Ingham Clerk quickly assembling recount volunteers

WKAR Public Media

Published December 5, 2016 at 11:56 AM EST

Barb Byrum photo — Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum

We talk with Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum about recounting Presidential election votes.

Michigan has begun the week with news of a Presidential recount set to begin at noon today.

Current State host Mark Bashore spoke early this morning with the person overseeing the recount in Ingham County, Clerk Barb Byrum, about her priorities just hours before the recount was to begin.

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