Michigan ‘Verify My Vote’ Election Integrity Group Publishes Blistering Response to NY Instances Hack Reporter’s Assault on Their Work Earlier than Instances Piece Goes to Print

Alexandra Berzon is a self-proclaimed “election denier motion” reporter for the New York Instances.

Sadly, Ms. Berzon seems to be singularly centered on infiltrating and demonizing election integrity teams who discover Democrat-funded teams committing voter fraud or Democrat election officers making it straightforward to cheat in Michigan.

 

On November 7, 2022, Ms. Berzon printed her first hit piece on election integrity volunteers in Michigan.

From the NYTs article:

Republican activists, attorneys and elected officers in Michigan who name the outcomes of the 2020 election fraudulent would unite with a single focus: “to supply ongoing citizen oversight, transparency, and accountability” in elections. They adopted the identify Michigan Truthful Elections and the easy slogan, “Select Freedom.”

Over the following months, the members set to work attempting to remake democracy within the nation’s tenth largest state underneath the banner of integrity.

They recruited and skilled challengers to identify and doc minute poll irregularities; filed lawsuits to undermine protections for the vote-counting course of; and debated the deserves of calling 911 on ballot staff deemed to be violating guidelines. In weekly Zoom conferences, they mentioned pleasant insiders positioned on Michigan canvassing boards, which certify outcomes; repeated debunked conspiracy theories about election machines, poll “mules” and widespread voter fraud; and obsessed over the concept that Democrats “cheat” to win elections.

What Ms. Berzon calls an obsession, most People would name one of the vital valuable rights we’ve got in America, the precise to free and honest elections. If proof pointed to Republicans dishonest to win elections, Michigan-based MFE, a non-partisan election integrity group, can be first to research it, however sadly, to this point, voter fraud in Michigan has nearly solely been funded by Democrats and carried out by dishonest Democrat management like SOS Jocelyn Benson. As an illustration, in 2020, with out permission, SOS Benson mailed 7.7 million unsolicited absentee poll functions; she instructed clerks throughout Michigan to disregard signature matching on absentee ballots.

We spoke with Pure Integrity Michigan Elections (PIME) and Michigan Truthful Elections (MFE) founder Patrice Johnson, who defined that it’s her understanding that Alexandra Berzon in some way gained entry to their Zoom calls.  In line with Patrice Johnson, regardless of a transparent disclaimer that MFE reads earlier than each assembly that states they don’t enable the press to attend their conferences or that attendees are prohibited from recording the conferences, Ms Berzon claims she was capable of achieve entry to “20 hours of recordings of Michigan Truthful Elections” conferences.

In her article on MFE, Ms. Berzon wrote: Somebody with entry to video and audio recordings of the calls shared them with The Instances. A number of members confirmed the fabric’s authenticity.

Is that this the identical New York Instances that recurrently mocks James O’Keefe for his model of reporting, which incorporates undercover recording of people in states the place it’s authorized or the place there isn’t a disclaimer telling him that taping is prohibited?

In her tried smear of MFE, essentially the most revered election integrity group in Michigan, the self-proclaimed “election denier motion” reporter Alexandra Berzon blames President Trump for almost all of People who, after 2020, not belief elections. “Election officers and governance consultants say that if there may be an erosion of belief in elections, Mr. Trump and his supporters are inflicting it,” she wrote.

Final week, Ms. Berzon reached out to Jane Iyer, Livingston County Republican Social gathering Secretary, and Genesee County lead for CMV (Verify My Vote), the place she oversees the voter roll cleanup.

Here’s a collection of e mail exchanges between the New York Instances reporter and Janine Iyer:

Topic: New York Instances reporter attempting to urgently attain Janine

Hello Janine, I’m engaged on a narrative about voter challenges in Michigan and different states and hoped to speak to you about your work with Michigan Truthful Elections and doing coaching on Verify My Vote/ Soles to the Rolls and submitting problem requests to Genoa County.

