Michigan Secretary of State

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.

Supporters call it a door-to-door canvass of suspect absentee ballots. Authorities say it verges on voter intimidation.

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.

Fights over absentee applications and rules foreshadow a bigger skirmish over wholesale election law changes sought by the GOP.

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.

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.

A petition may soon hit the streets to tighten Michigan voting and election laws. Here’s what the GOP initiative may mean for Michigan.

Whitmer collected $8.6 million this year, thanks in part to contributions that blew well past the limits for individual donors.

Michigan residents without state-issued identification struggle to access financial resources and educational opportunities and safely get to work, school, and medical appointments. That needs to change.

The state’s advice on when to reconfigure districts could put Michigan’s counties in legal jeopardy, clerks fear.

Weiser already paid $200,000 to settle alleged campaign finance violations after it emerged that he paid party funds to a Republican to drop out of the 2018 Secretary of State race.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Republican caucus break fundraising records, and next year’s election could be the costliest ever.

The House signature-matching provision was added as an amendment last month to a bill that’s main purpose is to do away with the option of voting without an ID by signing an affidavit.

Legislators want Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to resume “walk-in” service at branch offices. But Benson said House legislation is essentially satisfied by a “walk up” system in which customers can get an appointment, but perhaps not that day.

The measures come in response to Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson's controversial decision to shift her agency to an appointment-only system.

Michigan’s Senate extends expired licenses and waives fees in a bid to force Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to abandon her appointment-only system for branch services.

Jocelyn Benson says her department still needs $25 million from the state to get through a backlog of appointments for car registrations and license transfers caused by the pandemic.

The GOP wants Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson to investigate whether a trip to visit the governor’s father was a legitimate campaign expense.

Democrats want to spend $25 million to hire more staff. Republicans don’t want to fork over more money until the state allows walk-in service again.

Supporters say you need an ID to buy beer so you should need one to vote. Foes say eliminating an option allowing voters without ID to still cast ballots amounts to an illegal fee. The courts may decide.