Michigan certified U.S. president-elect Joe Biden as the winner in the election battleground Midwestern state on Monday, making President Donald Trump's effort to deny Biden a victory by claiming election irregularities and fraud in many states even less likely to succeed. The Michigan Board of State Canvassers confirmed earlier projections that Democrat Biden beat the Republican incumbent in the closely contested race. The U.S. president has been defeated repeatedly in his persistent legal battle to overturn the election results in a string of battleground states and prevent Biden from being sworn in. Biden beat Trump in Michigan by more than 150,000 votes, or almost three percentage points, and the election canvassing board is required to validate the count. She denounced efforts by some Trump supporters to overturn election results in some states as "not only unprecedented but inconsistent with our democratic process."

Source: CBC News November 23, 2020 18:46 UTC