Primary voters could pick nominees for Michigan secretary of state and attorney general under new proposals
Hayley Harding, Votebeat
A guest author for Bridge Magazine.
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Michigan SOS candidate: Feds helped me find 7 noncitizens registered to vote
It’s the second time Anthony Forlini has used the controversial method to identify noncitizen voters — but this time, the federal government has gotten involved.
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Wayne County to DOJ: We can’t hand over ballots we don’t have
Local clerks say the federal demand for 2024 ballots ‘reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of how elections are administered in Michigan.’
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Michigan, Antrim County clerk each threaten legal action over voter roll
The state says Victoria Bishop could face criminal charges if she doesn’t stop trying to cancel voters’ registrations in the northern Michigan county.
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Supreme Court ruling may change Michigan redistricting for years to come
The Louisiana v. Callais ruling could prompt a new challenge to Michigan’s legislative maps, an independent redistricting commissioner said, but the implications are still unfolding.
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Michigan clerk’s ‘corrective audit’ confuses voters facing cancellation
Victoria Bishop sees her election as a mandate to clean up the voter roll, but voters aren’t sure why they were flagged for removal.
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Whitmer, Nessel pan Trump admin demand for Detroit-area ballots
The letter from the Department of Justice is the latest example of the federal government taking an unusual interest in past elections in swing states.
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Michigan: Elections clerk allegedly canceled, changed voter registrations
Victoria Bishop pledged to “restore election integrity in Antrim County.” Now she may be improperly unregistering voters.
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Michigan: Clerk can run elections again after ‘false electors’ dismissal
The state told Stan Grot he wasn’t able to administer elections after he was charged with a number of felonies in 2023.
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Is ballot ‘curing’ a new secret weapon for Michigan campaigns?
A close mayoral election in 2025 shows how campaigns can earn more votes by reminding voters to fix issues with their signatures on absentee ballot envelopes.