The suit argues that the former president is ineligible to run again under a Civil War-era Constitutional clause barring insurrectionists from holding office.
Electronic absentee ballot applications and allowing military spouses to vote electronically were among the election reforms voted through the Michigan House Wednesday.
It’s easy to take things for granted, like the ability to move freely in your community, the ease at which you can go to your local store and buy fresh produce for your dinner table. It’s time we think about the people that work hard to put that produce on our tables.
Elections clerks have been harassed and threatened since the 2020 election. New legislation would beef up penalties, but critics say it’s already illegal to harass and intimidate public officials.
For $100, Michigan drivers could adorn their cars with blue ‘Great Lakes’ or black ‘Great Lake State’ plates under new Senate legislation. Money earned would go to fixing Michigan roads.
Republicans claim a double standard because no charges were filed after scores of ‘clearly fraudulent’ voter applications were submitted. State officials say the system worked to detect fraud, no one voted as a result.
Nearly all of the county’s local clerks are partnering to provide early voting sites accessible to local residents. This will reduce the workload for election officials and provide more options for busy residents to cast votes.
Internet voting cannot guarantee that a submitted ballot represents the actual choices made by a voter. If that vote is maliciously altered, the authors write, there is no paper record of the voter’s true choice.
The state’s decision to stop funding driver’s education and high private driver’s education costs may be contributing to many Michigan teens delaying getting their driver’s licenses.
While waiting for a joint committee between Senate and House lawmakers to finalize budget details, Michigan lawmakers passed a series of bills ranging from a child marriage ban to a sexual assault victim protection law.
A bipartisan bill would extend the right that members of the military have to vote electronically when overseas to their spouses and dependents as well.
Flurry of Democratic legislation also includes mandatory lead testing for young children, alcohol sales inside college stadiums and reforms to prevent child abuse.
Legislators move to approve changes mandated by last year’s Proposal 2, allowing clerks to offer it as long as 29 days. The legislation is expected to head soon to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Lawmakers work to codify Proposal 2 reforms like early voting into state law. They aren’t the only election-related changes Michigan Democrats are considering.
Our local, decentralized voting system makes Michigan elections incredibly safe and secure. But costs, and the threats posed in recent elections, have risen. Democracy depends on dedicated funding for election administration.
Michigan had one of the highest rates of young voter turnout in 2022. Now, lawmakers want Michigan to join other states in allowing 16 year-olds to pre-register, making them automatically eligible to cast ballots when they turn 18.
Democrats’ swift passage of gun safety, abortion rights and LGBTQ protections earned Michigan the moniker of the ‘anti-Florida.’ But the state has yet to take action to protect undocumented immigrants from regressive laws.
As political divisions escalate, Michigan must ensure polling places are safe from violence or intimidation. It is time to pass a law that bans firearms at or near polling and early voting sites, clerk’s offices and ballot drop boxes.
Adams Township Clerk Stephanie Scott is on the front lines of the doomed fight over the 2020 election. She’s lauded by conspiracy theorists. Closer to home, some residents are tired of her antics.