Blog categorized as Elections

While the Department of State has seen a nearly 800 percent increase in total Freedom of Information Act requests since 2021, according to one line item included in the Fiscal Year ‘24-25 budget, DOS Senior Press Secretary said the most significant increase has been within the Bureau of Elections.

President Joe Biden trails former President Donald Trump by two points when other candidates are put into the mix, according to a poll released Monday morning by the Lansing-based firm of EPIC/MRA.

Whether the Secretary of State has the power to issue specific instructions on how challengers and poll watchers are supposed to act at the voting booth without going through the traditional rule-making process is now in the Michigan Supreme Court’s hands.

Exactly a year after two bills adding Michigan to the National Popular Vote compact were referred to the House floor, House Democratic caucus members are now being asked again how they would vote on the legislation if it was put up on the board.

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.