MFEI News & Commentary Articles

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

In the 2026 election cycle, 100+ elected offices hang in the balance. Your vote will determine public policy for years to come.

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.

A pair of Michigan bills creating a persistent, always-on identity layer baked into every operating system of every device in Michigan -- with no privacy protections -- are dead in the water thanks to grassroots watchdogs!

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.

A Michigan court has just ordered 37 absentee ballots to be processed toward counting in Hamtramck’s disputed 2025 mayoral race. The ruling sounds reasonable on the surface. Voters shouldn’t be punished for election officials’ mistakes, right?

MFEI is forming an independent commission to investigate software company Civera, which provides election-related data tools to government agencies and the public.

The war in Iran has sidelined, at least temporarily, the SAVE America Act and Make Elections Great Again (MEGA) Act. Best hope is a quick resolution to the conflict then get back on track in the Senate.

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

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

Finding it hard to keep up with the most urgent election integrity legislation? Here's your cheat sheet.

Passing the Save Act is front and center if we want to get back to sane election administration. Trace the root of our problems back to 2018.

MFEI’s Communications Team brings you links to election news that you won’t want to miss.

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

MFEI’s Communications Team brings you links to election news that you won’t want to miss.

Michigan's Bureau of Elections is redesigning its election data reports, no longer including important information. MFEI is suing the state for the complete data file. The State has asked a judge to dismiss the case, saying it does not have in its possession the requested records.

In response to email remarks from Election Assistance Commission Chairman Don Palmer, Patrick Colbeck has written what amounts to a forensic audit of the entire U.S. election security apparatus.

A year ago today, a Chinese noncitizen charged with unauthorized attempt to vote and perjury fled the country. What about the other 15? Here's an update on the fight to get that information.

MFEI’s Communications Team brings you links to election news that you won’t want to miss.