(WKAR) At the Michigan Board of State Canvassers meeting on Monday, two Democrats and two Republicans will meet to certify the results of Michigan’s election. Unofficial results, which have been certified by all of Michigan’s 83 counties, show President-Elect Joe Biden with a lead of more than 154,000 votes, roughly 14 times the margin by which President Donald Trump won the state in 2016.
The process of this small administrative board is the last step in Michigan’s election process. What has ordinarily been described by legal experts as a straightforward and at times perfunctory duty has been launched into the national spotlight after President Donald Trump continues to falsely claim victory and potentially make a play for the state’s 16 electors.
Despite Republicans’ continued alarm bells that election irregularities exist, a mountain of bureaucratic assurances in the form of thrown out or withdrawn lawsuits, statements from state and local election officials, and a Friday report from the state’s bureau of elections have accumulated, thus far, proving the contrary—Michigan’s election was secure.
