Senin, 23 November 2020

Michigan votes to certify Biden's win over Trump - BBC News

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President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the US state of Michigan has been officially certified, in a serious blow to Donald Trump's beleaguered attempts to challenge the result.

One of two Republicans on the Michigan State Board of Canvassers joined the two Democrats to approve finalising the result. The other Republican abstained.

Mr Biden was projected to win the state by more than 150,000 votes.

Mr Trump has alleged voter fraud swayed the outcome, without offering evidence.

The president's Republican allies had called for the certification - which finalises the outcome of a state's popular vote - to be delayed for two weeks to audit ballots in a heavily Democratic county.

With the results now certified, Mr Biden has won by a 2.8% margin and will receive all 16 of the state's electoral college votes.

This is a larger margin than his win in other hotly contested states, including Pennsylvania and Georgia.

Election officials from across Michigan had urged the state board to certify the results.

Local legal experts have also noted that even if board members think there may be issues with the results, they do not have the power to halt certification.

By state law, recounts and additional audits requested by citizens or candidates can take place only after the initial vote counting is complete.

The state's 83 counties each certified their results last week. The certification process involves verifying votes at the local level, and no major issues were found.

Clerk Barn Byrum from Ingham County - home of the state capital - told the Detroit Free Press the single vote against certification was "shocking and disgusting".

"Anything other than certification is an unlawful power grab," Mr Byrum added.

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