Is the relatively high number of Michigan voter registrations on November 2 and 3, 2020, evidence of fraud?
By Dana Ford
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On Election Day 2020 alone, close to 32,000 people registered to vote in Michigan, according to officials. A spokeswoman for the Michigan secretary of state said the registrations were legal and due to the fact that 2020 was the first presidential election since Michigan voters passed a proposal that expanded voting rights in the state in 2018, including the ability to register to vote up to and on Election Day.
Of those who registered on Election Day, about a third were between the ages of 18 and 21 voting in their first presidential election.
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