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MFEI News & Commentary Articles


Election News Roundup - August 15 Edition.
MFEI’s Communications Team brings you links to election news that you won’t want to miss.
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Aug 152 min read


Unintended Consequence: Hearing Targeting Township Clerk Reveals Weaknesses in Conduct of MI Elections
Cross-examination of Michigan Bureau of Elections (BOE) Director Jonathan Brater and other witnesses continued Monday in a probable cause hearing involving multiple felony charges against a former Adams township clerk.
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Aug 134 min read


3/4/3 on August 11, 2025 Three Stories/Three Minutes
Will Benson Stonewall the DOJ? . . . More absentee ballot chaos . . . National Poll Worker Recruitment Day
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Aug 115 min read


Election News Roundup - August 8 Edition.
MFEI’s Communications Team brings you links to election news that you won’t want to miss.
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Aug 83 min read


BREAKING NEWS: Michigan Fair Elections Institute Sues Genesee County Clerk
Michigan Fair Elections Institute (MFEI) is suing Michigan's Genesee County Clerk for denying a routine Freedom of Information Act request for election data.
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Aug 53 min read


Ones to Watch ... What We Know about the Candidates for MI Secretary of State
Two candidates have thrown their hats into the ring for Michigan secretary of state. Here's what you need to know.
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Aug 44 min read


Election News Roundup - August 1 Edition.
MFEI’s Communications Team brings you links to election news that you won’t want to miss.
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Aug 12 min read


Election News Roundup - July 25 Edition.
MFEI’s Communications Team brings you links to election news that you won’t want to miss.
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Jul 252 min read


BREAKING NEWS: DOJ Demands SOS Benson Provide Election Data
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.
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Jul 244 min read


3/4/3 on 07.23.25 Three Stories/Three Minutes
3/4/3: Three quick read headline stories for midweek. Today's 3:
Dixon calls Benson “conniving”; RCV aligns with anti-Trump protests ; AG candidate defends alternate electors and criticizes RCV
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Jul 233 min read


What New York City’s Mayoral Primary Reveals about Ranked Choice Voting
The late June victory of socialist and Shia Muslim Zohran Mamdani in the city’s Democratic primary has a lot of political observers saying ranked choice voting (RCV) was a big success and crucial to pushing the candidate across the finish line to win. However, a deeper dive into the numbers and processes reveals some contrary information.
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Jul 215 min read


Election News Roundup - July 18 Edition.
MFEI’s Communications Team brings you links to election news that you won’t want to miss.
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Jul 183 min read


BREAKING NEWS: Michigan Bureau of Elections Director Admits His Statewide Instruction to Delete Poll Book Information Was Unlawful
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.
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Jul 125 min read


Don't Miss this Special News@Noon Celebration Today, July 3!
Join us for a special News@Noon Celebration at the Coalition Task Force Meeting, July 3.
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Jul 32 min read


New MI House Election Integrity Committee Gets Serious about Elections
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.
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Jul 24 min read


3/4/3 on 7/1/25
Three quick read headline stories for midweek. Today's 3: Decision in Lindell defamation lawsuit • Legal Hero John Eastman loses law license • O’Donnell 2024 Election Denier
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Jul 13 min read


Ranked Choice Voting Clears First Hurdle toward November 2026 Ballot
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.
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Jun 303 min read


Election News Roundup - June 27 Edition.
MFEI’s Communications Team brings you links to election news that you won’t want to miss.
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Jun 272 min read


Join Us for News@Noon Today, June 26.
Join us for this week's News@Noon Coalition Task Force Meeting, June 26.
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Jun 262 min read


Michigan Election Data Dispute Intensifies as State Blocks Parts of FOIA Request
Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s Department of State has instructed Michigan’s county clerks to withhold some of the election data Michigan Fair Elections Institute (MFEI) requested under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), escalating concerns over election transparency.
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Jun 253 min read
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