All eyes on Michigan -- Board of State Canvassers to decide if election results will be certified
DETROIT โ The Michigan Board of State Canvassers is set to meet Monday to decide whether Michiganโs election results will be certified. Republican Party leaders asked the Michigan Board of State Canvassers to delay certification two weeks to look into irregularities. The vote to certify Michiganโs election results comes nearly three weeks since Election Day. Despite Joe Bidenโs lead over President Donald Trump by hundreds of thousands of votes, House Speaker Lee Chatfield spoke of the believed dangers that could follow a split decision on the Michigan Board of State Canvassers. In an interview with Fox News Sunday morning Republican and Michigan House Speaker, Lee Chatfield, talked about the possibility of a โconstitutional crisisโ ahead of the Michigan Board of State Canvassers scheduled Monday meeting to certify election results.
Experts say next step of certifying Michigan votes is โsimpleโ process
The Michigan Board of State Canvassers is expected to certify the results of the 2020 election on Monday, Nov. 23. Several legal experts and local leaders say the stateโs certification of votes is simply the next step in the process and should carry on normally, despite drama over the certification process in Wayne County this week. On Wednesday, Palmer and Hartmann filed affidavits saying they believed the county vote โshould not be certifiedโ in an attempt to rescind their decision. Michigan officials say that there is no legal mechanism in place for the members to change their vote following certification. โIโm not worried about any attempts for them to cast out Wayne County,โ said Detroit NAACP Executive Director Kamilia Landrum.
Trump invites top Michigan lawmakers to White House amid longshot bid to overturn election result
WASHINGTON โ President Donald Trump has invited two top Republican Michigan lawmakers to the White House this week. Senate Republican Leader Mike Shirkey and House Speaker Lee Chatfield will reportedly attend a meeting a the White House on Friday. It is telling that Michigan GOP legislative leaders Mike Shirkey and Lee Chatfield are jetting off to Washington DC this week to meet with President Trump. Two Republican members of the board -- Monica Palmer and William Hartmann -- refused to certify the election results on Tuesday. Read more: Trump targets Wayne County vote certification in late bid to block Biden
Hundreds provide testimonies -- but no real evidence -- in Trump campaign lawsuit to stop certification of Michigan election results
DETROIT โ Hoping to halt a statewide certification of Michigan election results, the latest lawsuit by President Donald Trumpโs campaign submitted hundreds of claims asserting GOP poll watchers were excluded from counting rooms or saw illegal activity in the count in the state. The Trump campaign is suing Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson along with the Wayne County and the Michigan Board of Canvassers, which are in charge of reviewing elections. Inside the lawsuit are 234 pages of affidavits from people claiming to have been Republican poll watchers who witnessed or were told about misconduct by mostly Detroit ballot counters. Both the Trump and Joe Biden campaigns have started asking Michigan voters specifically to help fund these upcoming legal battles. Democrats have already asked to be part of the Court of Claims appeal, opposing the Trump campaign.