I’m hoping to speak for a narrative I’m engaged on that will point out this work. Are you able to please give me a name again as we could point out within the story a few of your feedback from coaching classes in addition to some particulars across the Genoa challenges. I’d like to reality examine/run this by you and in addition search any and all remark or clarification earlier than the story runs. My quantity is ———. Thanks a lot. Greatest,
Alexandra

Alexandra Berzon
Reporter – New York Instances

Hi there Alexandra,

Thanks in your curiosity in our work (Verify My Vote & Soles to the Rolls) and for reaching out. It was nice chatting with you.

Reflecting in your questions on Verify My Vote & Soles to the Rolls, I need to be clear that

1) Our purpose is an correct, certified voter file, by no means to “disenfranchise” voters. Please make that clear in your article. Michigan legislation is written such that it’s just about inconceivable to disenfranchise voters, as an illustration, same-day registration & voting.

2) Our efforts are bipartisan. We don’t “goal” any particular areas – volunteers work inside their very own jurisdictions, wherever that’s.

3) We’re following Michigan legislation, offering affidavits signed by residents of the registration handle testifying to the truth that a registrant on the handle with energetic voter standing doesn’t stay there. The overwhelming majority of residents (~90%) are keen to attest to the information. The folks additionally need accuracy of the voter rolls.

Michigan residents noticed a great deal of ballots present up with out chain of custody behind the TCF Middle greater than 7 hours after shut of the polls. Ask why would a great deal of ballots present up 7 hours after shut of polls when the furthest precinct from TCF is underneath an hour’s drive.

Ask why Republican ballot challengers weren’t allowed again into the TCF Middle after they went to lunch or to the lavatory and why cardboard was put up in opposition to the glass home windows to stop these ballot challengers from seeing what was occurring inside TCF Middle AVCB processing heart.

The scene at Detroit’s absentee poll counting heart is rising extra heated. The home windows now being lined up. Allegations of violations. Sec. of State says she welcomes challenges. pic.twitter.com/oUL4A0h3Ku

— Matt Finn (@MattFinnFNC) November 4, 2020

Michigan residents have requested and didn’t obtain any solutions. That’s why some residents have undertaken these efforts. And once we speak to neighbors, most thank us for what we’re doing.

You talked about that the Genoa Twp clerk acknowledged that it prices $8 per licensed mail, and that makes following the legislation cost-prohibitive. I feel it’s best to fact-check that with USPS. When we’ve got challenged registrations in different jurisdictions, they readily despatched out a discover of problem submit card with out objecting about the price.

Examine the price of sending 120 licensed problem postcards to sending 5000-7000 absentee ballots by the mail and evaluate that to making ready, staffing and offering election supplies for 9 days of early voting. All three actions are at the moment required of clerks by Michigan election legislation. Definitely, sending the 120 licensed postcards is the least pricey, so why object to that and never the opposite necessities? In truth, the brand new MI legislation of holding a minimal of 9 (9) days of early voting prices is the most expensive by orders of magnitude (staffing 4-5 election inspectors for 10-hour days for 9 days, supplies for every early voting day, and so forth.).

You additionally stated that the Genoa clerk acknowledged that the assembly to current the challenged registration was contentious. I feel she is mixing that assembly with one other assembly, an election fee assembly, when people NOT concerned in our Soles to the Rolls effort had been in attendance and had been the contentious ones. Please assessment our clerk’s reply to the ACLU FOIA, and also you’ll learn that our clerk acknowledged that she appreciated our assist in figuring out registrations of residents who’ve completely moved out of our township.

4) We do respectfully ask the clerks to comply with the legislation by following by on the knowledge we current to them. Nevertheless, it is usually as much as them as to what they do with it and the way they comply with up. They’re answerable to state and federal legislation, in addition to to their constituents once they’re up for re-election. Clerks in my county typically comply with by on a registration problem by altering the registration standing from an Energetic to a Problem or Confirm standing till he/she hears again from the registrant inside 30 days per MI legislation. Nevertheless, this will come as a shocker to you, however not all clerks are conscientious and comply with by. We, as canvassers, don’t maintain the authority to make modifications to the Certified Voter File. Solely the native clerks and the SOS Bureau of Elections have that authority. The volunteer residents do the sphere investigation and produce the ensuing info to the native clerk. What is completed with it’s within the clerk’s fingers.

