City Clerk Rana Faraj

The city of Hamtramck continues to churn out political drama.

Hamtramck City Clerk Rana Faraj, who has been placed on paid leave, filed a lawsuit over the weekend against the mayor, six City Council members and the interim city manager. She claims she was retaliated against after reporting election misconduct to the state and after 37 absentee ballots were discovered following the November election, Anne Snabes of The Detroit News reports.

Faraj was placed on paid administrative leave on Nov. 10.

The city accused her of meddling in the latest election and failing to count 37 absentee ballots that were found in her office the day after the election in which 11 votes separated the two mayoral candidates.

After the election, she told the Wayne County Board of Canva

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