The House Oversight Committee voted to authorize the issuance of a subpoena for the Michigan Department of State. It was approved on a party-line vote of 9-6, with all Republicans supporting and Democratic members opposing, except for Representative Reggie Miller (D-Van Buren Township), who abstained.
Background:
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- The House Election Integrity Committee requested the election training materials that are provided to election clerks and stored on the Bureau of Elections E-Learning Portal.
- In March, the chair of the committee, Representative Rachelle Smit (R-Shelbyville), testified before the Oversight Committee regarding the issues of obtaining all documents.
- Oversight Chair, Representative Jay DeBoyer (R-Clay), sent a letter to the Department of State requesting the missing materials within 10 days.
- The department did not meet the deadline of Monday, April 14, to provide the documents.
- While the department did provide certain documents, the full list of requests hasn’t yet been fulfilled.
- The subpoena requires the Department of State to share all of the requested documents.
