[quote=American Vet]Michigan E******n Official Charged with B****t Tampering, Allegedly Stopped V**es from Being Counted
By C. Douglas Golden
Here’s the mainstream media take: E******n f***d doesn’t exist. It’s a figment of the febrile conservative mind. It’s a chimera used to discriminate against marginalized communities/v**ers of color/t*********r Eskimo communities/wh**ever. If you talk about it, you’re probably some kind of Q***n nutcase.
Oh, by the way, an e******ns official in a Michigan city is now charged with tampering with b****ts so they couldn’t be counted in a 2020 race she narrowly won and could spend five years in prison on each of two felony charges. Nothing to see here!
The case of Kathy Funk hardly represents large-scale e******n f***d, but it’s illustrative of how this isn’t an imaginary phenomenon constructed by far-right fabulists. So it might not be a surprise that the charges against Funk aren’t going to get much coverage in the mainstream media.
According to a report by MLive-The Flint Journal, Funk was the township clerk in Flint Township, Michigan, running for ree******n as a Democrat back in 2020, and oversaw the e******n as well.
Public broadcaster Michigan Radio reported that during the August primary, Funk reported a break-in at the township’s offices to police, telling them that the seal on a b****t container was broken.
But, after an investigation by the Michigan State Police, the office of Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel came to a different conclusion: Funk had broken the seal herself.
“The Department of Attorney General alleges Funk purposely broke a seal on a b****t container so that the v**es inside, under Michigan E******n Law, could not be counted in an anticipated recount,” the Michigan Department of Attorney General said in a Friday statement.
“Funk was running for re-e******n, and narrowly prevailed in the unofficial count.”
Funk would eventually defeat challenger Manya Triplett by a margin of 2,698 v**es to 2,619.
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In the MLive.com-The Flint Journal report, Triplett said that she’d asked for a recount after she said she witnessed suspicious activity at the township’s offices in the days before and after the primary.
Triplett was told the break-in prevented any recount, given the tampering with the b****t boxes, according to the report.
Funk now faces felony charges of b****t tampering and misconduct in office, both of which carry potential five-year sentences if she’s convicted.
She pleaded not guilty at her arraignment Monday, according to MLive.
“E******n officials must uphold the integrity of their positions. Those who abuse that commitment undermine the very foundation of our democracy,” Nessel said.
Nessel, a Democrat and a polarizing figure in her own right, almost sounds regretful about that last part. If Funk were a Republican, would her quote have started with, “Hot diggity!” and 20 hand-clap emojis?
Would the statement have alleged Funk was wearing a MAGA hat when she allegedly tampered with the b****ts? Asking for a friend.
But I digress. Funk’s case may seem small stakes, given Flint Township is the neighboring, smaller cousin to the better-known city of Flint (site of a lead-contaminated water crisis that made national headlines). Democrats might be quick to dismiss it as a bad B-plot for a “Parks & Recreation” episode.
Here’s The Associated Press, for instance, making sure you get the point in the last paragraph of its report about the charges against Funk:
“An AP review of e******n f***d in Michigan and five other battleground states found that state officials identified a total of 56 potential instances of v***r f***d in Michigan, a number that represents less than 1% of President Joe Biden’s margin of victory in the state.”
Not that anyone had actually brought up any connection between the charges against Funk and the 2020 p**********l e******n. The AP’s point is to report on a criminal e******n f***d case — and then to assure everyone there’s no such thing as v***r f***d, at least not on a consequential level. Why even report on it in the first place?
And as for Funk? She’s no longer the township clerk in Flint Township, having resigned. Not over the criminal charges, though.
As the AP reported, she left to take on a new job — as the e******ns supervisor for Genesee County, Michigan’s fifth-most-populous county.Totally inconsequential, folks. Nothing to see here.
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