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37. Election officials at the TCF Center in Detroit participated in the intimidation experienced by Republican challengers when election officials would applaud, cheer, and yell whenever a Republican challenger was ejected from the counting area.

37. Election officials at the TCF Center in Detroit participated in the intimidation experienced by Republican challengers when election officials would applaud, cheer, and yell whenever a Republican challenger was ejected from the counting area.

41. As an example of challenges being disregarded and ignored, challenger Alexandra Seely stated that at least ten challenges she made were not recorded.  Articia Bomer observed that ballots with votes for Trump were separated from other ballots. Articia Bomer stated, “I witnessed election workers open ballots with Donald Trump votes and respond by rolling their eyes and showing it to other poll workers. I believe some of these ballots may not have been properly counted.”  Braden Gaicobazzi challenged thirty-five ballots for whom the voter records did

41. As an example of challenges being disregarded and ignored, challenger Alexandra Seely stated that at least ten challenges she made were not recorded.  Articia Bomer observed that ballots with votes for Trump were separated from other ballots. Articia Bomer stated, “I witnessed election workers open ballots with Donald Trump votes and respond by rolling their eyes and showing it to other poll workers. I believe some of these ballots may not have been properly counted.”  Braden Gaicobazzi challenged thirty-five ballots for whom the voter records did

not exist in the poll book, but his challenge was ignored and disregarded.  When Christopher Schornak attempted to challenge the counting of

not exist in the poll book, but his challenge was ignored and disregarded.  When Christopher Schornak attempted to challenge the counting of

ballots, an election official told him, “We are not talking to you, you cannot challenge this.”  When Stephanie Krause attempted to challenge ballots, an election worker told her that challenges were no longer being accepted because the “rules ‘no longer applied.’”  

ballots, an election official told him, “We are not talking to you, you cannot challenge this.”  When Stephanie Krause attempted to challenge ballots, an election worker told her that challenges were no longer being accepted because the “rules ‘no longer applied.’”  

42. If a ballot is rejected by a ballot-tabulator machine and cannot be read by the machine, the ballot must be duplicated onto a new ballot. The Michigan Secretary of State has instructed, ''“If the rejection is due to a false read the ballot must be duplicated by two election inspectors who have expressed a preference for different political parties.”''<ref>Michigan Election Officials’ Manual, ch. 8, p. 6</ref> Thus, the ballot duplicating process must be performed by bipartisan teams of election officials. It must also be performed where it can be observed by challengers.

42. If a ballot is rejected by a ballot-tabulator machine and cannot be read by the machine, the ballot must be duplicated onto a new ballot. The Michigan Secretary of State has instructed, ''“If the rejection is due to a false read the ballot must be duplicated by two election inspectors who have expressed a preference for different political parties.”''<ref>Michigan Election Officials’ Manual, ch. 8, p. 6</ref> Thus, the ballot duplicating process must be performed by bipartisan teams of election officials. It must also be performed where it can be observed by challengers.

44. Many challengers testified that ballot duplication was performed only by Democratic election workers, not bipartisan teams.  

44. Many challengers testified that ballot duplication was performed only by Democratic election workers, not bipartisan teams.  

45. Challengers reported that batches of ballots were repeatedly run through the vote tabulation machines.  Challenger Patricia Rose stated she observed a stack of about fifty ballots being fed multiple times into a ballot scanner counting machine.  Challenger Articia Bomer stated, “I observed a station where election workers were working on scanned ballots that had issues that needed to be manually corrected. I believe some of these workers were changing votes that had been cast for Donald Trump and other Republican candidates.”  Articia Bomer further stated that she witnessed the same group of ballots being rescanned into the counting machine “at least five times.”

45. Challengers reported that batches of ballots were repeatedly run through the vote tabulation machines.  Challenger Patricia Rose stated she observed a stack of about fifty ballots being fed multiple times into a ballot scanner counting machine.  Challenger Articia Bomer stated, “I observed a station where election workers were working on scanned ballots that had issues that needed to be manually corrected. I believe some of these workers were changing votes that had been cast for Donald Trump and other Republican candidates.”  Articia Bomer further stated that she witnessed the same group of ballots being rescanned into the counting machine “at least five times.”

53. One Michigan voter stated that her deceased son has been recorded as voting twice since he passed away, most recently in the 2020 general election.  

53. One Michigan voter stated that her deceased son has been recorded as voting twice since he passed away, most recently in the 2020 general election.  

54. Jessica Connarn is an attorney who was acting as a Republican challenger at the TCF Center in Wayne County.  Jessica Connarn’s affidavit describes how an election poll worker told Jessica Connarn that the poll worker “was being told to change the date on ballots to reflect that the ballots were received on an earlier date.”  Jessica Connarn also provided a photograph of a note handed to her by the poll worker in

54. Jessica Connarn is an attorney who was acting as a Republican challenger at the TCF Center in Wayne County.  Jessica Connarn’s affidavit describes how an election poll worker told Jessica Connarn that the poll worker “was being told to change the date on ballots to reflect that the ballots were received on an earlier date.”  Jessica Connarn also provided a photograph of a note handed to her by the poll worker in

which the poll worker indicated she (the poll worker) was instructed to change the date ballots were received. See id. Jessica Connarn’s affidavit demonstrates that poll workers in Wayne County were pre-dating absent voter ballots, so that absent voter ballots received

which the poll worker indicated she (the poll worker) was instructed to change the date ballots were received. See id. Jessica Connarn’s affidavit demonstrates that poll workers in Wayne County were pre-dating absent voter ballots, so that absent voter ballots received