The city hired a ratio of seven Democrats to one Republican inspector, according to the complaint.
Michigan Republican officials have secured a win in an election integrity lawsuit against the city of Detroit over “its deliberate failure” to hire enough Republican election inspectors.
The Republican National Committee (RNC), the Michigan GOP, and the Wayne County Republican committee chairs announced that the city conceded to modifying its election protocols to hire “at least one Republican poll worker in each location.”
In August, the RNC and other entities sued the city, alleging that it violated state law that requires election officials to hire an equal number of poll workers on both sides of the political aisle.
The city, the lawsuit alleges, hired seven times as many Democrats as Republicans, which the RNC said decreases public trust in elections.
According to the complaint, the Republican Party nominated 675 election inspectors; however, the city only appointed 52 for the primary election.
The city hired up to 250 Republicans who weren’t nominated by the RNC, leaving a ratio of seven Democrats to one Republican inspector, which the RNC said was “not even close to equal.”
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In comparison, the city hired more than 2,300 election inspectors from the Democratic