Board won't accept ballots found in Hamtramck's clerk's office after election

In a 2-2 vote along party lines, Wayne County elections officials deadlocked on whether to count 37 absentee ballots, effectively rejecting ballots that could change the outcome of a tight mayoral race in Hamtramck.

The Wayne County Board of Canvassers' decision means that, for now, Adam Alharbi's razor-thin 11-vote bictory will stand. The Yemeni-American engineer and City Council member Muhith Mahmood, a Bangladeshi, are vying to lead the multi-ethnic enclave of Detroit, which has been beset by allegations and investigations of election crimes.