'Voter fraud? What voter fraud?' Award-winning Democratic city clerk in Michigan charged with six felony counts for altering absentee ballots

Sarah D | 3:32 PM on September 24, 2019

Hey, here’s a fun story out of Michigan:

Wow. A city clerk in Michigan who previously received an award from the state’s Democratic Party is being charged with altering ballots during the 2018 midterm election: https://t.co/YFljxl2HNY

— (((AG))) (@AG_Conservative) September 24, 2019

More from National Review:

Sherikia Hawkins was charged Monday with six felony counts for allegedly altering absentee ballots during the November 2018 election in her capacity as city clerk for the Detroit suburb of Southfield, Mich.

Hawkins, a 38-year-old registered Democrat, stands accused of altering 193 absentee ballots. She was arraigned Monday in Southfield on charges including falsifying returns or records, forgery of a public record, misconduct in office, and multiple counts of using a computer to commit a crime. She was released on $15,000 bond.

The alleged misconduct was discovered after the Oakland County Clerk’s Office noticed that 193 voter files had been changed to reflect that the voters failed to include a valid signature or return date, when all of the implicated voters had in fact included both items. The county clerk’s office later discovered the original voter files in the trash at the election-division office. The Michigan State Police then launched an investigation that resulted in Hawkins’s arrest.

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Hawkins, who makes $101,500 per year, has been placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of her trial.