MFEI News & Commentary Articles

Recently, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Heritage Foundation released dueling scorecards evaluating the perceived effectiveness and fairness of each state’s election laws, processes, and overall infrastructure. Rather than observing relative harmony, readers will find significant divergence between the two models.

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Join us for this week's News@Noon Coalition Task Force Meeting, June 19, featuring Cleta Mitchell from Election Integrity Network.

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

Join us for this week's News@Noon Coalition Task Force Meeting, June 12.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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

Captain Seth Keshel substack reprint, Michigan Misdirection Highlights.

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

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