Close Election and Fallout in Antrim County

The 2020 US election was marked by unexpected confusion, particularly in Antrim County, Michigan, where a mistake in vote counting led to a significant misallocation of votes. A county clerk, Cheryl Guy, realized that a last-minute ballot reformatting had caused the machines to miscount Republican votes as Democratic ones, resulting in a swing that falsely indicated a victory for Joe Biden in a traditionally Republican area. Despite the error being identified and corrected, the initial results sparked widespread claims of electoral fraud, further fueled by misinformation that echoed throughout the state and nation. This incident exemplified how minor mistakes in such a complex system could be exploited to challenge election legitimacy, opening the door for calls to halt vote counts and cast doubt on the election’s integrity.