elections

The House Elections and Ethics Committee has on its Tuesday agenda a package of three bills, one of which would ban mailing unsolicited absentee voter applications.

Lansing City Clerk Chris Swope is urging voters not to sign the Secure MI Vote ballot drive. The drive received approval last week from the Board of State Canvassers.

Among other things, the bills detail which building can serve as polling locations, limit who can see the qualified voter file, and require certain training for both poll workers and those wishing to challenge an election.

Republican lawmakers in many states have proposed measures that would make their states' voting rules more restrictive. Of note are Arizona, Texas, Florida and Michigan.

Michigan saw its first cases of the coronavirus in March right around the time of the state’s presidential primary.After that, election officials had five…

Michigan county and municipal clerks are finding it challenging to meet the needs of voters amid the coronavirus pandemic and following changes in 2018…

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says she will unveil changes designed to shorten wait times and fix broken self-service kiosks at branch…

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has put together a committee to advise her administration and Michigan's Elections bureau on election reforms.Benson's…

Nearly half of local officials in Michigan's large municipalities report struggling to find enough people with the necessary skills to work at the polls…

In our continued coverage of local elections, WKAR’s Katie Cook takes us to Jackson, where the race for mayor is heating up.