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Part 4 – Restoring Michigan’s Elections through Robust Reforms. FBI Uncovers Alleged CCP Plot to Undermine Constitutional Freedoms.

Updated: Jun 25


By Patrice Johnson, Chair and Founder, Pure Integrity Michigan Elections

June 23, 2025


In this final installment, Part 4 presents the Michigan Fair Elections Institute’s (MFEI) and PIME’s comprehensive reforms to counter the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) threats to Michigan’s elections and safeguard America’s constitutional republic.


Parts 1–3 exposed a grave threat to America’s constitutional republic: the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) deliberate campaign to undermine Michigan’s electoral, agricultural, and economic foundations.


Part 1 explored the FBI's June arrest of three Chinese nationals for trying to smuggle into University of Michigan laboratories dangerous pathogens like fungi and biological materials like roundworms, endangering national security, public health, and the nation's food supply. Then the FBI declassified a memorandum to reveal a CCP plot in 2020 to produce 20,000 or more fraudulent U.S. driver’s licenses, enabling illegal mail-in ballots for Joe Biden. The Biden DOJ halted the investigation.


Part 2 explored Konnech’s data breach of overseas voters and various states’ election administrators. The Department of Defense, State of Montana, and City of Detroit canceled the contracts after this information became public, exposing vulnerabilities in election technology Michigan Fair Elections Institute, October 14, 2022. Michigan’s voter registration system requiring only a driver’s license or the last four digits of a Social Security number, amplifies these risks.


Part 3 highlighted Gotion’s CCP-linked $2.4 billion battery plant in Green Charter Township and the pivotal role of one individual whose grassroots activism galvanized Mecosta County’s opposition, demonstrating the power one individual can have in this nation due to its faithfulness to fundamental protections of individual rights and liberties.


The Urgent Need for Reform


Michigan’s electoral system harbors weaknesses the CCP and other foreign adversaries appear to exploit. As an example, voter rolls with 266,905 inactive registrations can serve as a slush fund for illegitimate ballots to be inserted into the ballot stream.


House Bill 4983 (PA 268), which goes into effect on June 30—less than a week away—risks enrolling ineligible voters through automatic agency registration Michigan Fair Elections Institute, June 19, 2025. Vulnerable electronic voting systems and the Electronic Registration Information Center’s (ERIC) biased and opaque data-sharing undermine security Western Montana News, October 18, 2022. Inadequate audits obscure accountability. MFEI’s reforms aim to fortify Michigan’s elections and counter foreign threats.

Ensure Only Citizens Vote


Noncitizen voting, as evidenced by Haoxiang Gao’s 2024 illegal vote and the secretary of state’s acknowledgement of non-citizen voting, demonstrates Michigan’s inadequate registration checks and voter identification processes. Justice.gov, June 3, 2025.


MFEI and PIME, as affiliates of the Election Integrity Network, propose:


  • Citizenship Verification: Mandate Michigan’s Secretary of State (SOS) and clerks use the US Customs and Immigration Services (USCIS) database as made available at no charge through the President Executive Order (EO) 14248. Congress must pass the SAVE Act, requiring documentary proof of citizenship for registration.

  • Voter Roll Audits: Verify current voters’ citizenship against Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) and Social Security Administration data, removing unverified registrants.

  • Citizen-Only IDs: Require voting IDs to state “CITIZEN,” issued solely to U.S. citizens and Michigan residents.

  • Restricted Registration: Limit voter registration to election offices and DMVs, confirming identity, residency, and citizenship.

  • Constitutional Safeguards: Adopt a Michigan “Only Citizens Vote” amendment and base representation on citizen population via federal census.

  • Ban Foreign Influence: Prohibit foreign funds in elections, ballot initiatives, and foreign ownership or manufacture of voting systems. Institute individual accountability and criminal penalties.


These measures would block schemes like the CCP’s alleged 2020 fake driver’s license plot.


