MFEI News & Commentary Articles

The 2025 session of the 103rd Michigan Legislature opened with new Republican legislators heading up every House committee and resetting the House agenda. Nowhere was that shift more prominent than in Representative Rachelle Smit’s Election Integrity Committee.

Recently, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Heritage Foundation released dueling scorecards evaluating the perceived effectiveness and fairness of each state’s election laws, processes, and overall infrastructure. Rather than observing relative harmony, readers will find significant divergence between the two models.

March 22, 2024, MI SOS Benson announced Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Election Data and Science Lab ranked Michigan’s administration of the 2022 midterm elections 2nd in the nation. Praising the MIT experts’ ranking has become one of Benson’s favorite songs, and now MI Rep. Mai Xiong, is joining in. At the recent MI House Election Integrity Committee hearing, Rep. Xiong chimed in with a question for election data expert Braden Giacobazzi that set her up to invoke

In a significant victory for election integrity advocates, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review a lower court’s decision on federal candidate standing and the counting of mail-in ballots after Election Day. The case, led by Congressman Mike Bost (R-IL) and two presidential electors, challenges an Illinois law permitting mail-in ballots to be counted up to 14 days after Election Day, even without a postmark. Michigan has a similar law as well, going so far as to waive p

Three quick read headline stories for midweek. Today's 3: What’s next after Benson contempt vote?, Benson’s Responses Analyzed, Aghogho’s Got Competition.

Captain Seth Keshel substack reprint, Michigan Misdirection Highlights.

Democrat Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson is promoting her new book, The Purposeful Warrior: Standing Up for What’s Right When the Stakes Are High, with a seven-city book tour beginning in Detroit on May 7 and ending in Washington, D.C., on June 22.

With Tulsi Gabbard’s announcement last Friday that an ongoing intelligence agency investigation has evidence that election computers are vulnerable to cyberattack hackers, President Trump’s actions suggest he is moving quickly to declare an election fraud national security emergency.

On March 25, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed Executive Order 14248, his 116th executive order since taking office and one of his most significant. For election integrity advocates, including organizations like Michigan Fair Elections Institute (MFEI), EO 14248 was a landmark victory. The comprehensive document reads like a wish list of conservative election integrity measures, years in the making, lifting a heavy burden from the shoulders of those who fought for reform

The week of April 3-10 Michigan’s Republican U. S. House of Representatives delegation rose up in an historic display of unity, taking two decisive actions in support of citizens-only voting.

A troubling trend is emerging in MI communities - filling local governing board vacancies by appointment rather than special election.

It’s easy to initiate a rallying cry to a cause, It’s easy to make an appearance. But it’s hard to keep going when the sparkle has worn off.

For election integrity workers, the “peak of the mountain,” the ultimate goal, is safe, secure, transparent elections with no interference.

Lawyers say Muskegon, Michigan Election Fraud Scandal Could Allow DOJ to Unpack 2020 Voter Fraud

Presidents Donald Trump and Grover Cleveland share many similarities, including the political circumstances under which they were elected.

A MFEI volunteer examined the QVF and discovered a person who passed away in 2019 managed to vote in person in MI's Nov. 2022 election.

MI election data analysts completed a comprehensive ranking of how all 83 MI counties responded to the analysts’ request for election data.

By Amy Hawkins | January 20, 2025. Revised Jan. 23, Reprinted with permission from amyjaynehawkins.com It’s a new year, new...

Predicting election-related legislative trends for 2025, the Nat. Conference of State Legislatures doesn't mention cleaning up voter rolls.

Election Integrity Network's latest worthy effort is that they have just released a US Citizens Election Bill of Rights.