Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum (D-Onondaga) issued a statement regarding the election problem that was discovered recently during "pre-election testing".

"It was brought to the attention of County Clerk Byrum by a local clerk conducting their pre-election testing that there was a small concern with the election programming that would need to be fixed."

In a statement from Clerk Byrum, she said:

"My staff, in consultation with our election vendor, discovered the root fo the probelm was the removal of the Lansing Township Annexation proposal ordered off the ballot last minute and were able to remediate it within days… I find it disappointing that one of the local clerks has chosen to sensationalize this situation by bringing it to the press.  Their sole motivation must be a misguided attempt to undermine the public's confidence in our elections, and I find it reprehensible."