As Tim Vetter, Co-chair of the MFEI's Data Evaluation of Election Processes (DEEP) Team said on June 3 in his presentation to the MI House Election Integrity Committee,


“Citizens alone must shape our republic.”

Mandate Voter ID for All Votes / Voters: Acceptable ID Confirms Citizenship 


Michigan’s registration vulnerabilities, exploited by the CCP’s license scheme, demand strict ID protocols. MFEI and PIME urge:

  • Photo ID Requirement: Require valid state photo ID for all methods of voting. Permissible ID for voting can only be the type that confirms identity, residency, and US citizenship.

  • Voting by Mail. Additional verification should be required for people voting by mail (quick read (QR) codes on IDs, valid passport, or other non-subjective identifier linked to the unique voter registration number)



Restore Election Day


Extended voting periods enable fraud. To counter Konnech-like vulnerabilities, PIME and MFEI recommend the following reforms:


  • Election Day Priority: Limit early voting to seven days. Use precinct polling and define absentee eligibility.

  • No Same-Day Registration: Require pre-verified registration with citizenship and residency proof.

  • Transparent Processing: Conduct absentee ballot signature validation and tabulation publicly, verifying ballots by Election Day close with limited curing and no extensions.

  • Election Night Results: Tabulate and report all ballots on Election Night.


Maintaining Voter Rolls


PIME’s and MFEI’s DEEP Team, co-led by Tim Vetter, identified six potential areas of voter roll manipulations: registrations added, switched, transferred, moved, duplicated, and scrubbed Michigan Fair Elections Institute, June 19, 2025. PIME and MFEI propose:


  • Citizenship Audits: Compare voter lists to citizenship data, enforcing regular maintenance.

  • Public Transparency: Publish QVF online with timestamps, lock voter histories, and preserve Election Day snapshots, as submitted to Rep. Ann Bollin.

  • FOIA Access: Lift FOIA fees and accept citizen challenges to anomalous registrations.

  • Accountability: Enforce penalties for officials failing to clean rolls, with public maintenance records.


“Transparent rolls stop CCP interference.”

– Patrick Colbeck, PIME News@Noon, May 2025


Secure Voting Technology


Konnech’s Chinese-hosted servers demonstrate the risks. PIME and MFEI submitted rules to Reps. Rachelle Smit and Rep. Ann Bollin in 2025, urging:


  • EAC Standards: Enforce latest EAC certification requirements, and ban touchscreen voting or ballots with QR codes on them.

  • Paper Ballots: Use hand-marked, pre-printed paper ballots with supervised technology for disabled voters. Eliminate touchscreens, ballot marking devices, and QR Codes read by machines. 

  • No Foreign Systems: Prohibit foreign-owned or foreign-made voting equipment, databases, parts, or software.

  • Public Testing: Mandate pre-election testing and manual tabulation backups, publishing local results.

  • Prohibit Internal Modems and all remote access capability for any voting technology.

  • Mandatory, Public Pre-election Testing of all technology used in elections. Prohibit vendor-controlled testing.

  • Manual Confirmation and Backup for any technology process, including tabulation and e-poll books. 

  • Publish and Make Results Public at each voting location prior to delivery to county and then to state, to allow public comparison of results and data.

  • All voting technology built on open-source hardware and software. Eliminate proprietary code.


Strengthening Audits


PIME and MFEI demand transparency to counter CCP and foreign threats:


  • Public Records: Make all election records, including ballot images and chain-of-custody documents, freely accessible for 24 months, with penalties for withholding.

  • Observer Rights: Ensure open processing, tabulation, and auditing. Grant citizens standing to sue for violations.


March 2024-May 2025: MFEI, as a party of interest, submitted numerous follow up requests, submitted documents requesting EAC OIG peer review, followed the appeal process, and submitted repeated FOIAs.
March 2024-May 2025: MFEI, as a party of interest, submitted numerous follow up requests, submitted documents requesting EAC OIG peer review, followed the appeal process, and submitted repeated FOIAs.

