The complaints of Trump poll watchers were along racial lines stating, "They were wearing Black Lives Matter T-shirts." Every complaint was heard by a judge and was dismissed because there was no evidence to uphold any objections and/or the objections were frivolous. Primarily, they were racist.
November 17, 2020
By Beth LeBlanc
The decision came after a number of absentee ballot poll books in Detroit were found to be out of balance, a situation that did not stop the same board from certifying the results in the August primary or the county's November 2016 general election results.
A county board that fails to canvass within 14 days after the election must give all of its documentation to the Secretary of State's office and Board of State Canvassers, which then has 10 days to complete the work, canvass and certify the results, according to the board’s canvassing manual....
There were similar complaints about poll books made by the GOP during the primary. The votes from the primary were certified.
September 2, 2020
...Detroit Clerk Janice Winfrey, (click here) whose office didn't respond to multiple requests for comment, has tied the problems to increases in absentee voting, veteran election workers not showing up during the COVID-19 pandemic and other workers being on the job for more than 20 hours.
There are security precautions for absentee ballots, such as checking signatures on them, that can be done before Election Day, said Aghogho Edevbie, Michigan director for the voting rights group All Voting Is Local. While Edevbie said he's concerned about the processes used in Detroit's primary, he said he doesn't think something nefarious went on.
"The essential integrity of the process was not breached," he said.
The GOP allegations come as the eyes of the nation could be on Detroit this fall amid record absentee voting and criticism from President Donald Trump about mail-in voting. Trump won Michigan by 10,704 votes in 2016, his closest margin of victory nationally....