One other level I wish to make: Placing a registration on Problem or Confirm doesn’t “disenfranchise” the voter; the voter want solely present the complete handle on their present driver’s license or different residential proof or signal an affidavit to proceed to vote, per Michigan legislation.

I did attain out to Tim and Phani about calling you. (Janine is referring to CMV co-founders Tim Vetter and Phani Matravadi.) They don’t seem to be because of the bias typically mirrored within the NYT. I do like to offer folks the good thing about the doubt till they show me mistaken, and that’s why I answered your questions. I don’t want our efforts to be misrepresented by you, so I’ve clearly acknowledged right here the explanations and intentions behind our efforts.

Thanks once more,

Janine

CMV Developer and Designer Phani Mantravadi agreed to reply the questions given to Janine Iyer by Alexandra Berzon. Along with questions requested by the New York Instances reporter, she additionally clarifies that she “could” embrace sure statements in her article. We’re not sure if she’s in search of approval or clarification or if she’s warning she is about to publish info that will or will not be correct.

Right here is how Phani responded to the questions for the article that Ms. Berzon has not but printed:

NYT: We could report that Michigan Truthful Elections has been working with Verify My Vote and the Michigan GOP

Phani: CMV works with MIGOP and MFE Soles to Rolls undertaking. MFE doesn’t work with MIGOP. I’m unsure on the main points of the primary reference to MIGOP.

TGP commentary: MFE is a non-partisan group. Ms. Berzon absolutely is aware of this, however seems to be setting a lure for the Verify My Vote co-founders, hoping they’ll say that the MFE group works in violation of their non-partisan standing with the Michigan GOP.

NYT: Our understanding is that you’re a manufacturing gear engineer for auto vegetation from Grand Rapids- is that appropriate or is there any clarification – wouldn’t it be appropriate to only say you might be an engineer?

TGP commentary: No response was given to this query, which has nothing to do with Phani’s volunteer work with CMV. The one objective for asking this query is to doxx him.

NYT: We could report on shows you could have given the place you’ve defined that your program seems to be for addresses which have an unusually excessive variety of registered voters and for small discrepancies like lacking house or trailer park numbers.

Phani: The CMV web site supplies the info on all MI registrations. It could report what number of registrations at every registration handle and these will be sorted excessive to low and low to excessive. It doesn’t “search for” excessive numbers, per se. So far as lacking house numbers and trailer park lot numbers, MCL 168.495 (b) identifies such registrations as incomplete, not a “small discrepancy.”

Contemplate the case through which a registrant requests an absentee poll. How will the mail service know which mailbox to ship the poll if the house quantity isn’t included within the registration? This can be a chain of custody problem and an necessary element. CVM identifies these incomplete registrations–I feel it’s an ideal service.

NYT: We additionally could report on coaching classes the place you’ve famous that the software program typically flags dense areas like Detroit and {that a} key space of focus ought to be Washtenaw County. Is there any remark or clarification?

Phani: Sure, it is a full misunderstanding in your half. Let me clarify:

The software program (web site) DOES NOT flag something. Solely customers with private information of the scenario flags registrations. Tim’s reviews are merely OBSERVATIONS that, for instance, Detroit and different cities have essentially the most registration addresses with 5 or extra registrants per handle (evaluate this to census info that the common variety of occupants per handle is 2.4 individuals).

NYT: We have now spoken to some elections officers who say that this fashion of figuring out false registrations isn’t helpful and will result in focusing on decrease earnings folks, immigrants and college students. What’s your response to this critique?

Phani: We aren’t “focusing on” anybody. Tim has merely MADE OBSERVATIONS. Nobody volunteering for the Soles to the Rolls undertaking, to my information, has achieved any work in Detroit or Washtenaw County.