Protecting Military Voters


MFEI proposes separate procedures for deployed military:


  • Military Protections: Allow email/fax registration with military ID or passport, applying to all active-duty deployments. Enable only active military to cast electronic ballots using their secure Common Access Cards (CAC). Other than active military using CAC cards, no electronic ballots should be accepted and counted.

  • Civilian Limits: Require passports and prior state residency for overseas civilians.


Block Foreign Schemes


Ranked-choice voting (RCV) and foreign funds threaten election integrity. MFEI and PIME urge:


  • Ban RCV and NPV: Prohibit RCV and National Popular Vote, protecting one-person-one-vote and the individuality of states via the federal system.

  • Audit Funds: Trace all election funds, banning foreign contributions with felony penalties.


Empower Citizens


MFEI advocates for citizens’ voices and enforcement using a healthy checks and balances system:


  • Legal Standing: Grant citizens standing to challenge election law violations, requiring fact-based injury claims.

  • Penalties: Enforce severe individual and criminal penalties for officials breaking election laws.


Repeal HB 4983


HB 4983’s automatic registration risks noncitizen voting. MFEI seeks federal intervention to ensure Michigan complies with federal law ensuring fair elections and civil rights.


End ERIC’s Data Sharing


ERIC’s FERPA violations mirror Konnech’s risks. PIME and MFEI propose:

 

  • Defund ERIC: House Appropriations should cut funding to ERIC and replace the hopelessly flawed system with Check My Vote.

  • Privacy Protections: Department of Education should enforce FERPA, tying university funding to compliance.


A Republic Reclaimed


The CCP’s plots—bioweapons smuggling, voter fraud, Konnech’s breaches, Gotion’s infiltration—all serve to exploit Michigan’s legal and administrative weaknesses. PIME’s and MFEI’s reforms offer a pathway to restore individual rights to fair elections and protect the federal system.


By enacting voter ID, transparent audits, and foreign investment scrutiny, Michigan can lead as a democratic stronghold. Every citizen must act to protect our republic.

 

The chart below from Michigan Fair Elections Institute provides a checklist of recommended reforms:


Michigan’s Top Election Integrity Vulnerabilities

and Recommended Remedies

 

Michigan Vulnerabilities & Issues 

 

Recommended Remedies

1

Only Citizens Vote: Only US citizens participate in Michigan elections, in any manner, and Michigan voters must verify they are residents

·       MI’s SOS and each county, municipal and township clerk should gain access to and regularly use the USCIS free aggregator database to check citizenship per EO 14248

·       Congress needs to pass the SAVE Act.

·       Documentary proof of citizenship / confirmation of citizenship status to register

·       States adopt Only Citizens Vote constitutional amendments 

·       States must confirm citizenship status of current registered voters; compare voter rolls to state DMV / other data 

·       Social Security Administration must confirm citizenship status per HAVA

·       DHS must provide data to states at no cost to confirm citizenship status for any new registration, current voter lists, upon request

·       ID for voting must clearly state CITIZEN on the ID; only IDs issued to US Citizens and state residents can be used for registration and voting 

·       Eliminate registration at any agency other than election offices and DMV

·       No registrations added to voter rolls unless confirmation of identity, residency and US citizenship; States must confirm missing ID for residency, identity, citizenship or remove from rolls

·       Federal (and state) Census to confirm citizen population, apportion representation among states and base all representative districts (local, state, federal) on citizenship population only

·       Prohibit foreign money in issue campaigns and elections, directly or indirectly, with criminal penalties for violation

·       Prohibit foreign ownership of voting equipment companies and/or election related systems, prohibit foreign made or ownership of software or parts used in voting equipment

·       Residency requirements strictly enforced

2

Voter ID For All Votes / Voters: Acceptable ID Confirms Citizenship 

 

·       Photo ID for all methods of voting

·       Permissible ID for voting can only be type that confirms identity, residency, and US citizenship

