Voting precinct in Southwest Detroit on Nov. 8.
Update: Tuesday, 7:40 p.m. -- Voting machines in more than one-third of all Detroit precincts registered more votes than they should have in the Nov. 8 election, according to Wayne County records prepared at the request of The Detroit News.
Detailed reports from the office of Wayne County Clerk Cathy Garrett show optical scanners at 248 of the city’s 662 precincts, or 37 percent, tabulated more ballots than the number of voters tallied by workers in the poll books, the News reports. On the other hand, an early report (below) by the Detroit News suggests some ballots may not have been counted.
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From Monday Night
This is likely to come down to homegrown human error.
The Michigan Secretary of State Ruth Johnson's office plans to audit voting irregularities in Detroit, where Hillary Clinton dominated the vote in the presidential race, Jonathan Oosting of The Detroit News reports.
Voter precinct on Canfield in Detroit
State officials are planning to examine about 20 Detroit precincts where ballot boxes opened during the recount had fewer ballots than poll workers had recorded on Election Day.
“We’re assuming there were (human) errors, and we will have discussions with Detroit election officials and staff in addition to reviewing the ballots,” state Elections DIrector Chris Thomas told the News on Monday.
Donald Trump won Michigan by 10,704 votes.
