Nov 5, 2020 2:09 PM EDT

Michigan judge dismisses Trump lawsuit

A Michigan judge has dismissed a lawsuit by President Donald Trump’s campaign seeking to halt the counting of ballots in Michigan, a state the Associated Press called for Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

Judge Cynthia Stephens said the ballot counting had been largely completed and that Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson was the wrong person to sue because she does not control the logistics of local ballot counting.

The complaint, filed Wednesday afternoon, accused the Michigan secretary of state of allowing absentee ballots to be counted without teams of bipartisan observers and challengers. Much of the dispute centered on the TCF Center in Detroit where pro-Trump protesters gathered while absentee ballots were being counted.

The Michigan decision comes after a judge in Georgia also dismissed a legal challenge by the Trump campaign, which has other lawsuits in Nevada and Pennsylvania.