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catbyte

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Mon Nov 28, 2022, 10:22 PM Nov 2022

Michigan elections panel rebuffs calls from losing candidates not to certify election

Clara Hendrickson
Detroit Free Press
November 28, 2022

During a chaotic meeting that lasted over four hours, the state's bipartisan elections panel rebuffed calls Monday from losing candidates not to officially certify the recent midterm election in Michigan, and the panel unanimously accepted the results.

The vote by the Board of State Canvassers − made up of two Democrats and two Republicans − marks the first certification of a general election since the otherwise routine process garnered national attention two years ago, when allies of former President Donald Trump pressured GOP members not to certify the results and raised the prospect the panel might deadlock along partisan lines. But the board that year certified the election in a 3-0 vote with one GOP canvasser abstaining.

During a lengthy public comment period that followed the certification vote of the recent Nov. 8 midterm, some echoed those calls from 2020 not to certify the results, accused state canvassers of committing treason, pleaded for a so-called forensic audit and said that they would pray for members of the board.

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Hours earlier, the board heard from several unsuccessful candidates, including GOP secretary of state candidate Kristina Karamo, who urged members of the Board of State Canvassers not to certify the election results.

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We got no time for their QBullshit.

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Michigan elections panel rebuffs calls from losing candidates not to certify election (Original Post) catbyte Nov 2022 OP
Kristina Karamo lost by 4% Norbert Nov 2022 #1
Actually, it was a lot more than that. Benson beat Karamo by 14% -- 56% to 42% catbyte Nov 2022 #3
LIKE IT republianmushroom Nov 2022 #2

catbyte

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3. Actually, it was a lot more than that. Benson beat Karamo by 14% -- 56% to 42%
Mon Nov 28, 2022, 10:57 PM
Nov 2022

which translates into 614, 856 votes.

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