MFEI News & Commentary Articles

SOS Jocelyn Benson's audit is late and flawed. No ballots from Detroit or Troy 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.

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.

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.

For election integrity workers, the “peak of the mountain,” the ultimate goal, is safe, secure, transparent elections with no interference.

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.

By Frederick Woodward and Caston Thomas | January 13, 2025 Kristine Christlieb also contributed to this article. A team of data...

AG Dana Nessel announced on October 4 that her office was filing charges against four St. Clair Shores citizens and three assistant clerks.