Jocelyn Benson

It is long overdue to see that federal legislation passed.

I think the absence of any clarity from the Federal Government that this is not appropriate and that it is a crime to threaten an election official in their line of official duties is--well, I would say passing a law to clearly make it a…

We take the importance of ensuring every eligible vote is counted, and only eligible votes are counted, very seriously.

I am proud in Michigan that both in 2018 and in 2022, voters themselves amended our State Constitution to implement automatic voter registration, Election Day registration, enhanced audits and protections, as well as enhanced opportunities…

These next eight months will define the future of our country and our democracy.

It is difficult. Certainly, the court ruling makes it a lot more challenging to collaborate, with social media companies that have an important role to play in protecting their users from deceptive tactics and misinformation.

It is long overdue to see that federal legislation passed.

I think the absence of any clarity from the Federal Government that this is not appropriate and that it is a crime to threaten an election official in their line of official duties is--well, I would say passing a law to clearly make it a…

We take the importance of ensuring every eligible vote is counted, and only eligible votes are counted, very seriously.

I am proud in Michigan that both in 2018 and in 2022, voters themselves amended our State Constitution to implement automatic voter registration, Election Day registration, enhanced audits and protections, as well as enhanced opportunities…

These next eight months will define the future of our country and our democracy.

We take the importance of ensuring every eligible vote is counted, and only eligible votes are counted, very seriously.

I think the absence of any clarity from the Federal Government that this is not appropriate and that it is a crime to threaten an election official in their line of official duties is--well, I would say passing a law to clearly make it a…

I am proud in Michigan that both in 2018 and in 2022, voters themselves amended our State Constitution to implement automatic voter registration, Election Day registration, enhanced audits and protections, as well as enhanced opportunities…

These next eight months will define the future of our country and our democracy.

The clarity provided by the court is to affirm what I and the vast majority of my colleagues have also said since the beginning, which is that it's inappropriate for any one state to weigh in and make a decisive position on such a thorny…

For the good of democracy, the Court should resolve them now.

I want them to deliver a substantive decision on the merit, sooner rather than later, that clearly sets the expectation as to whether or not under the 14th Amendment Donald Trump is qualified to serve as president again.

We are fully prepared -- hoping for the best, but preparing for every contingency, and every tactic, every lever that could be pulled again if, you know, any losing candidate would try to subvert the will of the people in 2024.

We've been preparing for that, frankly, since January 6, 2021, where it became very clear to me that we were witnessing the beginning, not the end, of what has turned out to be a multiyear effort to subvert our elections and harm citizens'…

I do. I certainly think that this was one of a string of illegal attempts to block the certification of our election results in Michigan and to threaten or cajole or even bribe officials who had a legal duty to certify the results.

I think we've always known about this call. We've known and I wasn't surprised by the content of it at all as gut wrenching as it is to hear a former president try to pressure local election officials to not do their legal duty and certify…

We need to be very clear going into the 2024 election cycle that any attempts to overturn a subsequent election result people disagree with, though accurate... will be met with consequences, and serious ones at that.

It's not OK for you, for anyone to try to block the will of the people from coming to fruition in any election regardless of the winner.

I think it's -- one, I'm very pleased to see these charges brought because this was far more than just a ceremonial attempt. This was an actual actionable effort to undermine the will of the voters, one that we fought at the time…