Michigan judge rejects GOP demand to delay certification of vote count in Detroit
Source: Washington Post
A Michigan judge Friday rejected Republicans’ requests to delay the certification of election results in Detroit, saying he saw no convincing evidence of election fraud at a center for counting absentee ballots. Wayne County Circuit Chief Judge Timothy M. Kenny said that the allegations of misconduct, made by GOP poll-watchers and one Detroit election official, were “not credible.” Kenny said that the plaintiffs’ demand for an outside audit of the election in Michigan could delay the process so long that Michigan’s electors might not be selected in time to vote in the electoral college.
To grant the plaintiffs’ request, Kenny said, “would undermine faith in the Electoral System.” Biden now leads in Michigan by about 148,000 votes. Kenny’s ruling is the latest in defeats for President Trump and his allies, who have sought to undo — or at least delay — President-elect Biden’s electoral victory with long-shot lawsuits claiming election fraud. In Michigan alone, this is the third time that a judge has rejected GOP demands to delay certification of the state’s result — or even to rerun the entire election.
The Michigan lawsuit at issue Friday was brought by two Republican poll-watchers. It echoed the allegations made in other Michigan lawsuits: that workers counting absentee ballots in Detroit had broken rules to help Biden. The plaintiffs submitted affidavits from witnesses — and one election worker — alleging that late-arriving ballots had been backdated to appear valid, and that some voters had a birth date in 1900.
Lawyers for the defense said these witnesses, armed with little knowledge of the vote-counting process, had been alarmed by normal procedures they did not understand. In his ruling, Kenny agreed, saying he’d been convinced by defense witnesses who were experts in administering elections.
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Biden expanded his lead over President Trump late Thursday, winning Arizona’s 11 electoral votes by a little more than 11,000 votes, according to Edison Research. Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala D. Harris continued to meet with transition advisers to plan their administration even as Trump challenges the vote count in several states and refuses to concede.
Trump will deliver an update on the effort to develop and distribute a coronavirus vaccine at 4 p.m., his first public remarks in more than a week.
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