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Legislation to outlaw intentionally lying about election information was introduced in the Michigan Senate today.
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Kent County Commissioner Stephen Wooden said today that he’s running for State Representative. It comes after Democrat Rachel Hood announced last week that she would not be running for reelection
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Former state GOP chair Laura Cox testified Thursday that she approved another document saying the state’s Republican electors would cast votes for then-President Donald Trump if Michigan’s 2020 election results were overturned
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The decision will determine whether leaders of the 1599 Project will face charges of circulating a robo-call that used falsehoods in an effort to deter Detroit voters from using mail-in ballots.The defendants lost their efforts in lower courts to have the charges dismissed.
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Republicans say the bill might be well-intentioned. But they say it would leave too much room for abuse by groups trying to get in the last word before dropping voters off at polling places
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The lawsuit alleges both amendments, which got to the ballot via the petition process, unconstitutionally skipped legislative input
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Among candidates—a former mayor and the mayor that beat him last election.
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An eight-day window to pre-process absentee ballots would apply to cities or townships with at least 5,000 residents. Smaller communities would be allowed to pre-process on the Monday before an election
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There’s a partisan split over voting rights bills working their way through the Legislature. Work will continue on the bills next week
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Michigan Republican chairperson Karamo, others ordered to pay legal fees for failed election lawsuitIn 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.”