voting laws

The bills now go to the Senate floor, where Democratic leaders will decide when they will be put on the calendar for votes.

A state Senate committee is expected to vote Wednesday on legislation to create a Michigan Voting Rights Act

The state until recently kept a publicly available list of who voted in person on Election Day and who used an absentee ballot

A campaign to tighten Michigan’s voter ID laws submitted signatures Wednesday in hopes of getting a proposed constitutional amendment on the November ballot

The case arose after the Macomb County Clerk raised concerns about people refusing jury duty because they weren’t citizens

The ACLU would consider filing a lawsuit alleging a constitutional voting rights violation if the problem is not fixed

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says the GOP’s position would deprive thousands of overseas voters, including family members of military personnel, of their rights

The suit alleged the City of Flint didn’t hire enough Republican poll watchers for precincts and absentee ballot counting boards that year. Lower courts had dismissed the case

Only 15 votes, or 0.00028% of the 5.7 million ballots cast last November were illegal

The proposal would reverse voting rights reforms that were added to the Michigan Constitution by voters in 2022