·       Additional verification for people voting by mail (quick response (QR) code, valid passport, or other non-subjective identifier linked to unique voter registration number)

3

Restore Election Day, Qualify Absentee Voters; Results Election Night 

 

 

·       Limit early and in-person voting to 7 days

·       Vote in precinct polling places, limit size of precincts so all can vote on Election Day 

·       Establish criteria for eligibility to vote absentee

·       Require verification of identity of citizenship, identity and residency of all voters, using proper ID; no vote can be counted until verified eligible voter

·       Eliminate Same Day Registration

·       Processing and tabulation of absentee ballots must be conducted in public

·       Absentee ballots received by close of polls on Election Day, no ballot ‘curing’ or extended deadlines for ANY ballots

·       Absentee ballots verified in advance, but tabulated and reported on Election Night

·       Signature validation of Absentee ballots must be conducted in public

4

Confirm Citizenship, Identity, & Residency of All Voters, Rigorous Voter Roll Maintenance

 

·       Compare voter registration lists against citizenship data, confirm identity and residency of all current registrants

·       Require regular, ongoing list maintenance by all jurisdictions 

·       Repeal blackout periods for list maintenance under federal and state law

·       Publish qualified voter list before Election Day; list of who voted within three (3) days of election 

·       Election offices must accept documentation of bad registrations from citizens; act on citizen challenges

·       Institute procedures for USPS and DMV to notify election office of registrants’ moving

·       Penalties for election officials’ failure to clean voter rolls, retain private right of action to enforce 

·       List Maintenance records are public records, even if outsourced to vendor

·       Prohibit sharing of DMV data with any 3rd party or nongovernmental entity

5

MI Electronic Voting System Rules. Replace All Vulnerable / Insecure Voting Technology. Only Pre-Printed Secure Paper Ballots, Hand-Marked

·        MI law requires compliance with EAC certification requirements. Enforce to most current specifications.

·        Submitted rules recommendations to MI House Election Integrity Committee, Rep Smit in Feb 2025 & to Rep Ann Bollin May 2025 

·        Eliminate touchscreens, ballot marking devices, QR Codes read by machines 

·        Allow for certain technology solely for disabled voters, supervised, pre-approved

·        Prohibit internal modems and all remote access capability for any voting technology

·        Mandatory, public pre-election testing of all technology used in elections, not vendor controlled

·        No foreign-owned voting equipment companies, no foreign-made voting equipment, databases, parts, or software

·        Manual confirmation and backup for any technology process, including tabulation, e-poll books, 

·        Publish results at each voting location prior to delivery to county, then to state, to allow comparison of results and data by public

·        All voting technology built on open-source hardware and software; eliminate proprietary code

6

Lack of Auditing / Risk Limited Audits per MFEI’s Request for EAC OIG  Assessment of Audit Risk

Confirm Accuracy of Election Results Pre-Certification; Require Post Election Independent Audits 

 

·        Use Generally Accepted Government Accounting Standards (GAGAS) and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) for election processes and hold officials personally accountable.

·        Pressure MI Auditor General to audit election processes in compliance with MCL. MFEI has boilerplate. 

·        Use Appropriations to tie funding to certification rules in HAVA. 

·        Audit voter history and transaction logs

·        Require precinct, county/city, AND state reconciliation of number of voters to equal number of ballots to equal number of votes

·        Confirm by statute certification is discretionary, not ministerial, to ensure accuracy of results

·        Require independent post-election audits of election procedures & results by state auditors / 3d party (not the election offices auditing themselves)

·        Eliminate risk-limiting and other pretend ‘audits’

7

Ensure Transparency of Elections and Election Records 

Voter Roll Manipulation: 6 Most Egregious Vulnerabilities (Tim Vetter & Data Evaluation of Election Processes, DEEP Team) 

·Added 

·Switched 

·Transferred 

·Moved 

·Duplicated 

·Scrubbed 

 

·        Transparency of all voter records – Put transaction logs & QVF on-line. 

·        Lock voter histories.

