Poll challengers. Both MFEI and PIME became poll challenger credentialing organizations and credentialed hundreds of poll challengers in the state’s four largest counties. 

 

Last in Line. MFEI volunteers stood last in line at 8 PM on election night November 5 to prevent unlawful after-hour registrations and voting.

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Warehouse Watch. Our Detroit Warehouse Watch Party crew livestreamed into the wee hours of the morning of November 6, after the polls closed during the November 5 Presidential Election, to deter any mysterious late-night ballot drop-offs at Detroit’s Huntington Place. 

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Soles to Rolls (S2R) Voter Roll Hygiene. By the end of 2024, 872 volunteers had stepped forward to help with MFEI’s voter roll hygiene program, which analyzes and cleans the state’s voter rolls, the Qualified Voter File (QVF). Clerk advocate volunteers worked with their local clerks to ensure that only living, state-resident citizens are registered and vote. These dedicated volunteers assisted local clerks to remove thousands of ineligible registrations from the state’s rolls, and they identified and reported algorithmic manipulations in the data.

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MFEI News & Commentary. Providing balanced, original reporting on election processes has been an important MFEI activity since its founding. By identifying problems and publishing weekly articles about election integrity, MFEI provides election oversight.  MFEI News & Commentary reports on election topics and issues other media outlets ignore.

 

Legislative Analysis and Civic Engagement. On the legislative front, MFEI’s dedicated volunteers analyzed more than 70 Michigan Senate and House election bills and generated reports that other organizations utilized when testifying at state legislative hearings. Many MFEI supporters became civically engaged, helping with elections and running for office, often winning election. 

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Litigation. Over the past two years, MFEI sponsored two federal lawsuits and two Help America Vote Act (HAVA) complaints. We filed two amici briefs with the Supreme Court of the United States. The lawsuits and one amici brief are currently working their ways through the federal court system. 

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Investigative Reports. Teams of researchers investigated election-related issues and generated reports, documenting alleged violations of state and federal law.  

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​​Educational Outreach  

Community outreach. MFEI supporters spoke at events, hosted information tables, and registered to vote underserved people of faith, senior citizens, gun owners, military veterans, and Chaldean Catholics. We conducted meetings, picnics, and training seminars. Our live News@Noon video stream engaged 60 to 100 volunteers each week all year long.

 

MFEI News & Commentary. Informing Michigan voters about election integrity issues is vital, but MFEI News & Commentary also helps voters understand the broad scope of complexities associated with election administration. Weekly articles provide voters with facts and analysis of events related to Michigan elections and officials.

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Law books. MFEI published the Michigan Election Law Summary and FAQs and Responsibilities and

Rights of County Boards of Canvassers to provide clerks, county boards of canvassers, and legislators

handy access to election law — an especially important service in light of the intimidation tactics and

erroneous guidance coming from the Secretary of State.

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Original research reports. MFEI’s investigative teams produced five original research reports in 2024.

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Debate. MFEI hosted the Great Debate, the state's only educational, debate-style forum enabling voters to meet, in person, the candidates for the Michigan Supreme Court and to hear their viewpoints firsthand.

 

Door-Knocking to Educate Low Propensity and Underserved Voters. MFEI’s Underserved Voter Outreach Team (UVOT) set a goal to increase low propensity voter turnout 35%, and we exceeded that goal, increasing turnout a full 43%. When our canvassers spoke with voters who rarely or never voted, we increased turnout 93%.

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Out-of-state movers. MFEI sent 67,500 letters to registrants who had moved out of state and assisted them in removing their duplicate registrations. 

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Letter writing. MFEI volunteers wrote more than 10,000 personalized letters to educate underserved and low-frequency voters about issues and the need for their civic participation in the electoral process.