MI-HD44: Battle Creek absentee ballots will be re-tabulated in key Michigan House race, attorney says [View all]

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. 5 election resulted in approximately 2,800 absentee ballots within the city of Battle Creek being overridden and not counted.

The 44th state House race pitted incumbent state Rep. Jim Haadsma (D-Battle Creek) against Republican challenger Steve Frisbie, a longtime paramedic who has served as a Calhoun County commissioner for the past 13 years.

Haadsma’s seat was one of four that was reported to be flipped by Republicans, giving them a 58-52 majority in the next session that begins in January.

Initial results in the election showed Haadsma lost by 1,381 votes to Frisbee.




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