Michigan Investigates Missing Voting Equipment That Ended up on eBay

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Police in Michigan are working with the state government to investigate how a piece of voting equipment ended up for sale online, according to Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.

โ€œWe are actively working with law enforcement to investigate allegations of an illegal attempt to sell a voter assist terminal acquired in Michigan,โ€ Benson said in a statement.

โ€œVoter assist terminals are not used to tabulate ballots, but are typically used by voters with disabilities who need assistance marking their ballot privately at polling places,โ€ she said.

โ€œWhile our elections remain secure and safe, we take seriously all violations of election law and will be working with relevant authorities to ensure there are consequences for those who break the law.โ€

The machine had disappeared from the Colfax Township in Wexford County.

Colfax Township Clerk Becky Stoddard confirmed to the Cadillac News that the equipment taken was a voter assist terminal machine or tablet from her township. Wexford County Clerk Alaina Nyman told the outlet that the voter assist terminal was noticed as missing some time before the August primary.

โ€œThe equipment that went missing was not anything that could change a vote. It was a touchscreen [Voter Assist Terminal] machine,โ€ Nyman said. โ€œNo election data was on it and you canโ€™t get into the machine without the program cards and those were all accounted for.โ€

Under Michigan election law, it is a felony to โ€œconceal, withhold, or destroy a ballot box or voting machine,โ€ as well as to โ€œobtain undue possession of that ballot box or voting machine.โ€

Connecticut Man Obtained Device From eBay: Reports

Harri Hursti, a cybersecurity expert in Connecticut, said he had purchased a Michigan voting device on eBay for $1,200. He told WJBK that he then reached out to state officials after the purchase went through.

On Twitter, Hursti wrote: โ€œI contacted MI authorities even before the machine arrived โ€“ and before I even knew for certain if the machine had been used in Michigan.

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