The fight has just begun as Republicans circulate a petition for identical legislation to tighten Michigan’s voter identification law, limit absentee ballot application mailings and bar private grants for election administration.
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Voting machine missing after Michigan clerk stripped of election power
Michigan State Police are investigating after a voting machine went missing in rural Hillsdale County, where a clerk who has expressed support for QAnon had refused to allow routine maintenance on the machine.
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Clerk decries ‘tyranny’ after Michigan strips her of running election
After a small-town clerk publicly questioned her own voting machine and spread disinformation, the Michigan Bureau of Election used rare power to strip her of authority to administer next week’s vote.
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Michigan GOP Secretary of State candidate to speak at QAnon conference
Kristina Karamo, who is endorsed by former President Donald Trump, is speaking at ‘For God and Country: Patriot Double Down’ conference in Las Vegas. She says she doesn’t support QAnon, though.
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Michigan Gov. Whitmer may have to return or donate millions in contributions
Some $3.4 million from excess donations would have to be returned or donated if recall petitions against the governor fail, according to a court filing from fellow Democrats.
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Who’s at door? It may be Trump loyalists, hunting for Michigan ‘ghost voters’
Supporters call it a door-to-door canvass of suspect absentee ballots. Authorities say it verges on voter intimidation.
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Michigan clerks: Read fine print of Secure MI Vote. It could ban volunteers.
The petition’s ban on private donations for elections would also bar churches from providing free space for polling places and severely limit — if not outright prohibit — the use of volunteers in elections work.
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As absentee voting surges, Michigan Republicans seek to bar online applications
Fights over absentee applications and rules foreshadow a bigger skirmish over wholesale election law changes sought by the GOP.
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GOP’s LaFave targets Benson record in bid for Michigan secretary of state
Rep Beau LaFave is the second Republican to announce his candidacy in race that could become a litmus test for loyalty for former President Donald Trump.
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Michigan’s next big election fight: absentee ballot signatures
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson wants to codify absentee signature matching requirements for election clerks, but Republicans claim the rule would make it ‘nearly impossible’ to invalidate a forgery.