The Michigan Bureau of Elections has released preliminary plans for what it is calling โthe most comprehensive post-election audits of any election in state history.โThe audits will include a statewide risk-limiting audit, a complete zero-margin risk-limiting audit in Antrim County, and procedural audits in more than 200 jurisdictions statewide, including absentee ballot counting boards, according to the Bureau.
Related: Few Michigan absentee ballots rejected amid record voter turnout in 2020 electionโI am a longstanding proponent of post-election audits to review election procedure and affirm public confidence in our elections,โ said Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson in a news release Wednesday.
โBy conducting the most comprehensive set of audits in our stateโs history, the Bureau of Elections and Michiganโs more than 1,600 local election clerks are demonstrating the integrity of our election.โThe Bureau published the following list of precincts and absentee ballot counting boards that it says will undergo procedural audits conducted by either counties or the state:View here: Michigan 2020 General Election resultsRead: Fact-checking 5 claims about mail-in votingRead: Trumpโs legal team cried vote fraud, but courts found none