Detroit News: “The board of commissioners in a Michigan county that former President Donald Trump easily won will consider Tuesday whether to formally request an audit of its election results, including whether an ‘unauthorized computer’ manipulated the numbers. The Cheboygan County Board of Commissioners is contemplating sending Jonathan Brater, the state elections director, a letter seeking a hand recount of its ballots in the 2020 presidential race, according to a meeting packet posted on the county’s website. The proposed letter says the audit should explore one of the ongoing and unproven conspiracy theories about the November vote: ‘whether there is any evidence that any unauthorized computer actually manipulated the actual presidential election vote tally within Cheboygan County.'”

“‘As commissioners, we have heard from many of our constituents expressing concerns/questions related to the November 3, 2020 election,’ says the proposed letter from John Wallace, chairman of the county board. ‘We believe we have a responsibility to address these concerns/questions.’ The Republican-controlled board plans to consider whether to send the letter during a meeting at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday. It’s unclear how the Michigan Bureau of Elections, which falls under the leadership of Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, would handle a potential audit request from Cheboygan County, a 25,000-person county at the top of the Lower Peninsula. A spokeswoman for Benson declined to comment Monday. The local board’s consideration of the requestis another sign of the heavy push Trump’s supporters in Michigan are currently making to reexamine the election in the battleground state. The Republican incumbent lost Michigan to Democrat Joe Biden by 154,000 votes, or 3 percentage points. Bipartisan boards of canvassers, a series of court rulings and dozens of audits performed by election officials have reinforced the outcome.”