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Here We Go Again

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October 21, 2024

Here We Go Again: Michigan Official Doesn't Expect State's Results to Be Certified Until After Election

by Mike Miller
RedState.com


I meant that. The "Here We Go Again" part.

As was the case in Michigan in 2020, the state's attorney general said on Sunday's episode of CBS's "Face the Nation" that she doesn't expect the 2024 election results in the Wolverine State to be certified until November 6, the day after the election. Why not, you ask? "High turnout." Yeah.

As NY Yankee Hall-of-Famer Yogi Berra might say, “It's like déjà vu all over again.”

Michigan AG Jocelyn Benson explained:In 2020 we had the results of our highest turnout election in Michigan history within 24 hours of the polls closing. The unofficial results were completed by 8 p.m. Wednesday, so we’re tracking that again this year.

Not to nitpick, but it seems reasonable to me that after the 2020 election fiasco — valid or otherwise — a key swing state like Michigan, after four years, would have found a dependable way to speed up its ballot-counting process, particularly in light of more and more voters casting their ballots prior to election day.

While Benson also said she's optimistic that this year's results could be certified sooner than in 2020, she stressed: "That said, we will always prioritize accuracy and security over efficiency."

The Michigan AG said without hesitation that she will certify the results of the presidential election, regardless of who wins. While current polling suggests the key state couldn't be closer, Monday's RCP Average shows Trump with a slight lead in all seven swing states.

As I've written previously, I'm not in the prognostication business, but I do believe that if the race remains this tight through November 5, the former president stands an excellent chance of winning the Electoral College vote, which he did in 2016, despite Hillary Clinton winning the popular vote by roughly 3 million votes.

With charges and countercharges from each side warning that the other side will attempt to interfere with the election results continuing to fly back and forth, here are two perfect examples.

As RedState reported last Tuesday, Stuart Stevens of the infamous Lincoln Project and a former campaign strategist for Mitt Romney's failed 2012 presidential run suggested that Trump Republicans could "burn down" election centers in an effort to disenfranchise black voters. No, really.And I think that what is really the fear here is - put yourself in the mindset that the Trump campaign really doesn’t think it can win, either the popular vote or the Electoral College. You look at this campaign. It makes no sense. He’s not trying to add voters," Stevens said.[...]

And if they can go in and they can violently disrupt these counting centers, how will states be able to certify elections? You burn down a county center in Arizona. How does the governor certify those elections?

TDS on steroids.

http://redstate.com/mike_miller/2024/10/21/here-we-go-again-michigan-official-doesnt-expect-states-results-to-be-certified-until-after-election-n2180864

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