TGP commentary: Why would the New York Instances reporter equate cleansing up the voter rolls by eradicating illegitimate, useless, or moved voters to “focusing on” lower-income folks, (unlawful)immigrants and college students?” Is she suggesting that volunteers utilizing standards like a number of votes solid by one particular person voter with a singular voter ID, or 36 folks residing at one residential handle or 19 people registered to vote at a non-existent handle, or folks over the age of 100 who haven’t voted in 20 years, however instantly voted in 2020 and 2022, are being unfairly flagged? Is she suggesting that the standing of the “voters” is simply being investigated by CMV due to their socioeconomic standing, citizenship standing, or age?

NYT: The Instances has recognized 4 cities or cities which have acquired challenges from activists tied to Verify My Vote: Genoa, Waterford, Portage and Dewitt – are you able to please let me know if there may be any remark or clarification? Within the spirit of transparency are you able to record the opposite jurisdictions the place Verify My Vote/Soles to the Rolls has challenged voters and/or what number of? Have you learnt what number of voters have been challenged and what number of eliminated or marked confirm/challenged?

TGP commentary: Is the New York Instances reporter asking questions on particular areas the place CMV is at the moment investigating illegitimate voters to assist Dem SOS Jocelyn Benson take away names of “registered” voters earlier than discrepancies just like the 19 voters registered at one handle in Holland, MI, are found and reported? Shortly after the Holland Police Division turned over their investigation into the pretend handle in Holland, the place eight voters voted within the 2020 and 2022 elections, the pretend handle, together with all 19 names, had been faraway from the voter rolls with no public remark from the MI SOS or BOE (Board of Elections)places of work.

NYT: What degree of verification do you/Verify My Vote consider is required with a purpose to make legitimate challenges – we discovered that in no less than one jurisdiction a resident was relying totally on the Nationwide Change of Tackle type, which elections officers say by itself isn’t sufficient to take away somebody from the rolls since they may very well be away briefly. How do you account for that danger of disenfranchising or making it more durable for respectable voters to vote?

My advice to all Soles to the Rolls volunteers is (and my coaching displays this) to personally confirm with a bodily go to any registration one is bringing to the clerk for a problem. The extent of verification ought to be PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE by visiting the registration handle. I’m not utterly accustomed to how the Waterford volunteer selected his record of challenges. I’ve alerted volunteers in my shows in addition to throughout inside on-line conferences that if you’re going to use NCOA knowledge to verify by wanting on the uncooked knowledge that the NCOA strikes are all categorized as everlasting strikes.

Our understanding primarily based on inside Michigan Truthful Election conferences is that Tim has stated the Verify My Vote system will flag the voters after which monitor and ship alerts in the event that they wind up voting. Do you could have any remark or clarification on how this can work and what its objective is?

Once more, the CMV web site DOES NOT flag ANYTHING. Customers with private information of the registration do the flagging. It’s solely on these registrations that any monitoring is completed.

TGP commentary: Did Ms. Berzon actually ask the aim of flagging after which sending alerts when voters who’ve been recognized as residing out of state, residing in jail, residing at pretend or non-existent addresses, already voted absentee after which voted once more on Election Day, voters over the age of 100, or voters who should not Americans?)

Thanks very a lot. Greatest,
Alexandra

In a follow-up e mail, Alexandra seems to have realized her query, which seems to be designed to lure the CMV volunteers into falsely claiming the non-partisan MFE is working with the MI GOP, was not very cleverly disguised and re-asked the query:

NYT: apologies – enable me to appropriate one factor after which I’ve just a few extra issues. For the primary level, I meant to put in writing:

We could report that Verify My Vote has been working with the Michigan GOP and Michigan Truthful Elections on its Soles to the Rolls undertaking. Any remark or clarification on how you might be working with these teams?

Extra:

NYT: We perceive that Verify My Vote has shared knowledge with the Trump workforce and was cited within the latest election integrity report that President Trump promoted. Are you able to inform us who you shared this info with and was it the authorized workforce or the marketing campaign workforce? Every other remark or clarification.

TGP commentary: Why on this planet ought to anybody at CMV need to open up to the Trump-hating NYTs who, if anybody, on the Trump authorized workforce or marketing campaign they’ve shared their work with? 

