The Michigan Democratic Party sent a letter to the Board of State Canvassers urging its members to certify the results of the 2020 general election.
The Michigan Democratic Party sent a letter to the Board of State Canvassers Sunday urging board members to « carry out your responsibility under Michigan law » and certify the results of the 2020 general election. « This is a simple but fundamental step. Our system of government draws its power from the will of the people as expressed at the ballot box, » the letter, signed by Michigan Democratic Party Chair Lavora Barnes, said. « That will, which lies at the foundation of the state and federal constitutions to which each of you — like every elected official in the State of Michigan — has sworn an oath, must be given effect. » The letter was sent one day after the Michigan Republican Party and the Republican National Committee sent a joint letter to the Michigan Board of State Canvassers asking the body to delay certification of Michigan’s statewide election results for 14 days and audit Wayne County’s general election results. The Board of State Canvassers is scheduled to meet Monday to certify Michigan’s election results. Barnes in the Democratic Party letter wrote that most of the Republican Party’s claims of irregularities have been dismissed by courts and that President Donald Trump and Republicans have used the weeks following the election to spread falsehoods and sow doubt in Michigan’s democratic process. « Their fundamental concern, of course, is not with the process at all, but instead with its result — that more than 2.
