G.O.P. members of the elections board in Wayne County, which includes Detroit and is heavily Democratic,
reversed their decision to hold up approval of Joe Bidenʼs victory after an outcry.
By Kathleen Gray, Jim Rutenberg and Nick Corasaniti
DETROIT — Republican members of a key Michigan elections board refused on Tuesday to certify Detroit’s election
results in a nakedly partisan effort to hold up Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s victory over President Trump — only to reverse
themselves after an outcry from the city’s voters and state officials.
The initial deadlock and pressure-packed turnaround capped a chaotic day of repeated Republican misfires in the
party’s attempt to undermine the election results. Republicans lost a case before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
and faced a skeptical reception in a separate hearing in federal court in Pennsylvania, and an audit in Georgia
confirmed there was no foul play with voting machines.
The Republican gambit in Detroit was among the starkest examples of how previously routine aspects of the nation’s
voting system have been tainted by Mr. Trump’s effort to challenge his defeat, and he appeared to revel in the night’s
chaos with celebratory tweets attacking Detroit even after the deadlock ende
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