NYT: We perceive that Verify My Vote was developed with assist and mentorship from Patrick Colbeck, one among Mike Lindell’s prime officers on election work and will get a few of its underlying knowledge (the Nationwide Change of Tackle lists) from Mr. Lindell’s elections operation. Is there any remark or clarification on this?

TGP commentary: It’s a cute little try to tie Mike Lindell, who the NYTs likes to discredit, to the unbelievable work CCMV is doing to wash up the voter rolls in MI—work that taxpayers within the State of MI are paying the ridiculous leftist ERIC group to do.

NYT: Our understanding is that Verify My Vote has been not too long ago increasing its knowledge evaluation to New York, New Mexico and Ohio. Are you working with native teams in these locations? Are there different states you propose to develop to?

TGP commentary: Does Ms. Berzon ask George Soros through which states he plans to speculate hundreds of thousands to make sure advocates of mail-in-ballots for all, like Democrat Secretaries of State Jocelyn Benson (whose candidacy he supported), are in place when the biggest election heist in American historical past is pulled off throughout lockdowns over a man-made Chinese language virus?  

Talking of Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson—Ms. Berzon has one final (she hopes) query earlier than she publishes her story:

NYT: and one final one (I hope)

The Secretary of State’s workplace has despatched a letter to clerks telling them that eradicating voters from the rolls in response to those challenges may very well be a violation of federal legislation that requires that voters who’re suspected of getting moved be positioned on a count-down record for 2 federal election cycles earlier than they’re faraway from the rolls with a purpose to ensure folks aren’t wrongly eliminated by mistake. Do you could have any touch upon this steerage?

TGP commentary: This ultimate assertion, in fact, appears like extra of a warning to CMV and native clerks that they higher not take away any voters recognized by the NOCA (Nationwide Change of Tackle) earlier than the following election as a result of in the event that they do, they’ll probably be going through federal expenses.

From Alexandra Berzon’s New York Instances profile:

Since becoming a member of The Instances in 2022, I’ve largely lined the election denial motion and its affect on American politics.

What, precisely, is an “election denial motion”?

My reporting additionally revealed sexual misconduct allegations in opposition to the on line casino mogul Steve Wynn, which led to him resigning from the corporate he based. I contributed to The Journal’s Pulitzer Prize-winning protection of secret funds by Donald Trump to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal.

Steve Wynn is a billionaire and a significant political donor to Donald J. Trump’s marketing campaign.

I don’t take part in political activism or make political donations. I’m at all times guided by the information and try for absolute accuracy and thoroughness in my reporting.

We checked out Ms. Berzon’s Twitter account, hoping to find how non-partisan she is. Whereas she is enthusiastic about exposing little one labor, for which we applaud her efforts, it’s pretty clear the disdain she has for Republicans, primarily based on her obsession with re-tweeting dangerous information about them, particularly on the subject of President Trump.

Alexandra retweeted a submit mocking President Trump for urging Republicans to vote early after he was in opposition to the follow of early voting in 2020.

With a world on fireplace and the media begging for “President” Biden to make an announcement whereas he fights along with his mind to place collectively a coherent sentence, this looks as if a reasonably necessary retweet.

Alexandra additionally retweeted an article by fellow NYTs hack reporter Maggie Haberman, who claims President Trump and his allies are planning to maximise presidential energy in his second time period.

Possibly Alexandra missed the information about Joe Biden’s school mortgage forgiveness program, which he had no authority to implement.

Alexandra additionally retweeted an article in regards to the lawfare getting used in opposition to 16 alternate GOP electors in Michigan, who’re principally senior residents. These aged women and men, who’re victims of partisan hack Democrat AG Dana Nessel, might spend the remainder of their lives in jail if convicted of all eight felonies they’ve been charged with.

The self-proclaimed “election denier motion” reporter additionally tweeted a submit about how the WSJ is asking the bombshell film “2000 Mules” “complete horseshit.”

Humorous, Ms. Berzon by no means requested The Gateway Pundit in regards to the movies we launched of a number of people in Detroit, together with USPS staff dropping off stacks of ballots into drop containers, that in response to MI election legislation, can solely be dropped off by the voter or members of their instant household.