Michigan GOP Senate Leader Calls for Independent Audit After ‘Reprehensible’ Irregularities
Michigan’s Republican state Senate leader accused officials in a Detroit voting center of using “reprehensible” tactics on Election Day, calling for a full and independent audit of the vote count. Aric Nesbitt, the president pro tempore of the Michigan Senate, said his wife was at the voting center on Nov. 3. Citing his wife’s account, Nesbitt said that election workers were refusing to count ballots when GOP poll observers were watching the process, and they would only count when Democrats were around. He furthermore claimed that they allowed three times as many Democrats as Republicans to watch polls. “Whenever they removed a Republican attorney, or Republican poll observer, the election workers were cheering,” Nesbitt told Just The News, describing the scenario. “They were being kicked out of the room for things…
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Trump Called in Support of Michigan Canvassing Board Members After Threats, Official Says
President Donald Trump called a Republican member of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers after she claimed to have been threatened and harassed for not certifying the election results in the populous Michigan county, she said. “He was checking in to make sure I was safe after hearing the threats and doxing that had occurred,” Monica Palmer told The Washington Post, referring to Trump. Palmer and another Republican, William Hartmann, signed affidavits to rescind their votes on late Wednesday, alleging that officials also told them they would audit the election results, but, according to the pair, later found out it would not happen. It’s unclear if the affidavits have a legally binding effect, although Michigan state officials said they do not. Regarding Trump’s phone call, “It was not pressure,” adding…