Antrim County commissioners turned down a request from the county clerk for $5,080 to prepare Dominion voting machines for the upcoming election, the Traverse City Record-Eagle reported. BELLAIRE, Mich. – A northern Michigan county that was sued over its counting of the fall election will count paper ballots by hand in the May 4 primary. Antrim County commissioners turned down a request from the county clerk for $5,080 to prepare Dominion voting machines for the upcoming election, the Traverse City Record-Eagle reported. But it was attributed to human error, not any problems with voting machines, and corrected. A judge still took the extraordinary step of allowing forensic images of Dominion election equipment.

LIVINGSTON COUNTY, Mich. – The mask debate has found its way to Livingston County. Commissioners there approved a resolution to rescind the mandatory mask rule inside county buildings. It included a mandatory mask rule for those working and visiting county buildings. Since May it’s been mandatory to wear a mask inside county buildings, but County Commissioner Wes Nakagiri says that rule should be revisited. It states the mask mandate inside county buildings was predicated on unconstitutional orders from the governor.