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The board of canvassers in Michigans largest county reversed course late Tuesday, voting unanimously to certify the election results after initially being deadlocked in a party-line vote. The Michigan secretary of states office confirmed that the Wayne County Board of Canvassers voted by a 4-0 margin to certify the election results in Wayne County, which is heavily Democratic and includes Detroit, and that the board is requesting that Jocelyn Benson, the states top elections official, investigate any discrepancies in vote totals.
The unanimous decision marks a 180-degree turn from just hours earlier Tuesday night when the panels two Republicans voted against certification, sparking celebrations from the GOP and an uproar from Democrats who said the initial vote was simply delaying the inevitable.
Republicans had refused to certify the election after some absentee ballot poll books in Detroit were found to be out of balance, but liberal lawmakers and activists flooded the panel with criticism given that a similar mismatch in the August primaries and general election in 2016 did not prevent the body from certifying those results.
The county boards reversal is just the latest setback for Trump and Republicans who have launched at least four suits in Wayne County and several more in battlegrounds across the country seeking to alter vote-counts based on spurious claims of voter fraud and other irregularities.
The timing of the reversal of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers came as some Republicans, including Trump, celebrated the board's initial deadlock.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/526451-michigans-wayne-county-board-of-canvassers-unanimously-certifies-election
The Roux Comes First
(1,299 posts)Seemed like they got a hell of a lot more attention fast than they expected.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)That settled this little kerfuffle very quickly.