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Sunday, June 21, 2026

New GOP canvassers who embrace election lies raise prospect of chaotic certification - Detroit Free Press

In counties across Michigan, the GOP is filling election canvassing boards responsible for tallying the vote count with people who have embraced falsehoods and misinformation about fraud in the 2020 election.

The bipartisan boards — made up of two Democratic and two Republican political appointees — have the routine task of double checking the vote totals submitted by municipalities and signing off on the county-level results before turning them over to the state board to certify statewide contests, as well as those that cross county lines.



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