LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is offering an replace on the vote-counting course of and different matters and points which have come out of yesterday’s election.
Michigan’s voter turnout appears similar to that of the 2020 election, with greater than 5.5 million votes forged, state officers say.
November fifth Common Election Outcomes for Mid-Michigan
At a Wednesday morning information convention, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson mentioned Michigan voters participated in excessive numbers.
“We’re about where we were in 2020, at this point,” she mentioned. “We’re at least above 5.5 million, which is where we were in 2020.”
She mentioned the general turnout was “through the roof” and he or she thought-about it successful.
“It’s easy to remember years before 2020 when turnout was typically under 5 million,” she mentioned.
In accordance with Benson, greater than 2 million individuals voted in individual on Election Day, about 1.2 million individuals voted early in individual and about 2.2 million individuals voted absentee.
She mentioned officers didn’t anticipate so many individuals to vote early in individual.
“We, at best, were hoping for maybe half that in our estimates. And to see so many do that showed that our outreach, our education efforts worked,” she mentioned. “And also the convenience of that method was not lost on a lot of voters — voters on both sides of the aisle, by the way.”
Benson additionally highlighted the practically 22,000 new voters who registered after which voted on Election Day. She mentioned many had been in East Lansing, Ann Arbor, Grand Rapids and Detroit.
ELECTION DAY PROBLEMS
The secretary of state mentioned Election Day went easily general, although it was “not without incident.”
“We are aware of non-credible bomb threats that targeted some polling locations in Washtenaw, Wayne, Genesee and Saginaw counties,” Benson mentioned. “The FBI has issued statements officially confirming that those were tied to Russia.”
As well as, Benson mentioned a car transporting ballots was concerned in a crash in Detroit, however all of the ballots had been accounted for.
“It didn’t impact any ballots or any valid votes,” she mentioned.
She additionally referenced “doctored videos” circulating on-line “with false allegations of widespread voter fraud.”
“The incoming president himself wrongly claimed there was significant law enforcement presence in Detroit and Philadelphia,” she mentioned. “Those false claims were easily debunked.”
Benson emphasised “the professional, tireless work of election officials.”
“May we all continue to stand with them to ensure we remain a country that lives up to that one person, one vote promise embedded in our Constitution,” she mentioned.
TIMING OF RESULTS
As of early Wednesday afternoon, the presidential race in Michigan has nonetheless not been referred to as. Nonetheless, nationwide, Choice Desk HQ on NewsNation and The Hill projected that former President Donald Trump, a Republican, would defeat Vice President Kamala Harris, a Democrat, round 1:30 a.m. Wednesday.
Benson mentioned points with importing knowledge made unofficial outcomes take longer.
“We made clear all along that it would take time for counties to report those unofficial results,” Benson mentioned. “What we saw over the last 12 hours or so was particularly in large counties like Wayne, there were no problems with counting or transmitting those results, and that’s why we knew things had been tabulated. But it did take a very long time to get the data to upload into the county website.”
Benson mentioned a few of the remaining communities to report unofficial outcomes included components of Wayne County, like Livonia, Dearborn, Inkster and areas of Detroit; and components of Kalamazoo County, together with Kalamazoo and Portage. By the point of the information convention round midday Wednesday, she mentioned there weren’t vital numbers of excellent outcomes.
