DETROIT — Michigan Elections Director Jonathan Brater in a Friday letter warned against disruptions at recount locations across the state, citing examples of some challengers overstepping their roles in the recount process and resulting in at least one individual being escorted from a Marquette recount operation.
Challengers who disagree with bureau staff decisions are free to appeal to the Board of State Canvassers, but the Bureau of Elections "will not permit disruptive behavior" at the recount locations, Brater wrote to Daniel Hartman, a lawyer for recount petitioner Jerome Jay Allen and the Election Integrity Force.
"To the extent challengers are engaging in this behavior, they run the risk of hindering or delaying the conduct of the recount," Brater wrote, encouraging challengers to review recount procedure so as to avoid disruptions.
