MFEI News & Commentary

Mark Brewer, the lawyer who defeated the Americans for Citizen Voting ballot initiative and who is Jocelyn Benson's gubernatorial campaign counsel is Michigan's equivalent of Marc Elias. Both relentless in using the law to gain power.

The forty passengers on United Flight 93, Charlie Kirk, 9/11 firefighters, and volunteers in MFEI and PIME share a common thread. None of us boarded this flight expecting to land where we are today. Most of us didn't set out to become experts in qualified voter file structures, FOIA procedure, or constitutional law. Life put us on this flight.

The Department of Homeland Security is again calling on the Department of Justice to rein in a nonprofit's alleged practice of sharing driver's license information with other, unauthorized agents. MFEI has been ringing that bell since 2022!

Not waiting for the Michigan Supreme Court to act, Americans for Citizen Voting-Michigan filed an emergency application with the U.S. Supreme Court. Justice Kavanaugh responded today requesting a response from the State Board of Canvassers, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Director of Elections Jonathan Brater by noon, September 2.

SOS Benson misrepresents the findings of a report from the state's Office of Auditor General, claiming it shows the voter rolls are accurate. The report, which may not be in compliance with what is legally required, makes no such claim.

Supporters of an amendment to the Michigan state constitution requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote are fighting back after their petition signatures failed to be certified.

The Michigan Board of State Canvassers deadlocked over certifying a ballot petition from Americans for Citizen Voting. A deadlocked vote automatically means the petition failed to be certified. Supporters vow to fight on.

Supporters of the Americans for Citizen Voting ballot initiative are scrambling to get the required number of signatures certified. The Board of State Canvassers will decide today.

A Michigan clerk, caught between conflicting rules, wins the day over SOS Benson's demand poll book software and associated files be deleted within seven days of an election's certification.

SOS Benson told Congress cases of noncitizen voting were rare and easy to prove. Two years and 38 cases later, neither claim is proving true.