Commissioners say election probe is a waste of money, cut funding for a third detective who was to investigate violent crime, not ballots. Separately, Leaf tried to charge a health officer for enforcing COVID orders, prosecutor says.
2022 Michigan election
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Michigan absentee ballots: What happens after vote, why they may delay results
What happens after voters drop an absentee ballot into a drop box? A look at the painstaking verification and counting process that could delay results 24 hours after polls close.
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Tudor Dixon in 2020: Democrats never got over Civil War, seek to ‘topple’ U.S.
In a clip from a conservative show, the GOP governor candidate says Democrats saw COVID as a ‘gift’ to topple country and refers to schools as ‘government-run indoctrination centers.’
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Matthew DePerno: MAGA favorite under investigation may be next attorney general
DePerno is Michigan’s top election conspiracy theorist, spending years trying to prove Donald Trump won the state. Now, he’s locked in a tight race with Attorney General Dana Nessel, who has her own baggage.
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Michigan governor final debate: Fact checking Tudor Dixon-Gretchen Whitmer
On schools, COVID restrictions and more, the truth occasionally got stretched to its limit during Tuesday’s second and last debate.
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Records: DeVos-backed PAC spent $6.3M on Tudor Dixon bid for Michigan governor
Reports released Tuesday show Michigan Families United, a super PAC backed by the west Michigan family, spent big on ads for the Republican.
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Michigan absentee voting surges in GOP-leaning counties, slower in Detroit
The Nov. 8 election is two weeks away. The latest numbers may show absentee voting is gaining in popularity among Republicans — and cause some concern for Democrats.
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Michigan governor debate: Watch Gretchen Whitmer, Tudor Dixon live on Oct. 25
The two meet for a second and final debate at 7 p.m. at Oakland University in Rochester
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As Michigan election nears, some apprehension over strife at polls
Will more poll observers and challengers increase trust in the election process, or foster conflict? Michigan is about to find out.
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Tudor Dixon and Gretchen Whitmer polar opposites on Michigan environment
Whitmer wants to close Line 5, prepare for climate change, watchdog industrial polluters and update water safety. Dixon wants Line 5 open, regulations cut and a state that treats businesses like customers, not adversaries.