Anthony Forlini Continues to Seek Answers from Michigan’s Secretary of State Non-Citizen Voter Issue

Release Date: February 4, 2026
Email: info@anthonyforlini.com

Anthony Forlini Continues to Seek Answers from Michigan’s Secretary of State Non-Citizen Voter Issue:

Secretary Benson makes County Clerk the enemy when she should be working
closer with all 83 Counties to help them clean up the state database
MACOMB COUNTY, Mich. Michigan’s Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson finally responded on
January 29, 2026 to Macomb County Clerk Anthony Forlini’s discovery report issued on January
12, 2026 of a significant operational flaw in local jury lists and election procedures.
Secretary Benson claims that non-citizens on the voter roll is not a significant problem and
dismissed Macomb County findings as average or expected. However, in her press release, by
her own admission:
● Four were apparently non-citizens
● Four were removed from voter rolls which suggests they never should have been there
to begin with (this begs the question why are they on the current jury database)
● Four are under review
● One voted in 2024 (still under investigation)
Forlini commented, “It is odd, knowing this, that she would call me reckless. In addition, this
does not take into account that 239 non-citizens self-reported out of jury duty over a four month
period. Reckless would be having them serve on a jury panel, therefore having American
citizens being judged by non-citizens.”
Key questions remain unanswered:
● Why were non-citizens in jury databases at all? If non-citizens were identified on voter or
jury-related databases, what specific process failures allowed them to be included in the
first place?
● Given Secretary Benson’s acknowledgment that some ineligible individuals were present
in official databases, how should voters interpret assurances that the issue is
insignificant?
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● What immediate steps are being taken to correct jury databases that rely on Secretary of
State data?
● What steps are being taken to audit and correct voter and jury rolls across all 83
counties?
● What aggressive safeguards are being implemented to ensure jury integrity and election
confidence statewide?
● Will the Department of State issue updated guidance or protocols to clerks to prevent
future eligibility errors?
Forlini concluded, “I have tried to not make this a personal attack. Rather this is a systemic
problem that has only been amplified by changes in the law in 2018 and 2022. Knowing this we
need a Secretary of State that is willing to make the changes without pointing fingers. Michigan
deserves better.”
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