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| Michigan votes to certify Biden's win over Trump | Michigan votes to certify Biden's win over Trump |
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| President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the US state of Michigan has been officially certified, in a serious blow to Donald Trump's beleaguered attempts to challenge the result. | President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the US state of Michigan has been officially certified, in a serious blow to Donald Trump's beleaguered attempts to challenge the result. |
| One of two Republicans on the Michigan State Board of Canvassers joined the two Democrats to approve finalising the result. The other Republican abstained. | One of two Republicans on the Michigan State Board of Canvassers joined the two Democrats to approve finalising the result. The other Republican abstained. |
| Mr Biden was projected to win the state by more than 150,000 votes. | Mr Biden was projected to win the state by more than 150,000 votes. |
| Mr Trump has alleged voter fraud swayed the outcome, without offering evidence. | Mr Trump has alleged voter fraud swayed the outcome, without offering evidence. |
| The president's Republican allies had called for the certification - which finalises the outcome of a state's popular vote - to be delayed for two weeks to audit ballots in a heavily Democratic county. | |
| With the results now certified, Mr Biden has won by a 2.8% margin and will receive all 16 of the state's electoral college votes. | |
| This is a larger margin than his win in other hotly contested states, including Pennsylvania and Georgia. | |
| Election officials from across Michigan had urged the state board to certify the results. | |
| Local legal experts have also noted that even if board members think there may be issues with the results, they do not have the power to halt certification. | |
| By state law, recounts and additional audits requested by citizens or candidates can take place only after the initial vote counting is complete. | |
| The state's 83 counties each certified their results last week. The certification process involves verifying votes at the local level, and no major issues were found. | |
| Clerk Barn Byrum from Ingham County - home of the state capital - told the Detroit Free Press the single vote against certification was "shocking and disgusting". | |
| "Anything other than certification is an unlawful power grab," Mr Byrum added. |