Previously, we reported on many of the improper and illegal things Victoria Bishop did prior to being elected Antrim County Clerk. In obtaining the position, she accepted $10,000 in illegal contributions and she filed a false campaign finance report. Since her election, she was found to be in contempt of court by a Federal judge and fined. But now, she has proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that she is incapable of being our County Clerk.
The letter can be found here: https://embed.documentcloud.org/documents/28045819-20260414-boe-letter-antrim-county-clerk/?embed=1
On April 14, 2026, the Michigan Bureau of Elections contacted Bishop to inform her that she appears to have violated State election laws through multiple illegal actions. Bishop has been given until April 23, 2026 to provide information in response to the complaints. She potentially can be found to have committed violations that will result in being charged with misdemeanors or being stripped of her election responsibilities. Hopefully she will take the Secretary of State’s letter more seriously that she did the subpoenas from Federal Court.
The letter states, “Specifically, you have reportedly (1) issued confirmation and cancellation notices to residents (2) entered improper status updates in the “Qualified Voter File (QVF), and (3) transmitted lists to local clerks containing numerous irregularities.”
Under Michigan law, the Antrim County Clerk cannot update voter registration records. That is a duty of the Township Clerks. A Township Clerk can’t send out a confirmation or cancellation notice just because the voter hasn’t voted in the last two elections. There must be additional reasons to believe that voter is no longer eligible. However, it appears that Bishop did just that. A confirmation notice is supposed to be sent when a Township Clerk gets reliable information that the voter has moved somewhere else within the Township. A cancellation notice is sent by a Township Clerk when the Clerk has received reliable information that the voter has moved to a different jurisdiction outside the Township. Those rules were not followed. A variety of other improper actions were either recorded or failed to be recorded in the Qualified Voter File.
Bottom line—Bishop improperly removed voters from the Qualified Voter File which would have made it difficult or impossible for them to vote in the next election. This is a basic violation of her oath of office.
We should not be surprised. Several months ago, the Antrim Dems became aware that improprieties may be occurring and reported it to the Voter Protection activity of the Michigan Democratic Party for investigation. Bishop has a history of illegal activity and disregarding subpoenas, judges and tax filing requirements. Bishop may be under investigation by the Michigan Department of Taxation for tax evasion. She ran on a platform that includes requiring identification to vote (law allows voters to sign an affidavit if id is not available), no tabulators (all elections in Michigan use tabulators), and annual updates to the QVF (that’s not how it works).
We don’t really care whether she is incompetent or simply doesn’t care what the law requires. The Antrim County Democratic Party is calling on Victoria Bishop to resign now. Enough is enough.
More information can be found at: https://www.votebeat.org/michigan/
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