While auditing the August primary election results, the Wayne County Board of Canvassers found that in 363 of the city’s 503 precincts — roughly 72% of Detroit’s precincts — there was no explanation for small discrepancies between the number of absentee ballots recorded in the precinct’s poll book as cast and the number of absentee ballots counted. This election, 94 of the city’s 134 absent voter counting boards — roughly 70% of Detroit’s absent voter counting boards — recorded unexplained discrepancies. But Detroit was not the only jurisdiction that reported unexplained discrepancies this election.
Of Detroit’s 503 Election Day precincts, 66 recorded unexplained discrepancies in the vote totals as did 94 of the city’s 134 absent voter counting boards. The majority of Election Day precincts and absent voter counting boards that were not in “balance,” recorded discrepancies of three votes or less. Ten Election Day precincts and 43 absent voter counting boards recorded discrepancies of four or more votes or more. The discrepancies amount to roughly 367 votes. Detroit’s unofficial election results show roughly 150,000 Detroiters voted in November’s election.
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