A Calhoun County judge rejected Wednesday a lawsuit from a Republican candidate who sought to stop the re-tallying of some absentee ballots in a key race for the Michigan state House that currently has an unofficial margin of victory of just 58 votes.

A lawsuit Wednesday was filed on behalf of the Republican candidate in the race for Michigan’s 44th state House District. The suit sought to stop the Calhoun County Board of Canvassers from recounting absentee ballots.

The retabulation of votes continued Wednesday in Calhoun County after a lawsuit briefly delayed the process that will determine the winner of a key state House seat. At issue is the race for the 44th state House District in which incumbent state Rep.

Absentee ballots in Battle Creek will be re-tabulated following an error in last week’s election that has left results of a key state House race up in the air. An error in Calhoun County’s election reporting system from the Nov.

Jim Haadsma, D-Battle Creek. "Plaintiffs bring this action for mandamus to prevent Defendant from ordering a recounting of all votes already tabulated at Battle Creek Absent Voter Counting Boards (‘AVCBs’) as part of the canvassing process," the ...

After a software error prevented thousands of votes from being properly counted in Calhoun County, a lawsuit temporarily halted the counting process on Wednesday, Nov. 13, according to Michigan Democrats.