voting-rights

Michigan is one of roughly 30 states that allow some type of grace period for mail-in ballots that arrive after election day

The bills would allow individuals to file lawsuits challenging local actions that could make voting more difficult or confusing, especially for minorities.

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

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 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

Judge Joseph Oster says there wasn’t sufficient evidence to send the two women to trial. Charges against the part-time election workers in St. Clair Shores were announced in October by Attorney General Dana Nessel.

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson will testify Wednesday before a US House committee that deals with election security.

The bills would echo the federal Voting Rights Act to protect minority groups from being disenfranchised