2020 Election Predictions
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The Stand Up Michigan Facebook post falsely claimed that Biden was leading Trump by 18 votes with 94% of precincts reporting. In fact, Associated Press data had showed Biden leading Trump by more than 30,000 votes throughout the morning. NBC News also reported the link between “Stand Up Michigan” group and the “Stop the count” protest, based on posts inside a private “Stand Up Michigan” Facebook group.
Steffes was one of a small group of people who loudly chanted “stop the count” outside Detroit’s TCF Center, in a milling crowd of more than 100 people. While ballot challengers from both parties were already inside observing the election count, Stefffes said he thought “normal people” should also be allowed to verify the election process and get answers on some of the questions swirling about the ballot process.
Other protesters outside the ballot-counting location said they had heard about the need for more ballot challengers through various channels, sometimes secondhand: an email one man’s wife received, a text another man’s sister received, a message from someone at a Trump campaign group in Macomb County.While he did not mention Stand Up Michigan, Rob Phail, who said he had left work to attempt to become a ballot challenger, also mentioned his concerns about coronavirus and freedom in Michigan in explaining why he had come to protest outside the ballot counting location.