Asuka Barden Was A Member Of The Board Of Canvassers Through 2025. According to Charlevoix County, Barden was a member of the board of canvassers, serving a term ending in October 2025. [Charlevoix County, accessed 8/20/24]
June 2024: Asuka Barden Claimed Democrats Were Signing Up As Republican Election Inspectors, And That She Intended To Challenge Them. [Boyne City News and Buzz, Facebook, 6/17/24]
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Asuka Barden Was Reportedly Campaign Manager For Michigan State Representative Candidate Neil Friske. [@IzzyLyman, Twitter, 8/21/22]
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September 2022: Asuka Barden Made A Facebook Post Supporting Neil Friske. [Asuka Barden, Facebook, 9/28/22]
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Neil Friske Was Identified As Being An Election Denier. “Matt Maddock was also among more than 100 representatives from Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Arizona and Georgia who sent a letter to then-Vice President Mike Pence on Jan. 5, 2021 asking that the results of the presidential election not be certified. Other Michigan House members identified as “election deniers” in the report are: Minority Leader Matt Hall (R-Richland Twp.) and Reps. Dale Zorn (R-Ida), Steve Carra (R-Three Rivers), Brad Paquette (R-Niles), Jamie Thompson (R-Brownstown Twp.), Rachelle Smit (R-Martin), Ann Bollin (R-Brighton), Robert Bezotte (R-Howell), Douglas Wozniak (R-Shelby Twp.), Andrew Beeler (R-Port Huron), Gina Johnsen (R-Lake Odessa), Angela Rigas (R-Caledonia), Luke Meerman (R-Coopersville), Bryan Posthumus (R-Cannon Twp.), Pat Outman (R-Six Lakes), Tom Kunse (R-Clare), Curt VanderWall (R-Ludington), John Roth (R-Traverse City), Ken Borton (R-Gaylord), Neil Friske (R-Petoskey) and Gregory Markkanen (R-Hancock).” [Michigan Advance, 3/7/24]
Asuka Barden Attended A Michigan GOP Caucus Event Despite Being Denied A Credential And Said Their Voices Were Being Denied. “Charlevoix County Republican Chair Asuka Barden showed up in Grand Rapids even though she was denied a credential. She is from the First District in northern Michigan, which held its own caucus in Houghton Lake. ‘I would like to be up there right now, yeah,’ she said. ‘But we came down here to attempt to do what we have to do for the delegates, the members of our party and the voters of Charlevoix County and we were denied our voice.’ Barden said she is an ardent Trump supporter.” [Interlochen Public Radio, 3/3/24]
May 2024: Asuka Barden Said She Was An Ardent Trump Supporter. “Charlevoix County Republican Chair Asuka Barden showed up in Grand Rapids even though she was denied a credential. She is from the First District in northern Michigan, which held its own caucus in Houghton Lake. ‘I would like to be up there right now, yeah,’ she said. ‘But we came down here to attempt to do what we have to do for the delegates, the members of our party and the voters of Charlevoix County and we were denied our voice.’ Barden said she is an ardent Trump supporter.” [Interlochen Public Radio, 3/3/24]