WAYNE COUNTY BOARD OF CANVASSERS - 2 Republican members voted not to certify the ballots- public comment is now open and it is intense. People calling board members racist. This is commenter Ned Staebler:

“You are a disgrace.” Rev Wendell Anthony says today’s decision dishonors veterans and all those who have been left out and miscounted for generations. @wxyzdetroit

“Everything was fine until things changed for Michigan ... “
An Election Supervisor in Detroit who says she marched with Dr Martin Luther King describes a ballot challenger demanding that she stop counting the ballots.

“What you’ve done here, is violate the law,” says attorney David Jaffe saying the reasons the 2 Republicans gave for not certifying the election are not valid according to the statute. He suggests they take a look at the Board of Canvassers manual. @wxyzdetroit

An emotional plea from a veteran, Will Hanna who says he served our country and is part of a family of police officers, with very conservative views ... he hopes that has some weight & asks Republican BOC members to have the courage to do what is right and change their vote.

*BREAKING* THE VOTES HAVE REVERSED!! WAYNE COUNTY BOARD OF CANVASSERS HAS NOW CERTIFIED THE VOTES!! As part of a resolution to ask @JocelynBenson to audit the election results to identify the root cause of discrepancies & to meet next wk to discuss election reform. @wxyzdetroit

“This is a slap in the face” - the Deputy Elections Director explains to Monica Palmer the long hours spent canvassing & domino effect that NOT certifying the votes would have on a number of state & local offices that would have to sit empty. (For more context on the reversal)

“You are cleaning up what should have been done on election night!” Chairwoman Monica Palmer says to the Wayne County Deputy Elections Director who responds, “that’s our job, that’s what we do.”

(In the next tweet - she gives reasons for clerical errors)

“There is sheer volume” Deputy Elections Director Jennifer Redmond says the record number of votes, combined w state law & the pressure to rush ... makes it impossible to have an election w/o clerical errors. She says it doesn’t impact vote tabulation, if a recount were to happen

By popular request: Grab a pen and paper because Election Supervisor Ms. Edith Lee-Payne takes us to SCHOOL revealing the painstaking details of how 5 inspectors ensured each ballot was tabulated properly and what they did when a “spoiled” ballot was discovered.

Her knowledge, experience and extreme attention to detail is incredible.