The Wayne County Board of Canvassers met to certify the election results, and things broke down on a party line, with the two Republicans, William Hartman and Monica Palmer, voting against certification, and the Democrats voting for certification. At issue was the number, there was a number of precincts that had an unexplained discrepancy in vote totals. According to the Detroit Free Press, quote, most of them recorded discrepancies of three votes or fewer.