“I was hoping to finish this recount because what I showed before stopping it was very little of a problem,” said Ms. Matuzac. “My biggest fear now is that no matter what we do, there will be people who will never believe it was a fair election.”

Republicans

Norm SchinkelThe 70-year-old from Williamston, near Lansing, is an outspoken supporter of Mr. Trump, volunteered in the campaign and even sang the national anthem at the president’s rally in Michigan last month.

Veteran politician in Michigan who has served as a voting competitor in the past. His wife, Mary Schinkel, was an opponent in this year’s TCF poll in Detroit, where absentee votes were counted, and made an affidavit complaining about the tense environment there.

Mr Schinkel, who was appointed to the board in 2008, said he had some concerns about vote counting in Wayne County, and especially in Detroit, and that an investigation there would be admissible. Hu also said he had received hundreds of phone calls and emails from people pressuring him to either validate or not endorse the results. He said he had not heard of Mr. Trump or his campaign.

Mr. Schinkel said his time as a judge in Michigan tax court taught him that you can’t make a decision until you see both sides of the case. He said that was what he was planning to do.

“I just focused on Monday and review all the information for the meeting,” he said. Nobody knows how the vote will take place. But I just have to do my best based on what is ethical and legal. “

Aaron Van Langvelde, 30, from Charlotte, Central Michigan, is the unknown quantity on the blackboard. Hired in 2018, he declined interview requests from The New York Times and other news outlets.