Lawsuit, Ballots missing Throw Hamtramck Mayoral Race Into Chaos

Hamtramck batch of absentee ballots won’t be counted, disenfranchising 37 voters - BridgeDetroit

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Hamtramck batch of absentee ballots won’t be counted, disenfranchising 37 voters

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Lawsuit, Ballots missing Throw Hamtramck Mayoral Race Into Chaos

Hamtramck’s razor-thin mayoral race erupts into lawsuits, a clerk’s suspension, residency and fraud allegations after 37 uncounted ballots are discovered.

Ballot custody questions complicate aftermath of Hamtramck election

This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. Sign up for Votebeat Michigan’s free newsletter here. Sometime in the hours after last week’s election in Hamtramck, officials who weren’t involved…