MFEI News & Commentary Articles

All felony charges against Stephanie Scott have been dismissed. District judge's rulings were found in error.

SOS Benson's "rules" may violate federal law and delay voter registration roll cleanup. The system of rule making oversight has failed Michiganders and our elections.

Gretchen Whitmer, for nearly 500 days, has used a delay tactic to suppress the vote in the state's 35th Senate District. She's not the only one to use the tactic, but this election is an obvious black mark on her record.

MFEI is releasing an abridged edition of a bombshell report exposing Michigan’s deeply flawed and vulnerable rulemaking system, the procedures of which bypass duly elected legislators.

Wayne County is in the DOJ's crosshairs with Asst. AG Harmeet Dhillon demanding to examine ballots for the county's 2024 federal election.

MI SOS Jocelyn Benson is using rules and instruction manuals her department wrote to threaten clerks with jail time.

Former Adams Township Clerk Stephanie Scott is facing four felony charges and one misdemeanor for performing what she believes was her Constitutional duty as a clerk. Monday’s hearing will determine whether the charges are dropped or whether the matter will proceed to trial.

Michigan is the only state in the nation that allows the creation of regulations without any independent oversight. Recently passed rules governing state elections violate federal law.

Wealthy Americans living abroad are organizing in Paris to fight the SAVE America Act and other voter legislation.

Michigan Fair Elections Institute (MFEI), joining a coalition of four citizen organizations, filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the United States Supreme Court on Wednesday, urging the justices to declare, once and for all, that Election Day is a hard deadline — not an aspirational suggestion.

SOS Benson's third and final set of radical, new rules got a hearing on Friday. Find out how Michiganders objected!

HILLSDALE, Mich., July 11, 2025 — Under cross-examination in a probable cause hearing, Michigan Bureau of Elections Director Jonathan Brater was forced into a number of troubling admissions regarding his election instructions to Michigan clerks.

LANSING, Mich. (June 28, 2025) — Michigan’s Board of State Canvassers unanimously approved petition summary language for a constitutional amendment which would enshrine ranked choice voting (RCV) as the state’s required system of voting.

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

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

MI AG Dana Nessel joins AGs from 19 states' in a lawsuit opposing President Trump’s EO addressing election administration.

Michigan activists are ramping up their plans for a 2026 state Constitution amendment on the ballot to allow for ranked choice voting (RCV).

HJR-B, amending the state constitution to require proof of citizenship to register and a photo ID to cast a vote, faces stiff opposition.

Federal legislation that would require proof of citizenship to vote has sparked opponents to wage a public relations campaign in Michigan.

Did USAID press its thumb the scales of our elections? by Patrice Johnson | February 7, 2025 Revised Feb. 8, 2025 Last Saturday,...