election laws

Early in-person voting opened across Michigan this past weekend. Election officials are praising the policy changes that allowed that to happen.

The crimes include offering bribes for votes, intimidation or obstructing voters, absentee ballot fraud, illegally breaking open a ballot lock or seal, and altering a ballot

Ahead of Michigan’s presidential primaries, a virtual news conference addressed the voting process ensuring secure and accurate elections.

Legislation first in the nation to automatically register individuals to vote when they are released from incarceration.

The lawsuit alleges both amendments, which got to the ballot via the petition process, unconstitutionally skipped legislative input

Attorney Stefanie Junttila was charged with four crimes

There’s a partisan split over voting rights bills working their way through the Legislature. Work will continue on the bills next week

In an order signed Monday, Wayne County Circuit Court Judge Timothy Kenny said the Oct. 26 lawsuit in which Karamo was the lead plaintiff was “rife with speculation, an absence of facts and a lack of understanding of Michigan election statutes and Detroit absentee ballot procedures.”

Ottawa County’s Elections Division is one of 10 communities invited to join the U.S. Alliance for Election Excellence

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said in a press conference today that she won’t comment on any pending election litigation