UPDATED: Wayne Co. GOP election officials flip-flop, certify vote

Cazart! Cracks are starting to appear in the "sure it was a fair election" stonewall. Officials in Wayne County MI - home to the city of Detroit, in whose cemeteries reside 1000s of voters -- have refused to certify the results of the November 3rd election.

In a vote along party lines, the Board of Canvassers deadlocked 2-2, which means the certification process cannot go forward. Just The News says that the decision (or lack thereof) "injects new drama into a legal fight waged by President Trump's campaign in several battleground states."

Both Republican members of the Board refused to certify the results after discrepancies were discovered in absentee ballot poll books. Similar problems were discovered in the county's summer primary and the November 2016 election but did not affect the board's vote then. But to have this happen three times? It's either incompetence or -- dare we name it? -- fraud!

The dramatic deadlock came just a week after a city of Detroit elections worker named Jessy Jacob submitted an affidavit saying she personally witnessed and was instructed by supervisors to backdate absentee ballots the day after the election to make votes look like they had arrived on or before November 3rd. Jacob testified she believed thousands of ballots had been altered.

Under Michigan law, a county that fails to canvass within 14 days after the election must yield its documentation to the Secretary of State's office and Board of State Canvassers to determine if the results should be accepted. If the state board follows suit, the Republican state legislature will select the electors. So stay tuned. The fat lady hasn't sung yet!

UPDATE ADDED 18/11/20: Bad news, campers. Late last night, when we were all in bed, the Republican canvassers flipped and voted with the Democrats, while the live video stream was down. 

The Detroit News reported that "After hours of angry responses from Wayne County residents, the change in course was approved by the two Republican and two Democratic canvassers with the demand that the Secretary of State's office conduct a 'comprehensive audit' of precincts with unexplained out-of-balance tallies."

It is not clear if the approval was conditional on the "comprehensive audit", or if the investigation was merely requested. Also unclear is what happened after the lights went out. In Motown, strange things happen in the dark.