The Michigan State Board of Canvassers on Monday certified the state’s election results showing Joe Biden defeating President Trump in the presidential race.
The four-member panel voted 3-0 to certify the results from Michigan’s 83 counties, further formalizing Biden’s win amid Trump’s flailing efforts to challenge the election results in court. Biden leads Trump in Michigan by over 150,000 votes.
Aaron Van Langevelde, the Republican vice chair of the board, voted with its two Democratic members, Democratic chair Jeannette Bradshaw and Julie Matuzak, to certify the results. Norman Shinkle, the other Republican member, abstained.
“We have a clear legal duty to certify the results of the election as shown by the returns that were given to us. We cannot and should not go beyond that,” Van Langevelde said in closing remarks before the vote. “John Adams once said, ‘we are a government of laws not men,’ and this board must adhere to that principle today.”
Shinkle, who indicated before the meeting that he would oppose certification until after an audit or investigation of the results was conducted, asked the Michigan legislature to undertake an “in depth review of all election processes and procedures in Michigan.”
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The main problem with Michigan’s election was the US Postal Service failing to deliver 22% of the mail in ballots in Detroit, and defying a court order to find the ballots. The New York Post, not a Biden supporting publication, had this story the day after the election. Biden really won by a lot more than the 150,000 in the official count. Trump tried to steal the election and failed.