MFEI News & Commentary Articles

Benson's Election Rule Set 14 is a done deal. It's in the can. Find out what's in store for Michigan's 2026 elections.

SOS Benson's radical rule sets are working their way through the adoption process. Rule Set 15 is schedule for hearing on December 12.

In a one-two punch last week, Republicans called for help from the Feds in the 2026 election. They claim Benson cannot be trusted.

1. Cleta Mitchell, pardons, and Arctic Frost 2. Jenny Beth Martin, impeachment, and Arctic Frost 3. No matter how badly she screws up, Benson just won't listen

SOS Jocelyn Benson is bypassing the MI legislature and governing through rulemaking. The Joint Committee on Administrative Rules is powerless to stop her.

Volunteer election researchers are trying to help clerks remove ghost registrations from the voter rolls. Benson wants to slow the process.

Three Stories in Three Minutes —Benson's administrative rules must be rejected; RCV's uphill battle; Benson's Self-Promotion.

One of MFEI's favorite reporters encourages us to never forget what happened in 2020, especially how COVID changed the conduct of elections.

SOS Jocelyn Benson's audit is late and flawed. No ballots from Detroit or Troy audited.

A hearing to consider dramatic changes to how state elections are conducted and administered is being held in Lansing on Friday, September 5.   Beginning at 9:30 a.m., Michiganders are allowed to make public comment on 12 administrative rules (R 168.251-168.262) that would impact Michigan election administration.

Michigan’s Bureau of Elections (BoE) investigation of the 15 noncitizens who voted in the state’s 2024 election has spawned a lawsuit. Washtenaw county resident Judi Bennett is suing the BoE for additional information about the investigation.

Two candidates have thrown their hats into the ring for Michigan secretary of state. Here's what you need to know.

Officials with the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice (DOJ) are demanding information about how Michigan’s Department of State is complying with federal laws related to elections. Benson has 14 days to comply.

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

Three quick read headline stories for midweek. Today's 3: Ranked choice voting debate heats up as ballot language goes for approval • County clerks deny MFEI access to their state convention • Benson gives LA rioters a big thumbs up

Michigan’s GOP-led House is taking the first steps toward impeaching Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson for corrupt conduct in the administration of her office. On Tuesday, Michigan state Rep. James DeSana (R-29th District) held a press conference announcing the intention to introduce House Resolution 118, articles of impeachment, against Benson.

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.

The Michigan House of Representatives escalated its standoff with Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson by voting to hold her and the Michigan Department of State (MDOS) in contempt for failing to comply with legislative subpoenas requesting election training materials for county, city, and township clerks.

Three quick read headline stories, for midweek. Today's 3: SCOTUS decision on MI legislators, Ranked Choice Voting Setback, Benson Broke the Law … Again.

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s new book, released earlier this month, The Purposeful Warrior: Standing Up for What’s Right When the Stakes Are High, might be described as part feminist self-help and part Democrat political memoir. The book’s publication and statewide book tour are perfectly timed to launch Benson’s run for Michigan governor, the obvious next step in her determined climb up the political ladder, a climb that began in 2010 when she first ran for