LANSING, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Questions are being raised regarding U.S. Senate candidate Mallory McMorrow’s participation in California elections after she permanently relocated to Michigan.
According to her own biography, the current Democratic Michigan state senator relocated to Michigan in 2014. The Center to Advance Security in America (CASA) sent a letter to the District Attorney’s Office in the Central District of California asking it to look into the potential discrepancies in McMorrow’s timeline, including her possible voting in the November 2014 general election and the June 2016 Democratic primary.
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The letter states, “Public reporting indicates that Ms. McMorrow may have voted in California, including in the November 2014 general election and the June 2016 Democratic primary, during a period in which she has represented—in her autobiography and again on Instagram—that she had relocated permanently to Michigan in 2014. These reports further indicate that she registered to vote in Michigan very soon after voting in California (August 2016), raising questions as to her residency status at the time she cast ballots in California.”
In addition, the letter points out that “McMorrow discussed this in a recent interview with CNN. She was asked about voting in California, supposedly two years after moving to Michigan. CNN showed an Instagram post indicating she had moved to Michigan in 2014, as well as referencing the autobiography. [McMorrow] admitted in the interview that she decided to move ‘permanently’ to Michigan in 2014. Her answer, however, was that ‘moving takes time’ and that ‘We still had our place out in Southern California.’ She also admitted that voting where you’re not a resident is illegal. She concluded the interview by noting that in her book, ‘she could have worded it a little bit differently.'”
CASA Director James Fitzpatrick told Michigan News Source that the letter raises serious questions about McMorrow’s purported voting timeline. “At the time, she seemingly was a Michigan resident with the intent to remain there. Why was she still voting in California elections?”
Fitzpatrick pointed out that federal law prohibits people from claiming a residence for voter eligibility while living elsewhere. “Since there are several questions regarding whether McMorrow may have done this, an investigation is appropriate to figure out all of the facts and whether a violation occurred,” Fitzpatrick said.
McMorrow came under fire recently for deleting tens of thousands of tweets, some of which disparaged Michiganders. She is running against Abdul El-Sayed and U.S. Rep. Haley Stevens in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate.
