by: WOOD-TV Adam Fisher
LANSING, Mich. (WOOD-TV/WLNS) — Chris Swope, Lansing City Clerk, held a news conference Wednesday morning, responding to GOP allegations that ballot drop boxes were left unlocked in the city.
The Michigan Republican Party issued a statement saying the video provided was taken two weeks ago. It shows an individual walking up to an unlocked ballot drop box outside the Foster Community Center in Lansing and opening it.
Swope tells 6 News that this was “before ballots were sent out” and the envelope seen inside the box “was not an actual ballot.”
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