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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.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer makes $159,300 per year and 262 state employees make more, along with 16 of the 19 department heads. Many department directors make even more than their boss, according to records obtained by MIRS through the Freedom of Information Act.

Former President Donald Trump appeared on the list of Michigan's Feb. 27 presidential primary candidates released by Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson Monday.

Legislators and statewide executives will need to publicly disclose their income and assets with the Secretary of State by April 15 under legislation introduced Tuesday afternoon and slated to be in front of a Senate committee on Wednesday (October 25).

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said she and legal scholars are considering whether former President Donald Trump's indictments will authorize state election officials to keep him off their presidential primary ballots, with Michigan participating in that conversation.