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RandySF

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Tue Oct 5, 2021, 07:32 PM Oct 2021

MI: Republican Macomb County clerk pursues forensic audit of county election server

Macomb County Clerk Anthony Forlini said Tuesday he plans to hire a cyber security firm to conduct a forensic audit of the county's election server to "restore the confidence of our election processes in Macomb County."

"I cannot say with certainty whether or not we will find something from the past, but I can say that Macomb will lead the state in election integrity in the future," Forlini said in a statement. "We are in the process of establishing best election practices that we will continually look at and modify as laws and technology change."

Former President Donald Trump beat Democrat Joe Biden 53%-45% in Macomb County last year, the second consecutive time the Republican won the county. But Biden won the state by about 154,000 votes or 3 percentage points, and Trump has made unsubstantiated claims fraud cost him the election.

Forlini said he has no reason to doubt the results in Macomb County. The audit will build public confidence in the local election system and assuage some residents' fears about outsiders' ability to interfere in the results, he said.

"I'm trying to establish all the best practices for good, clean elections," Forlini told The Detroit News. "Not to say they weren't clean before; I'm not trying to allude to that. I'm trying to say that I want to be able to answer in the affirmative that, from a technology standpoint, we have clean elections."




https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/macomb-county/2021/10/05/macomb-county-clerk-pursues-forensic-audit-election-server/6006646001/

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MI: Republican Macomb County clerk pursues forensic audit of county election server (Original Post) RandySF Oct 2021 OP
trying create precedent nt msongs Oct 2021 #1
Well, sounds like that's another server the reTHUGS will have to pay to replace! abqtommy Oct 2021 #2
Well Tony BlueIdaho Oct 2021 #3
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Oct 2021 #4

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