Night had set in and voting had ended in Michigan's 2022 primary contest when a poll worker in Kent County was seen inserting his own USB drive into an election machine, piercing the security of the entire system, according to court records.
The outcome in Michigan is one of many that are frustrating prosecutors and frightening election officials across the country as they try to hold accountable those who sought to disrupt or meddle with the 2020 vote and subsequent elections.
Criminal law has rarely been applied to many new types of election interference, making it challenging for the justice system to prosecute individuals who directly intervene in elections.
The Supreme Court recently ruled that federal prosecutors had improperly used an obstruction law to prosecute approximately 350 individuals involved in the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021.
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