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2023-08-09 21:15:54 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

According to the MSP incident report only 42 were suspected to be fraudulent by the Muskegon City Clerk and turned over to be investigated. https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2023/08/fact-check-michigan-police-do-not-find-tens-of-thousands-of-fake-voter-registration-applications.html As reported in October 2020, none of these irregularities resulted in ballots being sent out incorrectly & no election impact occurred. https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/politics/elections/police-investigating-after-muskegon-clerk-finds-irregularities-in-voter-registration-applications/69-569903d4-b0f0-43c4-acb5-ff96b7af9a9e

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• According to the MSP incident report only 42 were suspected to be fraudulent by the Muskegon City Clerk and turned over to be investigated. https://leadstories.com/hoax-alert/2023/08/fact-check-michigan-police-do-not-find-tens-of-thousands-of-fake-voter-registration-applications.html As reported in October 2020, none of these irregularities resulted in ballots being sent out incorrectly & no election impact occurred. https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/politics/elections/police-investigating-after-muskegon-clerk-finds-irregularities-in-voter-registration-applications/69-569903d4-b0f0-43c4-acb5-ff96b7af9a9e