LANSING, MI (MPRN)-- A bipartisan state board has certified the results of the November 3rd election.
That awards the state’s 16 electoral votes to President-elect Joe Biden.
The canvassers’ vote followed three hours of online public comment with more people lined up to speak.
The action averted fears of a drawn-out procedural fight over the results. Republican Party leaders at the state and national levels had called on the Board of State Canvassers to hold off on certification.
The board’s two Democrats voted to certify. Republican Norm Shinkle abstained. The other Republican, attorney Aaron Van Lange Velde said there was no legal reason to question the results.
“This board must respect the authority entrusted to it and follow the law as written,” he said.
The now-official statewide results show Biden received more than 154,000 more votes than President Donald Trump, and that Democratic Senator Gary Peters won reelection.