BACKGROUND

2023: Barry Mugridge Was Appointed As A Republican Canvasser. “One of our GOP members were appointed to the Board of Canvassers in November (2023), Barry Mugridge. ****[St. Clair County Republicans, 1/8/24]

MUGRIDGE CLAIMED ELECTIONS WERE UNRELIABLE

2023: Barry Mugridge Said Elections Were Unreliable And Supported Manually Counting Ballots Instead Of Using Voting Machines. “Barry Mugridge, talked about elections and how they were unreliable. He stated they need to eliminate all counting machines and go to manual counting of ballots.” [Burtchville Township Board of Trustees, 8/21/23]

MUGRIDGE CLAIMED VOTING MACHINES HAD “MALFEASANCE” AND CALLED FOR HAND COUNTS INSTEAD

2024: Barry Mugridge Criticized Voting Machines, Saying There Was “A Lot Of Malfeasance Going On” With Them. At 4:00, Mugridge stated that “voting equipment, where by law to use in this state and other states use the same equipment and we found that there is a lot of malfeasance going on. They’re not telling the truth and these companies are using law fare against our elected officials and we the people of united states, they’re trying to shut us up. So we compiled a resolution- 10 page resolution put together with a lot of information on it- and that got put forth to a lawyer, Steven Samascao, who sits on the board of commissioners and he helped us out by doing a rewrite on it and compiling the information into a couple of pages. We didn’t work with any bipartisanship because what we are seeing from democrats is the fact that they seem to be totally happy with what’s going on and just a ludicrous plan of how they want to run elections today.” [Blue Water Healthy Living, 5/1/24]

Barry Mugridge Claimed Voting Machine Companies Were Lying And Using “Law Fare” Against Elected Officials And Citizens, “Trying To Shut Us Up.” At 4:00, Mugridge stated that “voting equipment, where by law to use in this state and other states use the same equipment and we found that there is a lot of malfeasance going on. They’re not telling the truth and these companies are using law fare against our elected officials and we the people of united states, they’re trying to shut us up. So we compiled a resolution- 10 page resolution put together with a lot of information on it- and that got put forth to a lawyer, Steven Samascao, who sits on the board of commissioners and he helped us out by doing a rewrite on it and compiling the information into a couple of pages. We didn’t work with any bipartisanship because what we are seeing from democrats is the fact that they seem to be totally happy with what’s going on and just a ludicrous plan of how they want to run elections today.” [Blue Water Healthy Living, 5/1/24]