Has the demand for a recount backfired— to the extreme?
A suspicion of ballot irregularities has been raised in Wayne County.
Reports from the Wayne County clerk show that optical scanners at more than one-third of Wayne County precincts counted more ballots than the number of voters recorded in the poll books by election workers. The Detroit News reports that, as a result, voting machines registered more votes than were actually cast by voters.
Hillary Clinton won the county by a wide margin.
The Michigan Secretary of State will conduct an audit.
Some Detroit precincts could not be counted in a statewide recount, demanded by the Green Party candidate.
The recount problems prompted the discovery of the wider problems in vote tally in Detroit and Wayne County.
