MFEI News & Commentary Articles

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.

Votebeat, an organization that touts its non-partisan reporting credentials, published an article earlier this month panning the Department of Justice’s actions to gather state voter registration data and its push to expedite or enforce maintenance of state voter rolls. Keshel responds.

Michigan Fair Elections Institute (MFEI) is launching an online publication called the Monthly Qualified Voter File (QVF) Change Report.

The September 2025 edition of MFEI's QVF Change report.

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.

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.

Lawyers say Muskegon, Michigan Election Fraud Scandal Could Allow DOJ to Unpack 2020 Voter Fraud

A MFEI volunteer examined the QVF and discovered a person who passed away in 2019 managed to vote in person in MI's Nov. 2022 election.

MI election data analysts completed a comprehensive ranking of how all 83 MI counties responded to the analysts’ request for election data.

Predicting election-related legislative trends for 2025, the Nat. Conference of State Legislatures doesn't mention cleaning up voter rolls.

The MFEI Data Team's data auditing project revealed several areas of concern with Michigan’s election auditing, verification, and reporting.

MFE Note: Patriotism comes in many sizes and flavors! Read of the persistent and brave work of a woman who well understands the reason...

As of May 2024, there are 320,000+ ghost voter registrations in the official Michigan voter registration database.

Reprinted with permission: https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/03/doing-work-that-erics-not-doing-tgps-patty/ By Jim Hoft | Mar. 5,...

Join us at our March 9th Pure Integrity Michigan Elections (PIME) monthly meeting. This month's keynote speaker will be Phani Mantravadi,...

By David Howell | February 5, 2024 The following is the account of a voter fraud investigation that was initiated on October 21,...

Early Voting is the evil twin of mail-in voting. Its proponents promote convenience but never mention the price of that “convenience.”

Royal Oak residents voted—or tried to vote—in Michigan’s Election last month. Then their ballots disappeared into thin air.

Cast ballots alleged to disappear in Royal Oak election.

Tim Vetter (L), Phani Mantravadi (R) teamed up with other volunteers to create Check My Vote (CMV). Using publicly available data, they...