Local Republican official in Michigan promises to certify election results after being sued

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A local Republican election official in Michigan has promised to certify the results of the November presidential election after being sued for stating that he wouldn’t sign off on the results if he disagreed with how the election was run.

The lawsuit, filed last week by the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, came after a Detroit News article quoted Kalamazoo County Board of Canvassers member Robert Froman saying he believed the 2020 election was “most definitely” stolen and that he wouldn’t certify the upcoming November presidential results if a similar situation occurred this year. In a sworn affidavit signed Monday, Froman agreed to certify the results of the 2024 election based solely on vote returns and that he would not “refuse to certify election results based on information extrinsic to the statements of return.”

There was no widespread fraud in the 2020 presidential election, and a detailed review by Republican lawmakers in the Michigan Senate affirmed that, concluding that Democrat Joe Biden defeated Republican Donald Trump. The report also urged the state attorney general to investigate those making baseless allegations about the results.

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