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.

Michigan Secretary of State and gubernatorial candidate Jocelyn Benson, who spent years as an undercover operative and board member for the Southern Poverty Law Center, faces new scrutiny as the organization announced Tuesday it is under federal criminal investigation by the Department of Justice. The DOJ probe centers on the SPLC's past use of paid confidential informants to infiltrate extremist groups — the same type of work Benson has long touted as the foundation of her p

Yet another rule set coming at us, more SOS control over clerks without legislative authorization. Public hearing on May 22.

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.

A recent AI breakthrough from Anthropic uncovered operating system vulnerabilities that make the possibility of election hacking even more likely.

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.

President Donald Trump signed his second executive order on elections. The order takes aim at the absence of a systematic mechanism to verify that only citizens receive ballots, and the lack of a uniform, auditable framework governing mail-in and absentee ballot delivery through the U.S. Postal Service.

Tim Vetter and the DEEP Team make their top ten recommendations to the Secretary of State candidates for how to clean the voter rolls.

Sold out audience picked Amanda Love as the winner of the SOS candidate debate. Macomb County Clerk Anthony Forlini's absence loomed large.

The major parties' candidates for Secretary of State are chosen at endorsement conventions by party precinct delegates. Republican and Democrat voters have no say in who will represent their parities in this important race. One man is asking for this process to be reexamined.

It has begun. A township clerk who wanted to follow the law and protect her voters and their ballots will be put on trial for her actions.

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.

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

Patrice Johnson shows how SOS Benson's risk-limited 2024 audit was indeed fundamentally limited and only scratched the surface of how an election should be audited.

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.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Stockbridge, MI – September 15, 2025 Michigan Fair Elections Institute (MFEI) is formally submitting opposition to the Michigan Secretary of State’s proposed Rule Set 2025-14 ST to the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR), warning that the proposed rules governing pollbooks will undermine election integrity and violate federal and state laws.