Michigan AG Rejects DOJ’s Request to Access Wayne County 2024 Ballots

The Justice Department said the request was intended to ensure that ‘federal election laws were not violated in the November 2024 election.’

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel speaks during a news conference, outside of the Genesee County Sheriff's Office in Flint, Mich., on Sept. 19, 2022. Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP

Michigan attorney general Dana Nessel on April 19 rejected the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) request to turn over 2024 election ballots and other voting materials from Wayne County.

Nessel’s statement followed an April 14 letter from the DOJ demanding the Wayne County elections clerk produce all ballots, ballot receipts, and ballot envelopes from the 2024 elections within two weeks.