The GOP-controlled Cheboygan County Board of Commissioners voted 4-3 on Tuesday to give a letter requesting a recount and review of whether an "unauthorized computer" planned the tallies, according to the Detroit News.
The letter will be sent to Jonathan Brater, the state elections director named to the job in 2019 by Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson. A spokesperson for Benson told the Washington Examiner that once her office will examine the letter when it's received, the state will "respond to the commission directly."
In May, Brater sent a letter to the county, saying the board itself can't require local election officials to provide access to their voting equipment for an audit.
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"The Michigan election law entrusts clerks with choosing and maintaining their voting systems and does not provide any authority for county commissions to take control of this equipment," Brater wrote.
Benson, a Democrat, has regularly supported the uprightness of the 2020 election in Michigan against claims of widespread fraud committed by former President Donald Trump and his allies. She has also criticized calls for audits that have multiplied in recent weeks, arising from a controversial review in Maricopa County, Arizona, commissioned by the Republican-led state Senate
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Last month, Benson sent letters to the sellers in Cheboygan and Antrim counties, the latter being the place of one of the last 2020 election fraud lawsuits, saying they had "no authority" to order audits and cautioned them of providing access to unaccredited outside parties, according to the Washington Post.
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Dominion Voting Systems also sent a letter to all Michigan counties that use its facilities, warning inspections by unaccredited actors could void licensing agreements and render the equipment "unqualified for official use."
Cheboygan is a small county at the top of the lower peninsula in Michigan with approximately 25,000 residents. Trump won 64% of the vote in the county in November. President Joe Biden won the state and its 16 electoral votes by more than 154,000 votes or about 3 percentage points.
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More than 250 countywide audits verified the accuracy of the certified results, Benson announced in March. Election lawsuits in Michigan and other states across the country have largely been rejected by the courts.
Rob Ross of Cheboygan said the push for a recount came from "people who want to diminish our votes."
"This is a waste of time, and I am ashamed," Ross said. "The machines have been tested and every time the numbers matched the totals. This conspiracy is ridiculous."
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