However, the certificate incorrectly stated that Trump had won Michigan and that the GOP electors had convened inside the Michigan Capitol, which they hadn't. Senate, would give the Republican candidate a chance to continue to challenge the results in Michigan and nationally. Trump supporters hoped the document, which was submitted to the National Archives and the U.S. 14, 2020, and signed the certificate falsely claiming that Trump had won the state. Grot and the other Trump electors gathered in Michigan Republican Party headquarters in Lansing on Dec.
In a phone interview, Grot said Shelby Township doesn't have any elections to administer until next year, and elections are only a small part of his job as clerk.īut Grot said he would follow the request from Brater. Shelby Township has a population of about 80,000 people, and Grot has been the clerk there for longer than a decade. Grot has been a longtime and influential figure in Macomb County politics. "Therefore, in order to ensure public trust and confidence in the integrity and security of elections, I am instructing you to refrain from administering any elections held in Shelby Township while these charges are pending against you," Brater added in his message to Grot.
The allegation that Grot violated Michigan law by attempting to award the electoral votes to someone other than the person elected by voters "undermines voter confidence in the integrity of elections," wrote Jonathan Brater, Michigan's elections director in a letter to Grot on Thursday. However, it was Democrat Joe Biden who won Michigan by 154,000 votes or 3 percentage points. Lansing - Michigan's Secretary of State's office ordered Shelby Township Clerk Stan Grot on Thursday to cease involvement in administering elections after he was one of 16 Republicans charged with eight felonies for signing a false certificate claiming Donald Trump had won the state in 2020.Īttorney General Dana Nessel announced the charges against Grot and the other Trump electors on Tuesday, alleging they had committed forgery by creating a false document that attempted to give Michigan's 16 electoral votes to Trump.
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