The lawsuit filed Wednesday to stop re-tabulation of Battle Creek absentee ballots is the latest in the race for the 44th District in the Michigan House of Representatives between Frisbee and Haadsma.

A candidate for Michigan House District 44 is taking legal action as election workers in Calhoun County work to fix a vote counting error.

A legal dispute is brewing over the retabulation of some votes in Calhoun County, with potential that the new count could affect who is sent to the Michigan House of Representatives.

After a software error prevented thousands of votes from being properly counted in Calhoun County, a lawsuit temporarily halted the counting process on Wednesday, Nov. 13, according to Michigan Democrats.

Challenger Steve Frisbie has sued in Calhoun County Circuit Court to try to stop a proposed re-tabulation of ballots from Battle Creek.

A Calhoun County judge rejected Wednesday a lawsuit from a Republican candidate who sought to stop the re-tallying of some absentee ballots in a key race for the Michigan state House that currently has an unofficial margin of victory of just 58 votes.