A 'constitutional sheriff' tried to seize voting machines in 2020. Officials are bracing for a repeat.

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : "But this was the fastest-growing county in Michigan, and Trump got 40% more votes than [the previous election].
50% : In Leaf and other members of the constitutional sheriffs movement, Trump attracted allies willing to take action.
34% : After Joe Biden was declared the winner, Trump claimed without evidence that the election had been rigged against him.
28% : "That allows Trump to claim victory and then their trained militia members come in and do who knows what." Leaf did not respond to phone or email messages seeking comment.
21% : Leaf worked with Stefanie Lambert, a Detroit lawyer who was part of the Trump team led by Sidney Powell, a conspiracy theory-espousing attorney who filed several frivolous lawsuits alleging widespread voter fraud and rigged machines that flipped votes from Trump to Biden.
15% : Trump had soundly defeated Biden in Barry County, garnering 65% of the vote, but lost the state of Michigan by 154,000 votes.

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