Jocelyn Benson

We will seek accountability and consequences for anyone who tries to interfere with a citizen's right to vote and democracy itself.

It says two things. One, we have to remember it’s a primary, not a general election. When the full electorate participates, I expect to see a rejection of the lies and conspiracy theories that have really been furthered just by one…

Once that goes forward, if it is on the ballot, then truly our fundamental rights and freedom is on the ballot this November in Michigan.

the 2020 election was a very secure election. It was an accurate election, and it was the highest turnout election in our state’s history.

It will give voters the opportunity to weigh in, their stake of protecting their own fundamental freedoms and rights, and our democracy this fall.

there's two things happening right now. Some of us are feeling emboldened for this work, and what I saw in Michigan’s primary this week, where election workers stood firm and proudly in support of the truth, and the process, and the…

You're a threat to democracy! You're a threat to free and honest elections!

I hope so. I think that's part of what the truth and the granular details that the committee hearings are unveiling, is meant to accomplish. I mean, this was not a hypothetical idea. This was an actionable plan, to physically disrupt, the…

there is no evidence. We have full confidence in the results of our elections.

the fact that so many of us are being threatened with replacement by the exact opposite individuals who would put party first, over protecting our democracy is truly a five-alarm fire for the future of our elections and democracy.

voters have everywhere an opportunity to choose to elect secretaries of state from either side of the political spectrum, who will do their jobs with integrity, from a nonpartisan standpoint.

What’s problematic here is that these individuals are being fed misinformation and potentially being prepared to interfere with the elections processes themselves.

Even the president himself had called on me to be arrested and tried for treason, potentially executed.

the chief election officer in the state has a responsibility to ensure, no matter where someone lives or who they vote for or what the results of the election are, that they stand, that the will of the people is protected.

It’s so important for us to not just ensure truth continues to emerge as to just how far folks were willing to go to overturn a free and fair election just because they didn’t like the results. Because we not only need to see justice and…

candidates don’t get to choose electors. Voters choose the electors.

it’s all about accountability at this point, knowing and allowing the entire truth of who was involved to unfold.

this was all unprecedented. That`s why it`s important for us not to just ensure truth continues to emerge as to just how far folks were willing to go to overturn a free and fair election just because they didn`t like the results.

These statewide roles are pivotal. And democracy is ability to survive in the future will be determined by who wins and loses this November.

In Michigan, we have a very decentralized system of elections, which is good because it ensures that we have over 1,600 clerks administering the process elected or appointed at the local level.

We go to court to force them to do their jobs and follow the law. And that’s exactly what will happen if that occurs in future elections, it’s what happened in 2020.

the sanctions awarded today, they send an important message that if you blatantly misuse your authority and abuse the legal system to manipulate the public into thinking that our elections are anything but safe and secure, you`ll face…

in 2020, democracy ultimately prevailed. The will of the people was protected, because good people on both sides of the aisle did the right thing and they followed the truth and the facts and they stood up to the conspiracy theorists.

I`m committed to ensuring that these attacks on democracy are unsuccessful, both in 2022 and beyond.

this big lie has become the foundation not just for hundreds of laws that have made it harder to vote, but also for laws empowering partisan officials to interfere with the counting of the votes, with the professional administration of…