Legislation requiring the Secretary of State to team up with a public Michigan university to create an expansive election database received a fourth public hearing Wednesday.

Chris Kleinjans, a community nutrition instructor, unseated Ottawa County Commissioner Lucy Ebel, a part of the controversial Ottawa Impact alt-conservative coalition, by a 60 to 40 percent margin Tuesday evening, costing Ottawa Impact a functional majority on the board.

Rep. Robert Bezotte (R-Howell), who made a surprise reelection announcement after endorsing two other candidates, was disqualified Friday from the August primary.

An elections worker who erected a non-functioning camera and solar light near a ballot drop box in Plymouth in the run-up to the February presidential primary will not be charged, Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Thursday.

Former U.S. Rep. Peter Meijer and Flint Mayor Sheldon Neeley have withdrawn from their respective races three days after turning in petition signatures to the Bureau of Elections.