Republican Michigan Election Board Official: ‘Wife and Children’ Were Threatened

Detroit election workers work on counting absentee ballots for the 2020 general election at TCF Center in Detroit, Mich., on Nov. 4, 2020. Jeff Kowalsky/AFP via Getty Images

The lone Michigan Board of Canvassers official to not vote to certify Michigan’s elections results for Democrat Joe Biden said that both he and his family received death threats.

Norm Shinkle, a Republican who abstained from voting, said that anonymous callers threatened him if he didn’t vote to certify.