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Hamtramck council accepts Wayne County certification, declines to count 37 late/unsecured ballots amid pending litigation
Summary
The council voted to accept Wayne County'certified Nov. 2025 election results and to disregard 37 absentee ballots found after the cutoff and not tabulated because officials said they lacked chain-of-custody; the matter is the subject of ongoing court proceedings and drew both support and opposition during debate.
Hamtramck — The City Council on Dec. 16 adopted a resolution accepting Wayne County'certified election results and asking that 37 ballots discovered after the certification cutoff, which county canvassers declined to count citing chain-of-custody concerns, remain disregarded. The measure drew extended debate: proponents cited the county certification and concerns that the late-found ballots had been…
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