·        SOS take & preserve snapshot of Certified Election Day QVF results

·        Timestamp records with sources noted.

·        Lift FOIA fees & follow the law in responding to FOIAs. 

·        Submitted boiler-plate language to Rep Bollin for posting QVF on-line. 

·        Ensure all processing, voting, tabulation procedures are open to meaningful public observer and media access

·        ALL election records (including electronic) are by law public records that must be retained for 24 months 

·        Publish/ make available at no cost all election records (redacted PII), including all chain of custody documents, cast vote records, ballot images, electronic and all other records related to the election

·        Citizen standing to sue if records are withheld or destroyed 

·       Provide civil and criminal penalties for withholding / destroying election records

8

Protect Deployed Military Voters, Separate from Overseas Civilians

·       Separate procedures for registration / voting by overseas civilian citizens from deployed military

For military:

·       Apply to all active-duty deployments, not just overseas

·       Allow registration / voting if prior resident, registration in state

·       Allow email/fax FPCA, voting

·       Require copy of military ID or valid US passport

·       If no prior registration / residency in state, allow voting in District of Columbia

For civilians: 

·       Require copy of valid US passport to register/vote from overseas

·       Require prior residency, registration in a state to register / vote in the state

·       Require proof of overseas residence (lease, other documentation) 

·       If no prior residency or voter registration in state, limit to presidential only, count with District of Columbia voters

9

Stop Billionaire-Concocted Election Schemes, including foreign funds to administer elections

·       Prohibit ranked choice voting, National Popular Vote (to replace the Electoral College) and other artificial voting methods

·       Protect one person, one vote, and America’s Constitutional framework in voting and elections

·       The flow of money is traceable. Ask any bank. All funds used to administer Michigan’s elections should be audited.

·       No foreign-originated funds should be accepted for use in Michigan’s elections.

·       Accepting foreign funds should be punishable as a federal felony with a minimum of 5 years in prison and a fine at least double the amount of funds accepted.

·       Extend anti-foreign interference to include ballot initiatives

10

Citizen Standing to Enforce Election Laws; Protect Laws from Leftwing Legal Apparatus; Accountability & Penalties for Violations

 

 

·        Citizens have statutory standing to enforce election laws (such as appeal of HAVA decisions), and to enforce election statutes against officials ignoring / breaking election laws

·        Election law challenges require facts establishing particularized injury to individuals impacted or to be impacted, not the speculative assertions of groups 

·        Election laws should be self-executing, with severe penalties for violations

11

House Bill HB 4983 (PA 268) – Effective June 30, 2025

 

·        Undoing HB 4983 will require intervention at federal level

·        The new law enables all government agencies (with appropriate data) to register voters (Huge get out the vote overreach by government agencies.) 

·        Illegal registered voters must prove they are illegal to avoid automatic registration via gov. agencies. 

12

End ERIC Data Sharing and FERPA Violations 

Electronic Registration Information Center (ERIC) has biased data sharing / middleware sharing data with L2 and Catalyst

·        Educate Secretary of Education (Linda McMahon) to protect driver’s license data 

·        Tie university funding to Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) law & student privacy protections, and Driver Privacy Protection Act. 

·        Address through Appropriations Committee. Cut off funds. 

·        Replace ERIC with ground-up Check My Vote statewide program & make voter rolls public

·        Use fed. gov. tools, e.g. DHS, NCOA

13

Education: 90% or more legacy media coverage on current administration is negative. This bias spills onto conservative causes

·        Institute a well funded and comprehensive public education campaign in Michigan to counter RCV, and the other issues listed here

Citations

Patrice Johnson is founder and chairperson of Pure Integrity Michigan Elections (PIME). Patrice has founded five successful technology companies and served as senior executive with a Fortune 50 technology company. In 2017, she authored the book, the Fall and Rise of Tyler Johnson, the basis of the nationally circulated PBS documentary film, Finding Tyler. Questions or comments? Contact patricejohnson2023@proton.me.


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