EXPOSED: Michigan's "We're Not Going to Touch This" Voter Scandal - Your Vote Just Got Diluted
- Lynn Matthews
- 6 days ago
- 5 min read
Picture this nightmare: You're a Michigan voter. You research candidates, you show up on Election Day, you cast your ballot thinking it counts. Meanwhile, in the same county, non-citizens are voting too—some multiple times—and when caught, the Secretary of State's office says "we're not going to touch this."
Not a conspiracy theory. Not speculation. On the record. In a press conference. With receipts.
The Accidental Discovery That Blew Everything Open
Macomb County Clerk Anthony Forlini wasn't looking for voter fraud. He was trying to fix jury duty turnout—only 40% of summoned residents show up. The problem? An "unreasonable number" of non-citizens presenting green cards to dodge jury duty.
Then someone asked the obvious question: If non-citizens are on the jury list—which comes from the same driver's license database that auto-registers voters—how many are on the voter rolls?
The answer should terrify every American who cares about election integrity.
The Four-Month Window That Changed Everything
Between September 5, 2025 and January 8, 2026—just four months—239 non-citizens self-reported to escape jury duty in Macomb County alone.
Election Supervisor Monica Rittner cross-checked those 239 names against Michigan's Qualified Voter File (QVF).
The results:
14 non-citizens registered to vote (~5.9%)
10 still active on the voter rolls
3-4 actually voted
One voted multiple times (now facing felony charges)
This is one county. One tiny sample. One short window. And only the people brave enough to self-report.
"We're Not Going to Touch This"
Here's where it gets worse.
Monica Rittner called the Secretary of State's office. She had the names. She had proof they were ineligible. She asked for the procedure to remove them.
Reporter: "What was that conversation like?"
Monica: "The response was that um we're not going to touch this."
Reporter: "Those exact words?"
Monica: "Yes."
Let that sink in. The state election authority was handed a list of non-citizens registered to vote—some who'd already voted—and refused to remove them.
Not "we'll look into it." Not "send us the documentation."
"We're not going to touch this."
Why This Sample Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg
Forlini was crystal clear about how conservative these numbers are:
"This represents just 70% of those that were summoned. So, in all reality, those that did not respond likely have a higher probability of being non-citizens. So, the numbers we're about to show you are incredibly conservative."
Think about what this means:
30% didn't respond - probably hiding non-citizen status
Only 4 months of data - the jury software only goes back to September
Only self-reporters - as Forlini asks: "How many have been too afraid to report or don't even know better and have served on a jury?"
Only ONE county - this hasn't been checked in Wayne County (Detroit), Grand Rapids, or anywhere else.
If this was a 12-month sample, you'd likely see 3x these numbers. If every Michigan county ran this check? You'd see hundreds, possibly thousands of ineligible voters.
And some of them are voting. In close races. Where margins matter.
The System Is DESIGNED to Let Them Through
Forlini showed the actual voter registration form at the press conference. Here's how non-citizens slip in:
Question 1: "Are you a US citizen?"
Someone with a language barrier might think "citizen" means "resident." They check YES.
What proof is required?
Driver's license? ✓ Non-citizens can get these
Social Security number? ✓ Many non-citizens have these
Don't have either? ✓ Just check "I don't have a valid Michigan issued driver's license or state ID or social security number" and you're in
No verification. No federal database check. No SAVE system cross-reference.
Self-reporting is the honor system. And as Forlini put it: "Self-reporting doesn't work."
This Could Be Happening in YOUR County Right Now
Michigan has 8+ million registered voters. Millions of driver's licenses. If just 5-6% of non-citizens in immigrant-heavy areas are accidentally or intentionally registered—and some are voting—that's not a rounding error.
That's enough to:
Flip school board races
Swing local elections
Tip state legislative seats
Alter the political balance in swing counties
Former Secretary of State Candace Miller—who cleaned 800,000 duplicate registrations from Michigan's rolls in the 1990s—attended Forlini's press conference. Her reaction to the findings?
"Oh my god. I mean this is something that is very big."
On the Secretary of State's refusal to act?
"I think that the response that Monica got was pretty terrible."
The One Question Nobody in Power Will Answer
Why won't Michigan run this same jury-pool cross-check in every county, going back 2-3 years, and actually REMOVE the ineligible voters?
The method exists. It works. It found real cases.
And the state won't use it.
State Representative Joe Aragona is calling for oversight hearings. But how long will that take? How many more elections will happen while non-citizens remain on the rolls?
The SAVE Act: The Antidote Nobody's Implementing
The federal Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act (H.R. 22 / S. 128) would fix this:
Require documentary proof of citizenship for federal voter registration
Give states access to federal databases (like SAVE) to verify eligibility
Impose real penalties for fraudulent registration
Michigan could implement similar safeguards statewide through HJR B on the 2026 ballot.
But right now? The system is wide open. Non-citizens are slipping through. Some are voting. And when caught, the state says "we're not going to touch this."
This Is YOUR Vote Being Diluted
Every illegal vote cancels out a legal one. Your voice gets quieter. Your choice matters less.
This isn't about "massive fraud" hysteria. This is about documented cases in one county, a proven detection method, and a state government refusing to act.
What You Can Do:
Demand your county clerk run this cross-check - Jury pool vs. voter rolls. Every county should do this immediately.
Support the SAVE Act - Contact your representatives. This should be bipartisan. Everyone should want clean voter rolls.
Hold Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson accountable - Why won't her office remove known ineligible voters? Tag @JocelynBenson and demand answers.
Spread this story - The mainstream media won't cover it. Share it everywhere.
Watch the full press conference - [link below]. Hear Forlini, Miller, and Rittner explain it themselves.
The Bottom Line
One county. Four months. 239 self-reporters. At least 3-4 illegal votes.
That's what we found by accident.
Imagine what a full statewide audit would reveal. Imagine how many non-citizens are on the rolls in counties that haven't checked.
And imagine your vote being canceled out by someone who shouldn't be voting at all—while your Secretary of State says "we're not going to touch this."
This is the bottle. We found the poison.
Now demand they check every pill before the next election.
Sources: Macomb County Clerk press conference transcript (Jan 2026), Detroit News, Detroit Free Press, MLive, Congress.gov (SAVE Act status)
@JocelynBenson @MIGOP @RepJoeAragona @CandaceMiller - Time to act.
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