The Latest: Judge hears arguments on dropping recount ruling

A federal judge in Detroit has heard arguments over whether he should drop his decision that started the recount of Michigan's presidential votes.

Lawyers for the state Republican Party and Attorney General Bill Schuette told Goldsmith that his earlier ruling is moot after the Michigan appeals court said the Green Party candidate didn't qualify for a recount.

The Michigan elections board will wait to decide whether to end the state's presidential recount until it sees what a federal judge does.

A federal judge could decide whether to end Michigan's presidential recount after the state's second-highest court said the Green Party nominee was ineligible to seek a second look at millions of ballots.

The state elections board also is meeting Wednesday, a day after the Michigan appeals court ordered it to dismiss Jill Stein's recount petition.