Michigan Secretary of State rebukes presidentโs claims on Twitter
DETROIT โ President Donald Trump went after Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson on Twitter again with another false claim. Trump falsely claimed hundreds of thousands of votes were invalid and claimed he won Michigan and Pennsylvania. READ: What we know about GOP challenge to Michiganโs election resultsโNobody wants to report that Pennsylvania and Michigan didnโt allow our Poll Watchers and/or Vote Observers to Watch or Observe,โ the president tweeted Wednesday. In Pennsylvania, a lawyer confirmed Trumpโs observers were allowed when he told a judge there were a โnon-zero numberโ of poll watchers. The Trump campaign is suing Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson along with the Wayne County and the Michigan Board of Canvassers, which are in charge of reviewing elections.
Clinton Township voting error caused by Macomb County clerk, city clerk says
CLINTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. โ The city clerk in Clinton Township is blaming Macomb County for 10 voters who cast ballots this year but died before the election. Michigan state law is clear. In Clinton Township, it turns out 10 people who cast their ballots but died before the election had their votes counted because the deaths werenโt reported. According to the city clerk Kim Meltzer, she was sent death certificates for those voters on Nov. 6 -- three days after the election. Meltzer, who did not respond to requests for an interview, is quoted in reports blaming the Macomb County clerkโs office, who chose to use the postal service to notify her office instead of using email.
Trust Index: Fact-checking claims regarding Michiganโs 2020 election
Were poll watchers kicked out of counting rooms? Poll watchers being kicked out of counting rooms is not true. According to Detroitโs election commissioner, there were more than the legal limit of watchers inside the TCF Center from both Democratic and Republican parties. Claims made in a similar way were dismissed as hearsay by a state judge in a lawsuit last week. There are also claims about poll workers behaving badly like the ones made in an 11-minute video circulating online and being promoted by state Republicans.