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==Secretary of State of Michigan==
==Secretary of State of Michigan==
Benson gave private activist organizations direct access to the state’s voter files, which should only be accessible to election clerks. She also violated a state law requiring signatures for absentee ballot requests by establishing online voter
registration without statutory authority, and unilaterally decided — without legislative approval — to send absentee ballot request forms to every household in the state, without even checking to see whether the registered voters listed for each address had died or moved.
Benson got into a feud with [[President Trump]] in May 2020 over statewide mail-in voting, a measure often linked to election [fraud]]ulence.<ref>[https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/05/trump-attacks-michigan-secretary-of-state-with-false-claim-benson-quickly-responds.html Trump attacks Michigan Secretary of State with false claim; Benson quickly responds]</ref>
Benson got into a feud with [[President Trump]] in May 2020 over statewide mail-in voting, a measure often linked to election [fraud]]ulence.<ref>[https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2020/05/trump-attacks-michigan-secretary-of-state-with-false-claim-benson-quickly-responds.html Trump attacks Michigan Secretary of State with false claim; Benson quickly responds]</ref>