GOP members of Delta County canvassing board refuse to certify recall results • Michigan Advance
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Following overwhelming victories in a recall election last week, the Republican members of the Delta County Board of Canvassers are refusing to certify the election results. “What they’re doing is putting doubt in our local election people, which is sad because these are our family and our neighbors and our friends and their honesty and […]

From crack reporter Jon King over at MichiganAdvance, Another Day, Another Election Interference: more voting obfuscation for the ever-unstable GOP…

Following overwhelming victories in a recall election last week, the Republican members of the Delta County Board of Canvassers are refusing to certify the election results.

Unofficial results indicated that Van Ginhoven, a Democrat, and independent candidates Myra Croasdell and Matt Jensen, each defeated Republican Commissioners David Moyle, Robert Barron, and Robert Petersen by an approximately 3-1 margin. The incumbents were targeted for recall after they voted in February 2023 to fire County Administrator Emily DeSalvo.

When the county canvassers met this past Tuesday, however, Republican members Bonnie Hakkola and LeeAnne Oman refused to certify. The board, consisting of two Democrats and two Republicans, has to produce at least three votes in order to certify. […] Van Ginhoven tells Michigan Advance that the GOP canvassers cited, without evidence, irregularities in the vote totals based solely on the similarity across all three races.

While the board’s failure to certify the election has delayed the swearing in of the new commissioners, they will meet again on Monday, at which point they will have a final opportunity to provide certification. […] “And if at that time, the Republicans are still not willing to sign off on the certification, then everything’s going to have to be trucked downstate on the county dime and go to the State Board of Canvassers,” said Van Ginhoven.

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  • raoulraoulOPEnglish
    32·
    6 months ago

    But both parties are the same, am I right?

    Care to elaborate? Or is my snark detector not working today?

    • BobEnglish
      6·
      6 months ago

      Lemmy has lots of “both sides” bullshit, to the point where people are now making fun of that argument before it even presents itself.

      • raoulraoulOPEnglish
        2·
        6 months ago

        Thanks, @bob! 👍 Sometimes the tone of the message gets lost in written communication, as we’ve all experienced.