Holton Township settles lawsuit by voter who was denied a ballot in 2022 [Video]

HOLTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A community in West Michigan agreed to a $20,000 settlement in a lawsuit by a woman who was turned away from her polling place in 2022 despite registering online to vote, her attorneys said Monday.

Ashleigh Smith made many trips to her polling place in Muskegon County but was told that her address wasn’t turning up in an electronic roster of voters and that she wouldn’t be given a ballot on November 8, 2022.

By the evening, Holton Township Clerk Jill Colwell-Coburn told Smith “she was sorry but that there was nothing more she could do,” the lawsuit alleged.

Smith said she had a voter registration receipt and a sticker to put on her driver’s license to show her new address.

Smith could have been given a provisional ballot, which would have given local officials a few days to try to clear up the problem. The …