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The claim: “Too many dead people voted” in Michigan
Michigan’s top elected Republican relied on an oft-repeated and inaccurate claim about dead voters to bolster his argument for changes in state election law.
In a Tuesday radio interview, Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, R-Clarklake, acknowledged that President Joe Biden won Michigan by more than 154,000 votes, but said the state didn’t do enough to ensure election integrity.
“We do have some things that we need to address because it was a little too loose. Too many dead people voted and there was too much confusion at absentee counting boards,” Shirkey claimed in the interview on WKHM.
2021 Geisel Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration
15th Annual Geisel MLK Health Equity Celebration Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and the most inhumane. - Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Statement of Purpose –
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the inequities that have long existed within health and society. Across the years, many have pointed to the current system and pushed for a more inclusive future. A future that is made more urgent by the current health crisis. As aspiring medical professionals, we the students of the Geisel School of Medicine, would like to ask, where do we go from here? What does healing look like for those most marginalized in healthcare? What can we do so that all of our communities can begin to heal? How can we remain vigilant as the effects of the pandemic continue?