Norman D Shinkle

On November 23, 2020, again serving on the Michigan Board of Canvassers, Shinkle abstained from certifying the state's 2020 presidential election results even though all 83 counties in Michigan had certified their results, Joe Biden had won by more than 154,000 votes, and there was no evidence of wro...ng-doing.[6] Shinkle's decision to abstain came after President Donald Trump made false and baseless of fraud in the 2020 election, and after Trump and his allies sought to delegitimize the election by getting Republican Party to not certify election results.[7] A fellow Republican on the board, Aaron Van Langeveld, ultimately gave the decisive vote to certify the election results.[8] Tim Alberta of Politico described Shinkle's decision to abstain as "a cowardly abdication of duty." On April 26, 2012, Shinkle, serving on the state elections Board of Canvasers, along with co-Republican Jeffrey Timmer, voted to reject[4] almost a quarter million voter signatures for a ballot initiative to repeal the Michigan Public Act 4 — Michigan's Emergency Manager law.[5] The two Republicans rejected the petitions, saying that the "font size was not 14 point", despite testimony from the printer that it was. The Republicans ruled that the font size of the letter "N" was smaller than required by state law, thereby invalidating the signatures.