Indeed, and why such effort to stop them from observing? It would be nice to get a copy of that pamphlet that was seen in Michigan about how to keep GOP observers away. The policy of observers in Michigan not signing out this election was something that at first went right by me. The audits might give us some answers.
It is time to stop the Big Lie.
PolitiFact - Trump’s wrong claim that election observers were barred in Pennsylvania, Michigan
President Donald Trump wrongly claimed that Republican election observers have been barred from watching ballot counts in Pennsylvania and Michigan, repeating a falsehood that has been contradicted by his own campaign lawyers in court hearings and lawsuits.....
Some confusion over the access afforded to election observers in Detroit can be traced to a chaotic event on Nov. 4., when the convention hall used for canvassing reached the state’s legal limit for election observers and officials had to stop additional observers from entering.
Michigan allows election observers called challengers appointed by political parties and interest groups, as well as poll watchers, to
observe the election process.
Over 100 Republican challengers remained inside throughout the counting, PolitiFact
reported.
And there was already a careful handcount of the ballots
Michigan election audit: Hand recount matches machine recount within 1%
A statewide election audit confirmed that Michigan’s vote-counting machines are accurate, according to Michigan
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.
That confirms that President Joe Biden won the state’s Nov. 3, 2020 presidential election.
Hundreds of Republican, Democratic and nonpartisan municipal and county clerks from more than 1,300 local jurisdictions participated in the audit. They hand counted more than 18,000 ballots that were randomly selected throughout the state.
And Republican observers got to monitor the absentee ballot counting:
Republican challengers weren't unfairly barred from Detroit vote count
The claim: Republican election challengers were unfairly barred from observing absentee ballot processing and counting in Detroit
On Nov. 4,
chaos erupted at Detroit’s TCF Center, the convention hall where election workers processed and counted the city’s absentee ballots, as dozens of partisan poll monitors clamored to get into the counting area. They banged on the doors and windows, demanding that election workers stop the count until they could enter.
Some Facebook posts aired claims that Republican challengers were improperly barred from observing the process. One
post claimed, “The Democrats are locking us out and not letting us in to supervise the ballot counting at the TCF Center in downtown Detroit!”....
More than 100 Republican challengers remained inside the room where absentee ballots were being counted.
The problem was that many would be observers crowded into the counting room and caused chaos.
In a statement shared Wednesday, Lawrence Garcia, Detroit’s lead attorney, explained what happened next. “We were well over the 134 maximum. In the haste of doing business, nobody noticed that until it was over 200 for each party, and at that point, we said, we better stop admitting people until some people leave, and we’re under the 134 number.”
The extra Republican observers who had to leave whined about being mistreated while the Democratic observers did not. I wonder if the extra Republican observers got belligerent?