Royal Oak Tribune

Court rejects appeal over counting ballots

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DETROIT » An effort to stop the certificat­ion of Detroitare­a votes from the Nov. 3 election was rejected Monday by the Michigan appeals court.

The court wasn’t convinced that a Wayne County judge made “manifest error” in refusing to stop the work of county canvassers, who must certify the votes this week and notify the state. The appeal was rejected, 3- 0.

Republican challenger­s who observed the counting of absentee ballots at a Detroit convention hall claimed fraud occurred in city ballots in favor of Joe Biden. Judge Timothy Kenny, however, said the allegation­s weren’t credible.

Judges have refused to intervene at least three times; Kenny has done it twice in two lawsuits. Meanwhile, a lawsuit by President Donald Trump’s campaign is pending in federal court in Grand Rapids.

Biden won Michigan by more than 140,000 votes, according to unofficial returns.

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