This needs to be fixed nationwide before 2026 midterms. Errors on ballots and after election day.
Two errors that happen in blue states (Except Georgia in 2020) are ballots counted and received after election day plus errors on the ballot or ballot envelope. Michigan is the latest case.
On December 4, 2025, a Michigan Court of Claims judge delivered a crushing blow to Jocelyn Benson’s attempts to weaken mail-in ballot safeguards. The Michigan Court of Claims judge has once again ruled against Democrat Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, striking down her “guidance” that allowed absentee ballots with mismatched or missing identifying numbers to be processed and counted as “challenged” rather than rejected outright.
The decision, handed down on December 4, 2025, reinforces a key anti-fraud safeguard enacted by the state Legislature in 2024, which mandates that ballots can only be tabulated when the unique numbers on the ballot stub and envelope match perfectly. Benson’s instructions had directed clerks to bypass this requirement, potentially opening the door to irregularities (or cheating) in absentee voter ballot processing.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled that those who made errors had to be notified to fix those errors. Pennsylvania also has tried to use nine days after election day for ballots to be counted. So, both situations need to be clarified.
