2021: Robert Boyd Was Appointed As A Republican Canvasser. “Robert Boyd, of Rockwood, will replace Monica Palmer, the Republican who currently chairs the board and whose term expires at the end of October.” [Detroit Free Press, 10/15/21]
2021: Robert Boyd Said He Would Not Have Certified The 2020 Election If He Were A Canvasser At The Time. “The newest Republican tasked with certifying election results in Wayne County said he would not have certified the results of the 2020 presidential election and gave no assurance that he would certify the results of future contests. […] ‘I believe they were inaccurate,’ he said. Boyd said that he was told that ‘by people that knew what went on there.’ Asked to explain the basis for the claim, Boyd responded: ‘I don’t know, I wasn’t there, you know? It’s hard to second guess that kind of stuff until you’re there, that’s one reason I wanted to be on the committee.’ […] Boyd said that affidavits signed by poll challengers who worked at the TCF Center in Detroit cast a cloud over the legitimacy of the election. However, many of those challengers mistook standard processes for election fraud, and Michigan courts rejected lawsuits that relied on challengers' allegations of election fraud and misconduct.” [Detroit Free Press, 10/18/21]
Robert Boyd Said Of The 2020 Election Results: “I Believe They Were Inaccurate.” “‘I believe they were inaccurate,’ he said. Boyd said that he was told that ‘by people that knew what went on there.’ Asked to explain the basis for the claim, Boyd responded: ‘I don’t know, I wasn’t there, you know? It’s hard to second guess that kind of stuff until you’re there, that’s one reason I wanted to be on the committee.’” [Detroit Free Press, 10/18/21]
2022: Robert Boyd Acknowledged That Board Of Canvassers Members Could Not Overturn Election Results And Said He Would Perform His Duties Based On The Rules. “Before this year’s election, however, Boyd told Votebeat Michigan he would perform his duties solely based on the rules. ‘The idea is even if the county board of canvassers found things that are wrong, we cannot correct them. We have to turn that over to the prosecuting attorney of Wayne County, and it’s up to them if they want to look into it or not,’ said Boyd.” [Votebeat, 12/2/22]
November 2022: Robert Boyd Voted To Certify The Election Results. “The November election results for Detroit and Wayne County were unanimously approved Tuesday by the bipartisan Wayne County of Board of Canvassers. The vote effectively means the canvassers didn't view Detroit's election results as problematic. Two years ago, some Republican critics accused the city of running a corrupt election as the absentee vote counts were overseen by the state's former longtime elections director. [...] All four of the canvassers for Wayne County are new appointees since the 2020 election, with the board now made up of Democrats Richard Preuss and James Britton, and Republicans Robert Boyd and Katherine Riley.” [Detroit News, 11/23/22]
August 2022: Robert Boyd Voted To Certify The Results Of The Primary. “The Wayne County Board of Canvassers voted unanimously to certify August election results in Michigan's largest county. The four-member, bipartisan board met Tuesday to approve the results from the primary, the last of Michigan's 83 counties to certify. It was the first certification of a statewide election since November 2020, when the board's meeting to certify the election devolved into chaos. [...] All four of the canvassers for Wayne County are new appointees since the 2020 election, with the board now made up of Democrats Richard Preuss and James Britton, and Republicans Robert Boyd and Katherine Riley.” [Detroit News, 8/17/22]