Poll challengers, protesters barred from Detroit ballot counting center

Detroit Police officers prevent MIGOP election challengers from entering the Central Counting Board hall at TCF Center in Detroit on November 4, 2020, one day after Election Day.

Election challengers yell as they look through the windows of the central counting board as police were helping to keep additional challengers from entering due to overcrowding at TCF Center in Detroit, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020.

Detroit Police officers prevent MIGOP election challengers from entering the Central Counting Board hall at TCF Center in Detroit on November 4.

MIGOP election challengers, from left, Paul McGee and Nick Sinishtaj argue with an official, asking why they cannot enter the Central Counting Board hall to observe the ballots being counted.

A Detroit Police officer directs a MIGOP election challenger to leave the Central Counting Board hall Wednesday afternoon.

Bill Henderson of Grosse Pointe Park, a volunteer Republican observer, keeps his eyes on the counting and process of absentee ballots at the TCF Center, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020.

Poll inspectors count and process absentee ballots at the TCF Center in Detroit Wednesday.

Jason Smith, Detroit, kisses his wife Nicole Smith, an election challenger, through a chained doorway at the TCF Center, where ballots are being counted in the 2020 presidential election in Detroit, on their 20-year anniversary, "Yeah, this is what I am doing on our anniversary," said Nicole.

Detroit police officers stand at the entrance to TCF Center as both Republican and Democratic challengers were barred by city police officers as both political parties hit the maximum of 134 challengers they could have in the TCF Center where thousands of absentee votes were being counted in Detroit, Wednesday afternoon, November 4, 2020.

Ballot challengers and others stand outside the ballot counting area after several windows were blocked, causing anger, as both Republican and Democratic challengers were barred by city police officers from entering the TCF Center where thousands of absentee votes were being counted in Detroit, Wednesday afternoon, November 4, 2020.

A man inside the TCF Center in Detroit, where ballot counting is going on, looks out the glass wall between the lobby and outside, showing his pro-Trump signs to protesters on the outside.

Ballot challengers and others stand outside the ballot-counting area after several windows were blocked, causing anger.

Detroit police officers stand at the entrance to TCF Center as both Republican and Democratic challengers were barred by city police officers.

Detroit police officers stand at the entrance to TCF Center as both Republican and Democratic challengers were barred by city police officers.

Election challengers, left, wait outside after an election official, right, closed the door to the central counting board, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Detroit. Officials were saying the challenger quotas were met by Republicans, Democrats and Independent observers.

Election challengers look through the windows of the central counting board as police were helping to keep additional challengers from entering due to overcrowding, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Detroit.

People wanting to be election challengers yell as they look through the windows of the central counting board as police were helping to keep additional challengers from entering due to overcrowding, Wednesday.

People wanting to be election challengers yell as they look through the windows of the central counting board as police were helping to keep additional challengers from entering due to overcrowding, Wednesday.

Absentee ballots are processed at the central counting board, Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Detroit.

An election inspector waves a flag to call for assistance as ballots are counted into the early morning hours Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, at the central counting board in Detroit.

A Republican election challenger at right watches over election inspectors as they examine a ballot as votes are counted into the early morning hours Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, at the central counting board in Detroit.