Lansing, Michigan — Michigan's secretary of state worries the chaotic scene that occurred in Detroit — when lots of of protesters sought to problem President Biden's victory — a day after the 2020 election will occur once more. "The 2020 election is certainly behind us, however the conflict over the way forward for our democracy continues to escalate," Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, informed CBS Information. "We're dealing with an uphill battle given the true coordinated, concerted technique to misinform people to realize political acquire." The most important lie voters have been informed, she mentioned, is "that the 2020 election was not correct when certainly it was." Two-thirds of Republicans consider the 2020 election was fraudulent, in accordance with a latest CBS Information ballot. No less than 31 individuals who rallied in Washington, D.C., on January 6, 2021, at the moment are operating for state or federal workplace, CBS Information discovered. Six of these candidates are operating for election in Michigan, together with Home candidate Jon Rocha, who was endorsed by former President Trump. "I felt there have been sufficient irregularities within the 2020 election that there wanted to be redress of grievances," Rocha informed CBS Information about why he traveled to Washington a yr in the past. However no courtroom within the nation has discovered proof of widespread election fraud. Michigan is among the fiercest battlegrounds over how future elections shall be performed. Republicans within the state are utilizing a quirk within the state structure to vary election legal guidelines with out the governor's signature. "We have to do some stuff to tighten up the best way absentee ballots are dealt with," mentioned Jamie Roe, who runs the Michigan group Safe MI Vote. Critics say Roe's group is working to make it tougher to vote by proposing new voter ID necessities and stopping officers from sending unsolicited absentee poll functions to voters. Benson known as the efforts misguided and pointless, saying there's been no widespread fraud in Michigan's elections. Republicans in Michigan have additionally changed some native Republican election officers who permitted the 2020 outcomes, elevating issues amongst nonpartisan election specialists about how future ballots counts may be dealt with, particularly in shut contests.