan election law: Who is allowed to have access to the voting machines and when?
DJ Hilson, the special prosecutor investigating the alleged plot, has asked the court to weigh in on the matter, filing a request earlier this year seeking a legal interpretation of Michigan election law in Oakland County Circuit Court. It’s a move he and Oakland County Circuit Court Judge Phyllis McMillen — who’s presiding over the case — acknowledge is unusual.
Hilson has his own idea of what the law says, but a court opinion could bolster his assertion.
“Whether I’m right or not, at least I’m making an effort to determine whether I’m right or not,” he recently told the Free Press.
