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The recount antics in Michigan are not over yet. The Associated Press reports that the two Michigan Republicans who initially blocked certification of election results for the county that includes Detroit, before approving them, now say they want to rescind their certification.
Monica Palmer and William Hartmann, the two Republican pollsters in Wayne County, said in a statement issued last night that they only voted to certify the results after “hours of sustained pressure” and after receiving promises that their concerns about the elections. .
“We deserve better, but more importantly, the American people deserve better than being forced to accept an outcome achieved through intimidation, deception and threats of violence,” they said in the statement. “Wayne County voters should have full confidence in this process.”
Palmer and Hartmann initially voted against certification on Tuesday, leaving the Wayne County Board of Electors stuck at 2-2 on the party line. Palmer complained that certain Detroit precincts were unbalanced, meaning absentee ballot books did not match the number of votes cast.
The Republican measure prompted an immediate reprimand from the public and injected partisan politics into the business of an unrecognized panel that is supposed to confirm the will of the voters.
Biden crushed Trump in Wayne County, a Democratic stronghold, by a margin of more than 2-1 on his way to winning Michigan by 146,000 votes, according to unofficial results. His victory reversed Trump’s 2016 gains in the industrial Midwest and put Biden on track to garner the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the White House.
The county tellers then voted again and certified the results, 4-0. Then on Wednesday, Palmer and Hartmann signed affidavits saying they believe the county vote “should not be certified.”
They said in their statement Wednesday that they had reported threats against them to law enforcement.
There has been no evidence of widespread voter fraud in Michigan or any other state. Federal and state officials from both parties have stated that the 2020 elections are safe and secure. But Trump and his allies have spent two weeks raising false accusations of fraud and refusing to give in to Biden.
Meanwhile, the president is tweeting again, without providing supporting evidence, that the election was rigged.
