The race is still not over in the Hamtramck mayoral election.
City Councilmember Muhith Mahmood, who lost by 11 votes to Adam Alharbi, is appealing a Wayne County judge’s ruling not to tabulate the 37 uncounted absentee ballots, something his lawyer says is violating voter rights.
Mahmood’s attorney, Mark Brewer, says the lawsuit is to protect the voting rights of the 37 citizens whose votes were never counted. The Wayne County Board of Canvassers voted not count the 37 ballots after Hamtramck City Clerk Rana Faraj noticed a break in the chain of custody and immediately reported it…