A Michigan resident suggested voters put mail-in ballots inside a toilet A political display is set up in the lawn of a home in Mason, Mich., seen Friday, Sept. 18, 2020. (Matthew Dae Smith/Lansing State Journal via AP) camera-icon View 1 more image
(Newser) – A Michigan resident's apparent joke showing disdain for voting by mail is no laughing matter for one election official, the AP reports. The resident put a toilet on their lawn with a sign that says, "Place mail in ballots here." Barb Byrum, the Democratic clerk of Ingham County, filed a complaint with police over the display, saying it could mislead people who aren't familiar with the voting system. "It is a felony to take illegal possession of an absentee ballot," Byrum said Friday. "Elections in this country are to be taken seriously and there are many people who are voting by mail for the first time this election," she said.
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