Thread by @rgoodlaw

#CoupUpdate #Michigan

This is their play: Michigan Senate Majority Leader
@SenMikeShirkey who met with Trump now opening door to Board not certifying on Monday.👇

Despite law requiring certification, absence of fraud, and frivolous number of votes truly at issue in Detroit.

https://twitter.com/SenMikeShirkey/status/1330538438723063815

2. On the law.

"The board’s legal duty is clear and unequivocal once it has received the certified vote totals from the counties."

- top election law expert, Professor Richard Pildes

nytimes.com/2020/11/20/opi…

3. "On Friday, the State Bureau of Elections submitted its formal report recommending that the canvassing board affirm Mr. Biden’s win. Errors in some vote tabulations, which Mr. Trump has seized upon, ... 'did not affect the actual tabulation of votes.'”
nytimes.com/2020/11/21/us/…

4. Christopher Thomas, election adviser to Detroit, said State Bureau of Elections report means the canvassing board is obligated to affirm the vote. "The law doesn’t say you can decide or not—the law says if you get certified returns you go ahead and do what you’re supposed to"

5. "Their duties are to receive the canvass and certify the canvass, that's it."

"There should be no dispute on what they can or cannot do. The statute is absolutely clear."

John Pirich, former assistant attorney general, #Michigan

startribune.com/michigan-elect…