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It would such a shame if it is found that there were registered voters who submitted absentee ballots in those Detroit Land Bank Authority properties.
But hey, what do I know?
I know what a quo warranto is.
Election results firm to explain glitches to Wayne Co.
The top two officials at a software company used by the Wayne County Clerk's Office to report results in the Aug. 7 primary election are expected to appear at Monday's Board of Canvassers meeting to explain the glitch that caused a delay in website results.
Jeff Delongchamp, president of ElectionSource, the company that handles election results reporting, said he and Steve Delongchamp, company vice president, will attend the meeting at 2 p.m. in Detroit.
"Both Steve and I will be there and look forward to explaining to the board what happened to the web site displaying the un-official results on the eve of the August 7th Primary election," Jeff Delongchamp said in an email to Wayne County officials.
On Thursday, Wayne County commissioner Jewel Ware called for an investigation into the system, saying said glitches with the website were "extremely problematic as the voting process should be error-free as well as voters should know the process is without issues.”
Wayne County officials and ElectionSource said last week the glitch caused a delay in results after the website received more data than the company anticipated.
"I received phone calls from people who were concerned,” Ware told The News last week. “Then, after hours of reporting, the system came back and those numbers had decreased. It just wasn’t one number — it was several numbers."
Jeffrey DeLongchamp said last week that the file containing Wayne County results was so large that it caused a 15-second delay in processing old and new data. This caused results to be doubled at times, he said.
"There were so many hits and so many people trying to scrape the site at the same time that we could not load the data correctly," DeLongchamp said. "It was an error that, unfortunately, we did not foresee."
ElectionSource has helped Wayne County report its election results since last November's election, DeLongchamp said.
Wayne County Clerk Cathy M. Garrett also requested an investigation into ElectionSource and a report of the company's findings.
On Friday, members of the House Detroit Caucus sent a letter to the Michigan Board of State Canvassers demanding an audit of Tuesday’s primary election results in light of issues at polling stations in Wayne County during the primary.
Fred Woodhams, spokesman for the Michigan Secretary of State, said his office has been in communication with state Rep. Sherry Gay-Dagnogo, D-Detroit, about this issue and is trying to get more details from her about her specific concerns.
Gay-Dagnogo said in a statement that caucus members were contacted by Detroit residents who said they were being turned away from their former polling place only to find that poll workers did not have accurate information.
"From what we understand from Detroit elections staff, there were a few polling locations that were moved before the deadline, and we were told that affected voters were given proper notice, but we’ll follow up with the clerk’s office about that. The city has 490 precincts so it’s not uncommon to have some move each cycle," Woodhams said in an email on Monday.
"I want to add that the Wayne County canvassing board started its work on Wednesday to scrutinize all the results and ensure everything adds up. The concerns of the representative and others may be resolved by the canvassing process," Woodhams said.
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