Elections official in Michigan charged with ballot tampering

A former township clerk and current county elections supervisor in Michigan has been charged with ballot tampering in the August 2020 primary election

Kathy Funk also is charged with misconduct in office, the Michigan attorney general’s office said late Friday. Both charges are felonies punishable by up to five years in prison upon conviction. Funk faces arraignment in Genesee County’s 67th District Court.

Funk was Flint Township’s clerk when authorities allege she purposely broke a seal on a ballot container, according to the attorney general’s office. Under Michigan law, that prevented votes inside the container from being counted in an anticipated recount.

Funk later resigned as Flint Township clerk to take Genesee County’s elections supervisor’s job.

No recount was ever performed and Triplett, who was appointed to replace Funk as township clerk in November, told MLive-The Flint Journal that she asked for a recount after the election after having noticed suspicious activity at the township hall in the days surrounding the primary.

“Election officials must uphold the integrity of their positions,” Attorney General Dana Nessel, a Democrat, said Friday in a release. “Those who abuse that commitment undermine the very foundation of our democracy.”

The Associated Press was unable Saturday to reach Funk for comment. Her attorney told MLive.com-The Flint Journal that she was expected to enter a not-guilty plea to the charges.

“She says it’s absolutely not true,” attorney Matthew Norwood said of the charges.



Elections official in Michigan charged with ballot tampering
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