Detroit AVCB Computers Connected to Internet During Absentee Ballot Tabulation (MI)

[Established Fact – Colbeck’s sworn testimony] Former Michigan State Senator Patrick Colbeck, an aerospace engineer, certified Microsoft Small Business Specialist, and credentialed observer at the TCF Center, provided sworn affidavit testimony that tabulation workstations and adjudication workstations at the Detroit central count facility were connected to the internet during the tabulation of over 172,000 absentee ballots. Judge Timothy Kenny’s ruling in Costantino v. City of Detroit dismissed this claim without discovery or evidentiary hearing, while simultaneously acknowledging that “essential tables had computer connectivity” – a logical distinction the court did not explain. The court’s own admission of partial internet connectivity, combined with refusal to permit network log discovery, left the factual record unresolved.