Former Adams Township Clerk, attorney arraigned in election case

Todd Heywood
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LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — The former Adams Township Clerk and her attorney were arraigned Monday in Hillsdale 2B District Court.

Stephanie Scott, 52, is the former Adams Township Clerk. Her attorney is Stefanie Lynn Junttila, 42, also known as Stefanie Lambert.

The Office of the Attorney General charged the duo with crimes for allegedly permitting an unauthorized computer examiner access to voter data, including non-public voter information, concerning the 2020 General Election, according to a news release from Attorney General Dana Nessel.

Scott has been charged with the following crimes:

  • One count of Using a Computer to Commit a Crime, a seven-year felony;

  • One count of Computers – Unauthorized Access, a five-year felony;

  • One count of Conspiracy to Commit the Offense of Computers -Unauthorized Access, a five-year felony;

  • One count of Misconduct in Office, a five-year felony;

  • One count of Concealing or Withholding a Voting Machine, a five-year felony; and

  • One count of Disobeying a Lawful Instruction or Order of the Secretary of State as Chief Election Officer, a 90-day misdemeanor.

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Junttila is charged with the following crimes:

  • One count of Using a Computer to Commit a Crime, a seven-year felony;

  • One count of Computers – Unauthorized Access, a five-year felony; and

  • One count of Conspiracy to Commit the Offense of Computers -Unauthorized Access, a five-year felony.

Stefanie JunttilaDownload

Both were given $1,000 bonds.

“The Department contends that Scott intentionally disregarded numerous instructions from the Director of Elections, acting on behalf of the Secretary of State, to present the Adams Township voting tabulator to an authorized vendor for maintenance and testing and withheld the tabulator until it was seized by Michigan State Police pursuant to a search warrant,” a news release from the Office of the Attorney General released last week reports. “The Department also alleges Lambert illicitly transmitted data from the Adams Township Electronic Poll Book concerning the 2020 General Election under the direction of Scott.”

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