You have humidity. Law Department. var first = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; Subscribe now to get the latest news delivered right to your inbox. “The city is responsible. Unlike many newspapers, ours is free – and we'd like to keep it that way, because we believe, now more than ever, everyone deserves access to accurate, independent coverage of their community. Haroutunian said she didn’t know what to make of the trend toward over-counting because there was no explanation from Detroit poll workers. script.src = 'https://us.commitchange.com/js/donate-button.v2.js'; Housing and Revitalization Department. You aren’t going to rig an election three ballots at a time. That’s because county officials have not tabulated how much the ballots were off in precincts with discrepancies of at least five votes. “This didn’t happen because of crazy, dyslexic senior citizens who are working as poll workers, like they want to portray this. At the time, she had no idea whether the work she was doing would even matter, but a few days later she’d have her reward: Almost 50 percent of eligible Detroiters voted, not the record some expected, but a robust turnout and an improvement upon 2016 that helped Democrats defeat President Donald Trump in Michigan. “I have not seen anyone intentionally try to run an extra ballot. Using voter registration data, turnout … All Michigan residents 16 and older eligible for COVID-19 vaccine on April 5, More than 1 million Michigan residents have now been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, Activist Peter Werbe to hold livestream events to promote his new book, 'Summer on Fire: A Detroit Novel', Why Valentine Distilling Co. is going green — even if it doesn’t make cents, Report: Detroit's coronavirus infection rate is among the nation's highest, Michigan could see more than 4,000 coronavirus deaths, according to study, Detroiters remember Nelson Mandela's 1990 Tiger Stadium visit, Judge dismisses Detroit’s controversial countersuit against anti-police brutality protesters, An excerpt from Peter Werbe’s new novel set in Detroit, 1967, Senate Dems might cut off their nose to spite their face, Detroit Narrative Agency: Radical Remedies, How Healers Became Killers, Nazi Medical Professionals, Rocky Horror Picture Show Viewing Experience, 2021 Movie Sundays presented by The Alden B. Dow Home and Studio as Live Zoom Events. Our small but mighty local team works tirelessly to bring you high-quality, uncensored news and cultural coverage of Detroit and beyond. Gleason took office in 2013 and said he had to “ride herd” over city clerks to ensure they reconciled precincts. An article in The Free Press reported 2016 is "shaping up as a raucous and competitive election season with incumbent politicians facing strong challenges up and down the ballot, and a presidential race that could influence the control of every race." In Detroit in 2016, widespread voting machine failures invalidated thousands of ballots. Here is a breakdown of the irregularities in Detroit’s 662 precincts: ■236 precincts in balance — equal numbers of voters counted by workers and machines. State Sen. Patrick Colbeck, R-Canton, called the planned audit “a good place to start” that could help determine whether Detroit elections workers “followed the correct procedures” or “fraudulent procedures” on Election Day. Overall, state records show 10.6 percent of the precincts in the 22 counties that began the retabulation process couldn’t be recounted because of state law that bars recounts for unbalanced precincts or ones with broken seals. “We’re assuming there were (human) errors, and we will have discussions with Detroit election officials and staff in addition to reviewing the ballots,” Thomas said. Traditional Michigan Democratic voters in inner cities such as Detroit and Flint helped President Obama win his second term in 2012, but didn't pack the same punch for Hillary Clinton … The results were based on county reports obtained by The News. “At any rate, this should not have happened.”. Letters may be edited and shortened for space. And two-thirds of … The number of pages can cause machines to jam and lead them to count too many ballots, said Genesee County Clerk John Gleason. Another 1,548 voted third-party, more than twice as many as four years prior.