voting rights

A ballot question to tighten Michigan’s voter ID and registration laws barely missed its chance to get before voters Monday.The Michigan Board of State Canvassers refused to certify the proposed constitutional amendment to the November ballot. That’s after several of the petition signatures the campaign turned in were called into question.

The Hands Off Michigan Coalition has launched a statewide election protection effort to ensure integrity and confidentiality at the upcoming election

President Trump blew up what could have been a win for his party — and he did it to force lawmakers to pass an elections overhaul bill that has been all but doomed in the Senate.

Michigan can keep a lid on the personal information of registered voters. That is the ruling from a federal appeals court. It is the latest defeat for the Trump administration, which has been trying to get key details from dozens of states. The court says the release of birth dates, driver’s license numbers and partial Social Security numbers is not covered by a federal law cited by the U.S. Justice Department.

Lawmakers said it's up to states to ensure voter protections in the face of U.S. Supreme Court rulings and actions by the Trump administration.

A state Senate committee voted to create a Michigan Voting Rights Act, largely in response to the U.S. Supreme Court stricking down key portions of the federal Voting Rights Act.

A Michigan Court of Claims judge says the state Bureau of Elections can’t deny access to records that reveal the method voters used to cast a ballot in an election.

The Michigan Court of Claims has dismissed a Republican lawsuit over absentee voting by civilians and members of Michigan military families living overseas.

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson called the executive order, which tightens restrictions on mail-in voting, "illegal" and said she plans to fight it in court.

The secretary of state's office investigated 15 voter registrations that the Macomb County clerk flagged as possibly noncitizens.