[27][28] On November 23, 2020, William Bailey filed a lawsuit against Antrim County in Circuit Court and was represented by Matthew DePerno, who later would run as the Republican nominee for Attorney General.
[29][30] Judge Kevin Elsenheimer issued a temporary restraining order for a forensic exam of the county's voting machines[31] and allowed Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to intervene in the case.
[35] In a Senate hearing, Chris Krebs testified as Trump's appointed Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and described Ramsland's report as "factually inaccurate".
[39] On November 11, 2020, registered voters in Michigan sued state officials, including Governor Gretchen Whitmer, in federal district court.
The voters alleged a variety of irregularities, including the exclusion of poll watchers from the canvassing process, and asked that votes from Wayne, Ingham, and Washtenaw Counties not be counted.
"[9] The judge stated that the plaintiffs did not fully comprehend the "TCF absent ballot tabulation process" because they failed to attend a familiarization session on October 29.
[9][46] On November 16, 2020, registered voters and poll challengers from Michigan sued Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson in federal district court.
The plaintiffs claimed the secretary enabled fraud on election day, and asked to block certification of the vote results until an audit could be performed.
The judge felt that the plaintiffs’ real motive for filing the case was not to win, but to shake "people's faith in the democratic process and their trust in our government.
[56] Chief Judge Timothy Kenny denied the motion for injunctive relief on November 6,[57] finding that the plaintiffs did "not offer any affidavits or specific eyewitness evidence to substantiate their assertions ...