Michigan communities got millions for elections last year from a nonprofit connected to Facebook’s founder. Is the money long overdue or a dangerous precedent?
2020 U.S. presidential election
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GOP targets no-ID ballots to cut fraud. Only 0.2% voted that way in Michigan.
New records show 11,417 Michiganders voted without ID in November. Contrary to popular belief, they weren’t all in Democratic counties — and in almost all communities, no-ID ballots represented less than 1 percent of votes.
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Judge dismisses Antrim County lawsuit that fueled Trump voter conspiracies
One week after Trump had praised the “blockbuster” case, a Michigan judge on Tuesday rejected a lawsuit over Antrim County election results, ruling a request for an independent audit was “moot.”
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Michigan GOP relaxes ballot drop box reform. Critics say plan is still unfair
A Republican reform would lock boxes at 5 p.m. on Election Day, rather than the day before. Clerks say that could make it hard to vote and create long lines.
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Michigan has 1,100 voter drop boxes. GOP plan would lock them early.
Local officials in hundreds of Michigan communities installed more than 1,100 absentee ballot drop boxes last year, state data shows. Election officials say new regulations proposed by Senate Republicans threaten to limit the popular option in future elections.
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Q&A: Should CEO’s address social issues or stick to selling sneakers?
A University of Michigan expert notes that corporate leaders are increasingly being drawn into state policy debates over race, voting rights and other social issues, and they “have the heft to be heard.”
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Activists want to oust Michigan GOP director for saying Trump ‘blew it’ in 2020
Conservatives are campaigning to remove a high-ranking Michigan Republican Party official because he blamed former President Donald Trump — not fraud — for last year’s election loss.
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Michigan’s political geography is shifting. These interactive maps show how.
Democrat Joe Biden carried Michigan by extending his support into the suburbs to withstand a surge for Republican Donald Trump in rural parts of the state. But precinct-level data shows many exceptions, with one sliver of Detroit going for Trump and more of west Michigan favoring Biden.
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GOP wants to split Michigan Electoral College votes. That would help the GOP.
Republicans in the Michigan House want to award most of the state’s presidential electors by congressional district, an overhaul that would increase clout of rural areas and decrease it in metro Detroit.
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We read all Michigan election reform bills. Many would add hurdles to voting.
New ID requirements. Ballot box regulations. Bans on paid postage for absentee ballots. Rules for challengers. All told, the plans from Republicans would disproportionately impact Democratic counties and cities.