This afternoon, MI Speaker Pro Tempore Rachelle Smit and Chair of the MI House Election Integrity Committee sent a letter to the United States Attorney General Pam Bondi calling for an investigation into fraudulent voter registration efforts and electioneering by partisan voter registration groups who have accepted donations from 501(c)(3) organizations in violation of IRS regulations that prohibit them from engaging in partisan activities.
The letter was signed by Smit and 21 additional Michigan Representatives. Not a single Democrat lawmaker from Michigan signed the letter. Is it possible that the Democratic state representatives don’t care about protecting the sanctity and integrity of elections in Michigan? Would it be wrong to assume that Democrat lawmakers in Michigan especially don’t want GBI Strategies, an organization that was caught by the Michigan State Police, MI Secretary of State’s office and Michigan Attorney General’s office, delivering fake registrations to clerks across the state of Michigan, in person and by mail from a hotel in Auburn Hills, MI, to be investigated? Could they be concerned by the Michigan State Police investigation that began one month before the hotly contested 2020 election?
Perhaps they’re worried that if an investigation is opened into GBI Strategies, the DOJ may question why Senator Gary Peters, who recently and unexpectedly announced his retirement, and then-presidential candidate Joe Biden each paid $242,133 to GBI Strategies.
While “working in Michigan, the group curiously referred to themselves as “Empower Michigan.” While GBI Strategies/Empower Michigan, like many of the top Democrat “voter registration” groups, has little to no online presence, we did find a job recruiting ad for Empower Michigan. The address they list at the bottom of the ad is: 606 Townsend St. Lansing, MI., the SAME address as the Democratic Party headquarters in Lansing.
Are the identical addresses listed for Empower Michigan and the MI Democratic Party headquarters a coincidence?
Is it also a coincidence that although there was a statewide investigation by the Michigan State Police, the Michigan Secretary of State’s office, and the Michigan Attorney General’s office, the Michigan clerks were never notified of the mass registration fraud investigation? Many Michigan clerks reported receiving packages filled with fake voter registrations from Empower Michigan (“EM”) sent to their offices on a private Facebook page to which the Gateway Pundit was given access.
Is there a reason why Democrat MI SOS Jocelyn Benson, who is now running for governor in 2026, and the Democrat MI Attorney General Dana Nessel kept this investigation hidden from the public?
They both had several months to inform the public of this major voter registration investigation before the FBI took over the investigation. Were they protecting the names of their fellow Democrats running for the two top spots on the 2020 general election ballot?
Were they trying to keep the police reports hidden from the public because they might not want Michigan residents to wonder why the Democrat-funded GBI Strategies needed to keep a cache of weapons and ammunition in their “registration” headquarters in Southfield?
According to a later unredacted MI State Police report that was obtained by Yehuda Miller, the weapons belonged to the alleged owner of GBI Strategies, Gary Bell.
Here is the letter from the Michigan House Election Integrity Chair Rachelle Smit to AG Bond that calls for an investigation into fraudulent voter registration efforts and electioneering by partisan voter registration groups that accepted millions in donations from 501(c)(3) organizations like the Voter Registration Project, which gave GBI Strategies a whopping $2.5 million for “Voting Registration Consulting
Dear Attorney General Bondi:
Thank you for serving as our nation’s Chief Law Enforcement Officer and for your long history of public service. It is a great relief to know that someone of your background, history of success, and integrity is leading our nation’s Department of Justice.
I would like to bring to your attention and request that you investigate what appear to be serious and significant crimes that are adversely affecting our nation and corrupting its political systems.
In Michigan, we’ve been made aware of potential large-scale tax fraud involving several 501(c)(3) tax-exempt entities that are allegedly engaging in electioneering activities in Michigan, including partisan voter registration efforts. This request is based on comprehensive research conducted by Parker Thayer of the Capital Research Center, a reputable think tank based in Washington, D.C. Mr. Thayer recently testified before the Michigan House Committee on Election Integrity, of which I serve as chair.
The research highlights the activities of GBI Strategies, a partisan voter registration firm that operated during the 2020 election in Michigan. GBI Strategies was reportedly involved in submitting tens of thousands of suspicious voter registration forms, which led to investigations by local police and the FBI. These forms were characterized by discrepancies in signatures, dates of birth, and addresses that did not correspond with real voters. Despite these irregularities, GBI Strategies received millions of dollars from 501(c)(3) organizations – such as the Voter Registration Project – for voter registration work.
The Voter Registration Project, along with other significant 501(c)(3) entities like the Voter Participation Center and Everybody Votes, appear to be raising and spending funds for electioneering purposes, which is a violation of IRS regulations that prohibit 501(c)(3) organizations from engaging in partisan activities. The Voter Registration Project, for instance, paid GBI Strategies over $2.5 million for “Voter Registration Consulting” during the 2020 election despite being legally barred from partisan electioneering.
Furthermore, the Voter Participation Center has been involved in similar activities. The Center has been accused of using targeted filters to exclude potential Republican voters from its voter registration efforts, while the Voter Registration Project has been linked to multiple scandals involving illicit partisanship and fraudulent voter registrations.
Given the scale and seriousness of these allegations, I urge the Department of Justice to initiate a thorough investigation into these entities to determine the extent of their involvement in illegal electioneering activities and fraudulent voter registration efforts. Such an investigation is crucial to uphold the integrity of our electoral process as well as to ensure that tax-exempt organizations comply with federal laws.
Thank you for your attention to this matter. I enclose a copy of the remarks given by Mr. Thayer before the Committee on Election Integrity, as well as the slide deck. Please feel free to contact me if you require any further information or
documentation.
Sincerely,
SPT Rachelle Smit
43 House District
Rep. Jamie Thompson
28th House District
Rep. William Bruck
30th House District
Rep. Jennifer Wortz
35th House District
Rep. Steve Carra
36th House District
Rep. Ann Bollin
49th House District
Rep. Josh Schriver
66th House District
Rep. Timothy Beson
96th House District
Rep. Cam Cavitt
106th House District
Rep. Jason Woolford
50th House District
Rep. Gina Johnsen
78th House District
Rep. Greg Alexander
981 House District
Rep. Greg Markkanen
110th House District
Rep. Matt Maddock
51st House District
Rep. Angela Rigas
79th House District
Mike Hoadley
99th House District
Rep. Doug Wozniak
59th House District
Rep. Luke Meerman
89th House District
Rep. Tom Kunse
100 House District
Rep. Jay DeBoyer
63rd House District
Rep. Tim Kelly
93rd House District
Rep. Joseph Fox
101 House District
Whatever the reason, MI Democrat representatives refused to sign this letter, one thing is clear—after five long years of watching absolutely nothing being done by lawmakers in Lansing to protect Michigan’s elections, Republican House Speaker Matt Hall has given the green light to Speaker pro tem Rachelle Smit and in so many ways, including multiple hearings, where she’s listened to election integrity experts provide evidence of voter fraud or manipulation of Michgan’s voter rolls, she has already proven that when it comes to elections in Michigan, she is serious about fixing a broken election system that’s integrity is on life support.
Here is a copy of the 2-page letter:
This is an explosive development that The Gateway Pundit will continue to follow.
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