MFEI News & Commentary Articles

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

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.

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.

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.

On September 11, 2024, Secretary of State Jocelyn testified before the U.S. House Administration Committee saying, “There is no evidence noncitizens are voting. If they were it would be easy to prove since voting records are public. In her testimony, Benson made three claims, all of which proved to be false.