“GOP members of Wayne County Board of Canvassers vote against certifying election results”

Detroit Free Press:

The two Republican members of the Wayne County Board of Canvassers cast an unprecedented vote Tuesday against certifying the county’s November election results for the county’s 43 jurisdictions, including Detroit, Michigan’s largest voting jurisdiction.

Monica Palmer, the Republican chair of the committee said: “I believe that we do not have complete and accurate information on those poll books,” referring to jurisdictions, including Detroit, that recorded unexplained discrepancies between the number of absentee ballots recorded as cast and the number of absentee ballots counted.

Jonathan Kinloch, the Democratic vice chair of the board, said: “Most of this is human error. … It’s not based on fraud.”

All four members of the board unanimously supported the certification of the August primary election, which also saw unexplained discrepancies….

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