The results of a retabulation of votes in Calhoun County has been completed, indicating that the Democratic incumbent in a key state House seat remains behind by a whisker-thin margin, although overseas and military ballots are still being processed.

Absentee ballots in Battle Creek will be re-tabulated following an error in last week’s election that has left results of a key state House race up in the air. An error in Calhoun County’s election reporting system from the Nov.

After a software error prevented thousands of votes from being properly counted in Calhoun County, a lawsuit temporarily halted the counting process on Wednesday, Nov. 13, according to Michigan Democrats.

The retabulation of votes continued Wednesday in Calhoun County after a lawsuit briefly delayed the process that will determine the winner of a key state House seat. At issue is the race for the 44th state House District in which incumbent state Rep.

Challenger Steve Frisbie has sued in Calhoun County Circuit Court to try to stop a proposed re-tabulation of ballots from Battle Creek.

A Calhoun County judge rejected Wednesday a lawsuit from a Republican candidate who sought to stop the re-tallying of some absentee ballots in a key race for the Michigan state House that currently has an unofficial margin of victory of just 58 votes.