>Wayne County Board of canvassers deadlocks 2-2 on certifying the Nov. 3 election.
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it is starting???
The Election WizardMan mage
@Wizard_Predicts
The refusal of Wayne County (Detroit) to certify their election results is a huge win for President Trump.
The Wayne County board found the number of ballots cast did not match the number of people who signed in to vote.
5:31 PM · Nov 17, 2020
https://twitter.com/Wizard_Predicts/status/1328843107929088000
https://patch.com/michigan/detroit/wayne-county-deadlocks-election-results-certification
Wayne County Deadlocks On Election Results Certification
The vote was along party lines and the two Republicans on the board voted against certification.
By Joey Oliver, Patch Staff
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Nov 17, 2020 6:24 pm ET
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Updated Nov 17, 2020 6:33 pm ET
>https://patch.com/michigan/detroit/wayne-county-deadlocks-election-results-certification
WAYNE COUNTY, MI — The Wayne County Board of Canvassers on Tuesday failed to certify the county's Nov. 3 election results, splitting the vote to certify the results 2-2.
The vote was along party lines, with Monica Palmer, the board chairperson, and William Hartmann — both Republicans — voting against certification. Board Vice Chair Jonathan Kinloch and Allen Wilson, both Democrats, voted in favor of certification.
With Wayne County failing to certify the results, it must provide all election documentation to the Michigan Secretary of State office and state Board of Canvassers, according to Michigan election guidelines. Those entities will then have 10 days to certify the results.
Following the vote, board members argued about allowing politics to become a part of their vote.
Palmer said she did not have full confidence in how votes were calculated due to a high number of out of balance absentee ballot books and said all votes outside the city of Detroit — where the majority of unbalanced books were found — should be certified. Other board members disagreed.
"It's my hope that the state will take over and work with the clerks," Palmer said.
"I smell politics," another board member rebuked.
Tuesday's meeting — which was held via Zoom for interested members of the public — did not go off without issue. While it was scheduled to begin at 3 p.m., issues caused the meeting to be delayed by nearly two hours. The board also capped the online meeting at 100 attendees, meaning many people were unable to attend the public meeting. Capacity was then expanded to 300 people and quickly filled up once more.
Technical issues prior to the start of the recording of the meeting — as well as during — also provided delays and issues for those in virtual attendance.
Canvassers discussed a number of precincts that were out of balance, meaning the number of signatures of people who signed in to the polling location to vote was not the same as the number of people who actually voted at the respective location.
Out of balance precincts can be caused by simple events, however, such as someone visiting a polling location, signing in and then leaving later because the line is too long and they have another obligation.
Michigan election law prohibits a precinct that is out of balance to be recounted, however. But the Michigan Secretary of State office said that in Wayne County, precincts that are out of balance without explanation can still be recounted as long as the number of ballots in the container matches the statement of votes on the tabulator. Many containers have not yet been opened, according to the SOS.
Dialogue between a county elections worker and board members focused around how the unbalanced precincts weren't just in Detroit, but across the entire county. The worker told board members that due to the significant volume of absentee ballots, local election officials were stretched to the limit.
Tuesday was the deadline for counties in Michigan to certify their election results. In Wayne County, Democratic President-elect Joe Biden defeated President Donald Trump 587,074 to 264,149, according to unofficial election results provided by the county ahead of the meeting.
>With Wayne County failing to certify the results, it must provide all election documentation to the Michigan Secretary of State office and state Board of Canvassers, according to Michigan election guidelines. Those entities will then have 10 days to certify the results.
https://twitter.com/nancykaffer/status/1328841655185797120
Annie Grayer
@AnnieGrayerCNN
Wayne County, Michigan, which includes Detroit and is the largest county in the state, did not certify its election results by the deadline tonight bc it is locked in a 2-2 vote. Now the State Board of Canvassers has to step in. Each board is made up of 2 Dems and 2 GOP.
https://twitter.com/AnnieGrayerCNN/status/1328846670960992256