Once again, Wayne County was one of the last in the country to release presidential election results on Tuesday.
Wayne County represents about 20 percent of the state population, and they have about 20 percent of precincts in the state, according to the Michigan Secretary of State's Office.
"It’s an incredible amount of voters casting ballots and precincts to make sure everything is balancing before it’s all reporting in,” said Fred Woodhams, secretary of state spokesperson.
Woodhams said they have a system built to ensure accuracy and integrity in the process, not speed. He said Wayne County has many military voters, long ballots and absentee ballots, which take time.
"Michigan is among the few states that doesn’t have any form of early voting," he added. "That does make us unique. That’s often why a number of the candidates were here in Michigan in the last few days of the election."
7 Action News was on poll patrol during yesterday's election, and noticed some faulty machines and glitches. Woodhams said some equipment and machines in Wayne County are reaching the ends of its lifespan.
"We’re very close to a contact with equipment vendors and we expect to have new equipment in place for the 2018 election cycle," he said.
The Wayne County Clerk and Detroit City Clerk did not respond to requests for an interview before press time.
